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To: Bill who wrote (806357)	9/12/2014 12:01:54 PM
From: Broken_Clock	Respond to of 1583681

Actually, the savages are us. We could give a rat's ass about civilian deaths, rule of law or anything else "civilized".

To: Bill who wrote (806357)

9/12/2014 12:07:51 PM

From: tejek

Respond to of 1583681


The mission was identical: forcable regime change. The difference is that Bush tried to fix Iraq after his invasion, while Obama left Libya to the savages. LOL. While al Maliki is a sweetheart......isn't that right, Bill?

To: Bill who wrote (806357)	9/12/2014 2:01:38 PM
From: Broken_Clock	Respond to of 1583681

Let me get this straight…SA is our friend despite their savagery, despite being the perpetrators of 911, despite funding ISIS, despite beheadings every week. I guess all it takes is a kiss from Bush and a bow from Obama plus a full tank of gas to ignore the real "savages" in Arabia. ___ Beheadings remain integral part of Saudi justice system Rights campaigners decry frequent use of a form of execution that has aroused revulsion elsewhere September 11, 2014 1:30PM ET by Amel Ahmed @amelscript The beheading of Pakistani national Izzat Gul for drug trafficking was Saudi Arabia's 46th such execution for 2014, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW). In August alone, Saudi Arabia decapitated 19 people, eight of them for nonviolent offenses, including sorcery, the rights group added. While the beheading of ISIS captives James Foley and Steven Sotloff provoked global outrage, human rights groups decry the limited international attention given to Saudi Arabia's use of decapitation even for nonviolent crimes — a punishment so routine that Deera Square in Riyadh is sometimes referred to as “Chop Chop Square.” U.S. President Barack Obama failed to raise “a single human rights issue” with Riyadh during his trip to Saudi Arabia in March, said Adam Coogle, a Middle East researcher at HRW. Secretary of State John Kerry was in Saudi Arabia on Thursday to discuss U.S. strategy to combat Islamic State fighters in the region. In press briefings ahead of the trip, there were no indication that the issue of human rights would be brought up. “There are a lot of interests at play in the U.S.-Saudi relationship, including economic and geostrategic issues as well as counterterrorism,” Coogle said. “Unfortunately, the U.S. prioritized these other interests over using its close relationship to push the Saudi government to make human rights reforms.” Coogle said Saudi Arabia executes, on average, about 100 people a year, most via beheading, noting that the kingdom orders the death penalty as the sentence for a number of nonviolent offenses, including drug crimes, adultery and practices it deems witchcraft. The kingdom has one of the world’s highest execution rates, according to Death Penalty Worldwide, an organization that collects information on executions.