King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia dies

[Tim Cornelis]

Unfortunately not at the hands of a bullet or noose.

Oddly, if someone had said to me that he was 40 I would've believed it over him being 90 years old. He looked good for his age.

Also, that they are unsure about his date of birth or even year of birth is a testament to how underdeveloped and backward Saudi Arabia was only so recently.

[Rottenfruit]

Unfortunately not at the hands of a bullet or noose.

Oddly, if someone had said to me that he was 40 I would've believed it over him being 90 years old. He looked good for his age.
yeah 2 bad that sack of shit did not meet any retribution

[Sentinel]

This should probably be in the Politics forum instead?

[Tim Cornelis]

I felt that my comments on the news were not particularly serious, but actually you're right.

[Sentinel]

I felt that my comments on the news were not particularly serious, but actually you're right.

Ok, moved. :)

[cobrawolf_meiji]

Saudi Arabia should be changed, Perhaps a Constitutional Monarch or a Republic (Socialist or Democratic, which ever is good enough.) But it is sad for the people of Arabia that their ruler is dead:crying:

[Mr. Piccolo]

I hear that native Saudis have it pretty good because of an extensive welfare state due to the country's massive oil wealth. Apparently foreign guest workers do much of the everyday work in the country and are not treated well at all.

This perhaps explains why there is relatively little unrest in Saudi Arabia despite the country's government being rather nasty.

[Tim Cornelis]

Saudi Arabia should be changed, Perhaps a Constitutional Monarch or a Republic (Socialist or Democratic, which ever is good enough.) But it is sad for the people of Arabia that their ruler is dead:crying:

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/131/399/fry.PNG?1307468855

I'm suspecting that you really don't know what communism is and you just like the edge and sound of it. I'm guessing you're 13-14 years old?


I hear that native Saudis have it pretty good because of an extensive welfare state due to the country's massive oil wealth. Apparently foreign guest workers do much of the everyday work in the country and are not treated well at all.

This perhaps explains why there is relatively little unrest in Saudi Arabia despite the country's government being rather nasty.

I'd say this works from the wrong assumption that people are naturally prepositioned toward disliking nasty rule, and therefore they can only be bought off by wealth. The Saudi people didn't really rebel when they were economically backward because it is culturally very conservative. For instance, this liberal that is undergoing corporal punishment for 'insulting the Islam', his father said he'd like for his son to be beheaded. And in 1979 a large number of militants occupied the Grand Mosque in Meccah because they believed Saudi Arabia wasn't strict enough. To tame Islamic fundamentalists the government became stricter (wahhabisation). So many Saudis are content with their rulers -- unfortunately.

[RedKobra]

Unfortunately not at the hands of a bullet or noose.

Oddly, if someone had said to me that he was 40 I would've believed it over him being 90 years old. He looked good for his age.

Also, that they are unsure about his date of birth or even year of birth is a testament to how underdeveloped and backward Saudi Arabia was only so recently.

Its amazing what living a life of the most disgusting opulence and luxury can do for the complection. I remember having an argument with someone about our (UK) queen. They thought she looked great, I thought I'd look pretty good if I had the finest cuisin, the finest nights' sleeps, the finest healthcare the country's money can buy and of course never having so much as scuffed a nail doing a sod of work.

Grotesque doesn't even begin to describe these royal scumbags.

[Rudolf]

So have the leaders of the "free world" been showering their sympathies for this dickhead yet?

[Mr. Piccolo]

I'd say this works from the wrong assumption that people are naturally prepositioned toward disliking nasty rule, and therefore they can only be bought off by wealth. The Saudi people didn't really rebel when they were economically backward because it is culturally very conservative. For instance, this liberal that is undergoing corporal punishment for 'insulting the Islam', his father said he'd like for his son to be beheaded. And in 1979 a large number of militants occupied the Grand Mosque in Meccah because they believed Saudi Arabia wasn't strict enough. To tame Islamic fundamentalists the government became stricter (wahhabisation). So many Saudis are content with their rulers -- unfortunately.

Good points. Although I wonder what would happen if the Saudi economy went into a very bad crisis period. I wonder if the cultural and religious conservatism of the Saudi people would be enough to keep the monarchy in power.

Edit: I ask this because now that Saudi Arabia is no longer economically backward and the people are relatively well off, if conservatism would be enough to sustain the monarchy through an economic crisis period.

[DDR]

The Yemen coup, 2 US Ships and a Dead Saudi King, interesting mixture :laugh:

[TheRadicalAntichrist]

Good riddance to bad rubbish.

[Brandon's Impotent Rage]

The succession could be a bit dicey....maybe not now, but down the line it will.

Don't forget, the original King Saud had 53 wives, and had children by most of them. Many of those children grew up and are now in major government positions. It's really only a matter of time until Saudi Arabia faces a major succession crisis.

Of course, the Saudi royal family's power rests on pillars of sand. One major energy crisis and the Saudi desert will be awash in a sea of blood.

[Ethics Gradient, Traitor For All Ages]

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/131/399/fry.PNG?1307468855

I'm suspecting that you really don't know what communism is and you just like the edge and sound of it. I'm guessing you're 13-14 years old?



I'd say this works from the wrong assumption that people are naturally prepositioned toward disliking nasty rule, and therefore they can only be bought off by wealth. The Saudi people didn't really rebel when they were economically backward because it is culturally very conservative. For instance, this liberal that is undergoing corporal punishment for 'insulting the Islam', his father said he'd like for his son to be beheaded. And in 1979 a large number of militants occupied the Grand Mosque in Meccah because they believed Saudi Arabia wasn't strict enough. To tame Islamic fundamentalists the government became stricter (wahhabisation). So many Saudis are content with their rulers -- unfortunately.

This isn't entirely true, saudi had a mini-arab spring event that was quickly defeated when the government agreed to buy every newly-wed couple a house, citizens only of course.

Several months later the Shia minority also launched a protest movement but obviously nothing much came of it.

[Hrafn]

Saudi Arabia should be changed, Perhaps a Constitutional Monarch or a Republic (Socialist or Democratic, which ever is good enough.) But it is sad for the people of Arabia that their ruler is dead:crying:

Loling hard atm.

[Rottenfruit]

I hear that native Saudis have it pretty good because of an extensive welfare state due to the country's massive oil wealth. Apparently foreign guest workers do much of the everyday work in the country and are not treated well at all.

This perhaps explains why there is relatively little unrest in Saudi Arabia despite the country's government being rather nasty.

no just the upper class, and there have been plenty of unrest in that country

http://observers.france24.com/content/20111107-there-are-no-poor-people-saudi-arabia-poverty-video-prison-bloggers-firas-buqna-Al-Jaradiya

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jan/01/saudi-arabia-riyadh-poverty-inequality

http://www.mashreghnews.ir/files/fa/news/1392/3/7/334397_409.jpg
http://timethemoment.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/saudi029.jpg?w=735
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ghmZMhXpoho/SvVu6sajlCI/AAAAAAAAAKs/jR_pJWdPdh8/s1600-h/ksa-local_419656.jpghttp://www.arabnews.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/galleryformatter_slide/2014/10/31/70679193961485790.jpg

the country has alot of wealth its just horded by a very small elite , 25% of saudi arabia live in poverty

check this thread out http://www.pakistanaffairs.pk/threads/44006-Rich-Nation-Poor-People-Saudi-Arabia

pictures from the city riyadh a stark contrast to saudi arabian goverment proganda of riyadh like this


http://goista.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Riyadh-The-Dead-Center-of-the-Saudi-Arabia-Kingdom1.jpg