tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068655517292184514.post1867511263424765332..comments2023-04-03T05:59:42.759-07:00Comments on Miscellaneous Musings: Saudi floggingsRoger G3XBMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13673890140751539870noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068655517292184514.post-30245560182713644232015-01-17T12:28:09.400-08:002015-01-17T12:28:09.400-08:00BTW I have some sympathy with non-interference, bu...BTW I have some sympathy with non-interference, but we in the West have a choice here and personally I think we'd manage perfectly well without Saudi oil and they could manage without our arms trade. If we are sightly less wealthy as a result so be it. Too much of our life seems to be dependent on dodgy arms trading with nations who may later become dodgy regimes. Do you realise the USA actually funded Al Kaida in the early days?Roger G3XBMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13673890140751539870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068655517292184514.post-12586539939786722412015-01-17T12:16:52.960-08:002015-01-17T12:16:52.960-08:00Fred, in a free democracy we can express our views...Fred, in a free democracy we can express our views freely. Try that in Saudi Arabia. I think barbarism had a place, about 700 years ago. Of course, in our free democratic country you are fully entitled to your views. We will agree to disagree like mature adults.Roger G3XBMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13673890140751539870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068655517292184514.post-57756818688647995632015-01-17T09:34:34.807-08:002015-01-17T09:34:34.807-08:00If you stopped trade with the world's largest ...If you stopped trade with the world's largest oil producer life in the UK would become very miserable very quickly. Why should they not run THEIR country in the way they want to? There is too much interference in other's affairs while our country goes to the dogs.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17611906375319430591noreply@blogger.com