Je Suis What?

[Pete]

I saw the leaders of many countries march in Paris for free speech. It is odd that the UK and other countries have put there flags to half mast to show sympathy with the death of King Abdullah who on the same day of the march had sentences Raif Badawi to ten years in prison and a thousand lashes just for exercising his free speech. He was sentenced for insulting Islam because of his atheist blog. He received his first 50 lashed in public on the day of the march.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raif_Badawi

[kokigami]

there are protocols of etiquette that keep communications open between countries..

[Pete]

Its about oil. If he had none no one would give a damn about him.

[Jonathan H. B. Lobl]

Its about oil. If he had none no one would give a damn about him.

The politics are a little thicker than that. Saudi Arabia controls Mecca and Medina. Of course, there is all that money.

[panpareil]

And the fact that a man has died.

Also contemplate the fact that no matter how bad you think some foreign dictator is there is always someone in that country who is worse to take his place. Most dictators are like scabs on a wound. Getting rid of them may make the wound heal or it may just become an infected bloody mess, like Iraq. A wound must heal from the inside out or it will never heal at all. When it is ready the scab will be sloughed off.

Now that the king is dead, Iran and the terrorists will be moving in on Saudi Arabia, to create their great terrorist caliphate, and then to move on the west.

[Pete]

And the fact that a man has died.

Also contemplate the fact that no matter how bad you think some foreign dictator is there is always someone in that country who is worse to take his place. Most dictators are like scabs on a wound. Getting rid of them may make the wound heal or it may just become an infected bloody mess, like Iraq. A wound must heal from the inside out or it will never heal at all. When it is ready the scab will be sloughed off.

Now that the king is dead, Iran and the terrorists will be moving in on Saudi Arabia, to create their great terrorist caliphate, and then to move on the west.

Maybe we should have put the flags at half mast for Saddam Hussein.

[Jonathan H. B. Lobl]

And the fact that a man has died.

Also contemplate the fact that no matter how bad you think some foreign dictator is there is always someone in that country who is worse to take his place. Most dictators are like scabs on a wound. Getting rid of them may make the wound heal or it may just become an infected bloody mess, like Iraq. A wound must heal from the inside out or it will never heal at all. When it is ready the scab will be sloughed off.

Now that the king is dead, Iran and the terrorists will be moving in on Saudi Arabia, to create their great terrorist caliphate, and then to move on the west.

Saudi Arabia and IS are Sunni. Iran is Shia. We live in interesting times.