David.
Radical Centrist
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Thanks Jack, we needed thisI talked to my dog. He told me that @gourimoko is a Commie.
Thanks Jack, we needed thisI talked to my dog. He told me that @gourimoko is a Commie.
It was going "okay" because you enjoy no push-back from other sides and enjoy posters like gourimoko making points that adhere to your world point of view. Take names later. You rest easily as gourimoko admirer #1 with the amount of likes you give his posts.
I get it.
When there's a completely different take... it's a personal attack on someone prominent. You can't fathom anyone other than a common troll could think of such a thing. Especially a 300 poster....
I'm neither. I'm me and I'm allowed to call someone out based on the hypocrisy I've observed.
If you'd like to point out what statements I've made that are incorrect and not factual I would be more than happy to oblige... however... I don't believe you believe that I have.
I saw this. I've been saying for years that the US needs to end its relationship with Saudi Arabia. Worst ally we have, imo. So I think Patey is correct.Saudi Arabia boosting extremism in Europe, says former ambassador
Sir William Patey says Riyadh may not be aware of how its support for a ‘certain brand of Islam’ is leading to radicalisation
- Saudi Arabia has been funding mosques throughout Europe that have become hotbeds of extremism, the former British ambassador to Saudi Arabia Sir William Patey has said.
His remarks come a day after the government published a brief summary of a Home Office-commissioned report into the funding of extremism in the UK. The full report is not being published for security reasons.
Rudd's refusal to publish full report into extremist funding 'unacceptable'
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Patey said he did not believe Saudi Arabia was directly funding terrorist groups, but rather an ideology that leads to extremism, and suggested that its leaders might not be aware of the consequences. “It is unhealthy and we need to do something about it,” he said.
“The Saudis [have] not quite appreciated the impact their funding of a certain brand of Islam is having in the countries in which they do it – it is not just Britain and Europe.
“That is a dialogue we need to have. They are not funding terrorism. They are funding something else, which may down the road lead to individuals being radicalised and becoming fodder for terrorism.”
Patey said the Saudis “find it every easy to back off the idea that they are funding terrorism because they are not.
“What the World Association [sic] of Muslim Youth and the Muslim World League are doing is funding mosques and promoting an ideology – the Salifist Wahhabist ideology.”
He called for clarity on the definition of funding terrorism and “a grownup dialogue with the Gulf about what we think”. There were also “individual Gulf citizens that defied their governments to fund terrorism,” Patey added.
Patey, who was the UK ambassador to Riyadh from 2006 to 2010 and previously head of the Foreign Office Middle East desk, also questioned whether Saudi Arabia and its allies had worked out the implications of their bitter dispute with Qatar.
Three Gulf States – Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) – along with Egypt, have sought to isolate Qatar diplomatically and economically, citing its support for terrorism and groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood.
“This has all the hallmarks of a policy that has not been thought through. It does not smack of a considered strategy,” Patey said at roundtable discussion in London organised by the Conservative Middle East Council.
Anti-Qatar alliance renews attack on al-Jazeera Arabic
“It is not a smart move even if you are sympathetic to their vision. It is a short cut to achieve something quickly and I think they miscalculated and I think they did think that with Trump behind them, Qatar would back down. They raised these stakes because they thought Qatar would back down in the end, so I think they were a bit surprised.”
The boycott had backfired, he argued and far from leading to a coup in Qatar, a cult had developed around the newly popular emir. “The Qataris are rallying round their leadership,” Patey said.
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He said he believed the true motive for the dispute was not Qatar’s funding of terrorism, but a wider difference in political vision. “This is about the Muslim Brotherhood. It is a battle for the future of the Middle East,” he said.
Patey also questioned whether all the emirates within the UAE were united behind the boycott. “This is about Abu Dhabi asserting its dominance in foreign policy issues, because this is not in Dubai’s interest,” he said.
Speaking at the same event, Michael Stephens, the head of the Royal United Services Institute Qatar desk, said the Gulf row may lead to an intractable dispute that could prompt investors to think seriously about disinvesting across the Gulf.
“We are now facing five weeks of the conflict when most people thought it would last 72 hours,” he said, calling for a series of de-escalatory measures leading to a joint agreement to fight extremism.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ng-extremism-in-europe-says-former-ambassador
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I saw this. I've been saying for years that the US needs to end its relationship with Saudi Arabia. Worst ally we have, imo. So I think Patey is correct.
Trump is close friends with people in the Saudi royal family. That was one of the biggest reasons I opposed him. Same with Tillerson. But the latter has been a breath of fresh air, surprisingly.I hate how everybody turns a blind eye to all of Saudia Arabias bullshit. This includes Trump who I thought would take a tougher stance on these assholes. Didn't he criticize them routinely in the past? And now that he's in office they seem to be okay in his book.
Re-watched a couple Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes this weekend.
Very prescient. If you have Netflix, watch:
Homefront and Paradise Lost from Season Four.
@gourimoko
Re-watched a couple Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes this weekend.
Very prescient. If you have Netflix, watch:
Homefront and Paradise Lost from Season Four.
@gourimoko
Among the best Star Trek episodes ever made... Know them well!
And yes, very prescient... Funny how close a society, even a perfect society like the Federation, can move towards fascism without even realizing it.
Among the best Star Trek episodes ever made... Know them well!
And yes, very prescient... Funny how close a society, even a perfect society like the Federation, can move towards fascism without even realizing it.
Did you know that Rene Auberjonois is the great-great-great-grand-nephew of Napoleon? His is a direct descendent of Joachim Murat and Caroline Bonaparte. @The Human Q-Tip
I'm still waiting for the President to condemn the attack.