tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post8854791899754915440..comments2024-03-29T02:11:14.885-04:00Comments on Mike Norman Economics: OPEC’s body blow to Biden presidency — M. K. Bhadrakumarmike normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03296006882513340747noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-21316212501963809912022-10-10T13:46:48.709-04:002022-10-10T13:46:48.709-04:00"How about an ISIS/ISIL revolution?
Their col..."How about an ISIS/ISIL revolution?<br />Their colour is black, and they would show no mercy to the Saudi royal family."<br /><br />Well that'd be no way for ISIS to treat their funders.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15197727918414570446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-7278203713731793642022-10-10T11:44:43.584-04:002022-10-10T11:44:43.584-04:00US will crush OPEC even if it means Americans will...US will crush OPEC even if it means Americans will go without gas. Our rulers don't care. It's all about getting other nations to tow the line.mike normanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03296006882513340747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-7156960436048594662022-10-08T19:18:40.783-04:002022-10-08T19:18:40.783-04:00To be willing to do business with the Saudis, you ...To be willing to do business with the Saudis, you have to be amoral.Peter Panhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473311771939167712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-89313177606248213312022-10-08T16:53:53.285-04:002022-10-08T16:53:53.285-04:00The last time that happened, the French intervened...The last time that happened, the French intervened.<br /><br /><i>In the early morning of 20 November 1979, the imam of the Grand Mosque, Sheikh Mohammed al-Subayil, was preparing to lead prayers for the 50,000 worshippers who had gathered for prayer. At around 5:00 am he was interrupted by insurgents who produced weapons from under their robes, chained the gates shut and killed two policemen who were armed with only wooden clubs for disciplining unruly pilgrims. The number of insurgents has been given as "at least 500" or "four to five hundred", and included several women and children who had joined al-Otaybi's movement.<br /><br />Soon after the rebel seizure, about 100 security officers of the Ministry of Interior attempted to retake the mosque, but were turned back with heavy casualties. The survivors were quickly joined by units of the Saudi Arabian Army and Saudi Arabian National Guard. At the request of the Saudi monarchy, French GIGN units, operatives and commandos were rushed to assist Saudi forces in Mecca.<br /><br />On 9 January 1980, 63 rebels were publicly beheaded in the squares of eight Saudi cities (Buraidah, Dammam, Mecca, Medina, Riyadh, Abha, Ha'il and Tabuk). According to Sandra Mackey, the locations "were carefully chosen not only to give maximum exposure but, one suspects, to reach other potential nests of discontent."</i><br /><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Mosque_seizure" rel="nofollow">Grand Mosque seizure</a><br /><br />It was because of this incident that the House of Saud gave more power to the clerics, on the condition that all their activities would take place outside the kingdom... which led to 9/11...<br /><br /><i>Khaled, however, did not react to the upheaval by cracking down on religious puritans in general, but by giving the ulama and religious conservatives more power over the next decade. He is thought to have believed that "the solution to the religious upheaval was simple: more religion."</i>Ahmed Fareshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07105255828394485657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-400858688448908582022-10-08T13:21:26.389-04:002022-10-08T13:21:26.389-04:00A colour revolution is unrealistic but a palace co...<i>A colour revolution is unrealistic but a palace coup to block MBS from succession is a possibility. </i><br /><br />How about an ISIS/ISIL revolution?<br />Their colour is black, and they would show no mercy to the Saudi royal family.Peter Panhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473311771939167712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-92041354882690462012022-10-08T13:08:56.589-04:002022-10-08T13:08:56.589-04:00We were always going to burn fossil fuels to the b...We were always going to burn fossil fuels to the bitter end.<br /><br />And most people still believe that technology will save us from a lower energy future.<br /><br />The myth of progress dies hard.Peter Panhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473311771939167712noreply@blogger.com