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yurbud

(39,405 posts)
Sun Sep 6, 2015, 05:56 PM Sep 2015

Lindsey Graham: 28 Pages Could Damage "Allies"

A couple of things about this.

1. Random citizens ask better questions than mainstream journalists.

2. Lindsay Graham said releasing the truth about Saudi role in 9/11 would "damage" them, essentially implying some official guilt.

3. I don't necessarily buy or know if the version of the story Graham is telling here is true or not, but at least it's an insult to our intelligence like most of the stuff most politicians say about this.

4. Graham's description of Saudi and Pakistan (oddly, the person asking the question didn't mention Pakistan having a role in 9/11) could easily apply to OUR government's dealing with religious extremists up through ISIS.

5. None of this is meant as an endorsement of Lindsay Graham in any way. If he told the truth, it was because he was caught off guard.

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yurbud

(39,405 posts)
8. your friend burns down your house, and you use it as an excuse to kill a neighbor you don't like and
Sun Sep 6, 2015, 10:24 PM
Sep 2015

steal his stuff.

it would make someone think your friend did you a favor.

DhhD

(4,695 posts)
12. Photos of the Bush and bin Laden families have been scrubbed from the light internet.
Mon Sep 7, 2015, 10:48 AM
Sep 2015

Photos of them standing together were once seen by using Google Search. Maybe they can be found on the Dark Internet.

yurbud

(39,405 posts)
9. yep. it's an ever weirder relationship than our one with Israel
Sun Sep 6, 2015, 11:04 PM
Sep 2015

though it serves many of the same purposes.

TrollBuster9090

(5,954 posts)
11. A Couple Of Things About This.
Mon Sep 7, 2015, 03:36 AM
Sep 2015

1. EARTHWORMS could ask better questions than mainstream journalists. (Random woman at a town hall is asking about suppressed intelligence on foreign governments, while so called journalists are asking Donald Trump about "Footballgate.&quot

and

2. Saudi Arabia is not an "ally" of the United States IN ANY POSSIBLE WAY. They are only an ally of faceless multinational oil companies who make s#!tloads of money refining and selling their oil. Maybe if those documents were released, Americans would have second thoughts about why they're referred to as an ally. Especially given that 15 of the 18 hijackers on 9/11 were Saudis.

Thanks for posting this!

DhhD

(4,695 posts)
13. Picking up where the 15 Wahhabist left off, is ISIS, the continuing Wahhabist Movement from
Mon Sep 7, 2015, 10:55 AM
Sep 2015

Saudi Arabia. Wahhabist kill Sunnis, Shiites, and every person not a part of their extreme practice of Islam; this practice being the main religion in Saudi Arabia.

yurbud

(39,405 posts)
14. I agree on both points. Saudi is an ally to businesses that control the US gov't
Mon Sep 7, 2015, 05:47 PM
Sep 2015

but that's a mouthful to say every time.

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