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Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• explodicle@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Patriots care. We just don’t have a lot of them in office - most people are for sale.

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  • exanime@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    “Patriots” who are either too aloof to get involved or just become traitors along the way to power

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• mEEGal@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  since when is Bin Laden + a couple of goons the whole people of Saudi Arabia ?

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  • AnxiousOtter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Typically, when people refer to a country by name in this manner, such as “Saudi Arabia”, they are referring to the government/ruling class of that country, not the people as a whole.

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    • anas@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      they did say “the people”

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      • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Saudi Arabia, the people who

        Yes, in reference to “Saudi Arabia”, which refers to their government

        I added the comma for clarification, but that’s what was said

        They didn’t say “the people of Saudi Arabia did 9/11”

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    • Soleos@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      You forgot the part where Saudi Arabia started courting American aid and literally expelled Bin Laden for being anti-American. That doesn’t make SA “the good guys” but it makes a huge difference in how your framing paints SA’s position and involvement with Al Qaeda during the 2000s. During the war on terror, SA was much more aligned with the US against Al Qaeda and Bin Laden

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