The US locked itself out of its biggest market and at the same time protected Chinese semiconductor companies from competition.
The US locked itself out of its biggest market and at the same time protected Chinese semiconductor companies from competition.
I didn’t know that Putin wrote for CNN
The US is run by out-of-touch ghouls who still think it is 1991
die USA die
Germans don’t mince words
Do they accept people from non-western backgrounds?
Given the complete disregard to human rights and international law demonstrated by the US in Occupied Palestine, wouldn’t Russia be excused in taking the gloves off against NATO in Ukraine?
the violent invasive fauna
the people right? the natural fauna was already there.
Why do you think Western leaders were very upset when Khashogji was killed but not a sound as Israel kills over a hundred journalists?
I really can’t seem to figure it out…
Saudi Arabia cannot legitimize Israel, but Israel can delegitimize Saudi Arabia.
If Saudi Arabia normalizes with Israel hundreds of millions -if not each and every Muslim of the 2 billion total- will see it as a confirmation and validation of the Hadith that praises Yemen and the Levant but curses Najd.
Link to Hadith plus explanation in Arabic: https://www.islamweb.org/ar/fatwa/134719/
Rough Google Translation:
O Allah, bless us in our Levant and in our Yemen. They said: And in our Najd. He said: O Allah, bless us in our Levant and in our Yemen. They said: And in our Najd. He said: There are earthquakes and tribulations, and from there the horn of Satan will rise.
I personally don’t think the Politico story is true. The risk is too damn high for the House of Saud. They will lose all legitimacy domestically and internationally.
They think everyone has unqualified leaders like the US
Arabic media is reporting that the Kursk invasion has failed and Russian troops captured tens of Ukrainian soldiers
Urban Hejazis aren’t tribal.
It is funnier when you know the soldiers won’t get the care they need when they go back home. That’s why better injured than dead.
At least the one in my city closed. The majority are on the other coast, so I should be good.
I hope the peace deal with Iran and negotiations with Yemen, mean that this is just another weapons contract -tributes- to buy US Congresspersons and nothing more.
Nothing good can come from this.
No. Saudi Arabia was made up of an urban minority who lived in the cities or oases and are non-tribal, and a nomadic majority who were tribal. The tribal majority are loyal to their tribe chief, and as long as the tribe chief is loyal to the monarchy the entire tribe is loyal to the monarchy. The coup was lead by urban Hejazis who had their kingdom annexed in 1925.
Since then the majority of people have settled in cities, but people still identify as whether they belong to a tribe or not. Tribalism isn’t as strong as it used to be but still plays a societal and privilege role, the government actually had some success in weakening tribal allegiances since it does compete with Saudi nationalism.
The non-tribal urban vs tribal [formerly] nomadic wedge is still a major divider in Saudi Arabia. The cultures, values and allegiances of the two populations often clash.
Almost everything uses legacy nodes. Specially military applications, they prefer mature and proven fabrication processes.
I would take a monarchy that gives me free stuff over whatever the US has. Got a Master’s degree without a single dollar of debt. We never had feudalism, but we are still very tribal, though not as much as a hundred years ago.
An aging population does that.