#Saudi_Arabia has been called “an #ISIS that made it.” Remarkably, the country has avoided pariah status in the United States thanks to our #thirst for #oil, Riyadh’s carefully #cultivated ties with #Washington, its #big_arms purchases, and the two countries’ shared interest in #counterterrorism.
A #MEDIEVAL #THEOCRACY THAT STILL #BEHEADS BY #SWORD, doubling as a modern nation with malls (including a planned mall offering indoor skiing),
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/12/opinion/silicon-valley-saudi-arabia.html
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