Saudi Hypocrisy Callout: Where Are You Hillary?
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Posted 2011-03-05 14:50
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Saudi Hypocrisy Callout: Where Are You Hillary?
 

Remember how Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama said that people had a right to peaceful protest in Egypt and other nations?  How Libya's government had "lost legitimacy" by banning protests, shooting and locking up those who dared to speak?

Let's see how long it is before they say the same thing here:

DAMMAM, Saudi Arabia (Dow Jones) --Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia has banned all protests, marches and strikes in the kingdom after small protests continued over the weekend in the oil-rich Eastern province towns of al-Ahsa and Qatif, interior ministry said Saturday, according to state-owned channel al Ekhbariyah.

These activities don't conform with the Islamic laws and harm the interests of the nation and the society, the Saudi channel quoted the ministry as saying.

Any attempt to cause public disorder will be prevented by security forces, it said.

Free speech and assembly?  What's that?

Remember, this is what Hillary said as official US Government Policy:

Together, the freedoms of expression, assembly, and association online comprise what I’ve called the freedom to connect. The United States supports this freedom for people everywhere, and we have called on other nations to do the same. Because we want people to have the chance to exercise this freedom. We also support expanding the number of people who have access to the internet. And because the internet must work evenly and reliably for it to have value, we support the multi-stakeholder system that governs the internet today, which has consistently kept it up and running through all manner of interruptions across networks, borders, and regions.

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Some take the view that, to encourage tolerance, some hateful ideas must be silenced by governments. We believe that efforts to curb the content of speech rarely succeed and often become an excuse to violate freedom of expression. Instead, as it has historically been proven time and time again, the better answer to offensive speech is more speech. People can and should speak out against intolerance and hatred. By exposing ideas to debate, those with merit tend to be strengthened, while weak and false ideas tend to fade away; perhaps not instantly, but eventually.

Prove it Hillary.

Sanction Saudi Arabia.

Or not, and prove that instead of a free nation, we're actually subservient to their King, and you and Barack are nothing more than puppets, liars and hypocrites.

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Puppets, liars and hypocrites are what addicts tend to be after all. Drug addicts, debt addicts... same deal.
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Time for more handouts to the sheep.

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That one cut like a knife

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Hillary: Where is the money in that?


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Genesis wrote..
Let's see how long it is before they say the same thing here


I'll set the over/under at "Forever" and take the over.

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Well Hillary; WE'RE WAITING!
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Quote:
Sanction Saudi Arabia.

Not gonna happen. Obama hates oilsands more than terrorists.

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They will be sanctioned... when they're out of that black stuff.
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Oh, this ticker was exactly what I’ve thought when I’ve first heard of a ban on Al Jazeera... I said to myself, “I guess Obama will not condemn this one”...

We Torontonians can sign up for Al Jazeera, $2.79/month, my contribution to inciting protests...LOL...I also have RT, just figured it out couple of days ago, kind a strange seeing promotions for Max Kaiser show on a big screen...hopefully Karl will let us know next time he is live on RT...
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I think they think we need the oil, Gen I'll send you a power point from a lecture given by a physicist who worked the Apollo program as a project manager that graduated with my father, about oil. Check your email in a minute.

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Karl wrote..
Prove it Hillary.

Yea old bitch, prove it. Prove that you got over Monica. Prove that you can get oil to $300. Prove your integrity, c'mon, do it, hahaha

Obama, you don't have to prove anything, we already know how much of a bitch you are.
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Even if she tried to say something, nobody could make out what it is, since it's hard to speak clearly when you've got a Saudi princeling's cock in your mouth.

And Barry? Diplomatic protocol has him sucking off King Abdullah, coma or no.
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As if Hillary represents 'freedom', no she does not, nor do the Arab governments either but all you make me laugh because the whole preceding government from Obama to before sucked up to Saudi so don't pretend they didn't. All gratefully traded oil for dollars. All this posturing is bull****, all of it. Nothing is going to be fixed and it will all end up with true freedom of expression being repressed both in the middle east and where you are now. this is obvious, get over it

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Obama knows who's king.

Obama Bows to Saudi King

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WlqW6UCe....


Obama bows to Saudi king
Greeting called 'most unbecoming for president of the United States'

http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=93696

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Would prefer that we have our domestic energy ducks in a row before pursuing the course you suggest, Genesis. It's not that you are incorrect, but events have a way of going their own direction if we act rashly. It's why you should be grateful I'm not President, as I have been known to engage tongue before brain upon occasion.
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america land of hypocrites and entitlements

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Regarding Hillary and Irony:

Here's less than a minute of video....Hillary speaking on freedom of speech whilst Ray McGovern a senior citizen, a military veteran and a member of former CIA employees against War is DRAGGED out of the hall. Note, Hillary not only does not pause, she shows absolutely no awareness of the abuse of this man. Excellent example of a psychopath.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My29YT1T4....
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IMO...If and when we see rioting in the streets of Saudi Arabia, that will be the true test of the US Government's commitment to free speech and peaceful assembly.

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Furthermore....Foreign Policy, by any country, seems to be more of a "sliding switch" than an "on off switch". In terms of condemnation, they may dial it down for Saudi Arabia BUT, they definitely went 100% on Libya.

I don't think any public comments by any government will sway Saudi. I would bet my bottom dollar that the US and Saudi are in constant contact to come up with an agreed upon statement when and if the riots occur.

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I was always ever so fond of that 'lil George Bush chestnut
"Freedumb is on the march"

Yeah,yeah however I tend to add the qualifier EVERYWHERE BUT HEREsmiley

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This is another one of those "left and right wings of the federal bird of prey" things. Heaven knows the Bush family are wholly owned subsidiaries of the House of Saud, and Heaven equally knows this crowd is no different in that regard.
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They avoid even the smallest of politically difficult decisions, let alone sanctioning SA.

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Hah, I want to see Gibbs squirm on this one.

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Quote:
you make me laugh because the whole preceding government from Obama to before sucked up to Saudi so don't pretend they didn't. All gratefully traded oil for dollars.


Every US President since FDR has sucked up to the Saudis and I don't think anyone is disputing that. Thing is, there's only one President of all of them that has the authority to change that right now. Why waste time and energy haranguing dead people or people no longer in a position to change US policy?
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