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Jeremy Paxman: So there is a distinctive British foreign policy. Does it have an ethical dimension still?
Blair: Of course it does, yeah.
Paxman: How then can you public...
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Jeremy Paxman: So there is a distinctive British foreign policy. Does it have an ethical dimension still?
Blair: Of course it does, yeah.
Paxman: How then can you publicly endorse a country which bans political parties, bans trade unions and uses institutional torture?
Blair: The country being?
Paxman: Saudi Arabia? You called it a friend of the civilised world.
Blair: Yes, but it is also important to realise that if we want a secure progress in the Middle East, we should work with Saudi Arabia. I don't decide— An ethical foreign policy doesn't mean that you try to decide the government of every country of the world. You can't do that.
Paxman: You called it a friend of the civilised world.
Blair: It is. In my view, what it is doing in respect of the Middle East now—
Paxman: It chops people's arms off. It tortures people.
Blair: They have their culture, their way of life.
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The real answer is.... because Saudi Arabia is the biggest Oil-producing country in the whole world, and oil is the literal lifeblood of our economy! Oh, and they've kept oil cheap enough of the time not to encourage us to invest in renewable energy. As a result, we're politically indebted to an authoritarian regime.
I fucking hate Tony Blair, I hope him and George Bush fucking die. They would fucking deserve it from the thousands of Iraqi and Afghan civilians that have been killed, and families and communities been destroyed by our countrys 'War on Terror'. Sometimes I feel ashamed to even be a part of this fucking species.
? 1. Under Saddam, Iraq was not a theocracy (check your sources). It still isn't a theocracy. I suppose you are mistaking Iraq for Iran. 2. At the time, both Iraq and Saudi Arabia were dictatorships. Iraq merely failed to cooperate on oil.
It's funny that you can't actually retract anything I said. Instead you've just wrote a couple of messages full of petty personal attacks and ridiculous assumptions.
You're the one who's putting yourself up for immense humiliation by attempting to defend what can't be defended by any sane human being.
It's also funny that you choose to ignore the fact I mentioned about lashing rape victims.
if people where caught practicing black magic it's usually foreigners from algeria and morroco. i believe you come from one of those countries. and if u wanna reply make it fast and dont take ur time. lets get this over with now and say what u wanna say before i just blow you off completly.
"It's also funny that you choose to ignore the fact I mentioned about lashing rape victims."
That's because it's stupid and not true and stupid things that are said including stupid people that say them are better if ignored.
There have been several cases where women have been sentenced to death for practicing "witchcraft" in Saudi Arabia? Are you denying this? algeria is the place that you french talking fools devil worship and use black magic and ur neighbour morocco not us.
"Have fun living in the world's biggest concentration camp."
Have you heard any complaints recently, since ur such a professor, about us being so miserable 2 the point where OUTSIDERS r saying we live in a concentration camp?? I'm talking to you aren't I or r you just too stupid to see that. do i sound like i'm living in a camp?seriously if u have nothing valid 2 say u might wanna go & try 2 make some friends. hey, you might find some of ur devil worshipping friends on this godforsaken site.
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Sometimes I feel ashamed to even be a part of this fucking species.
1. Under Saddam, Iraq was not a theocracy (check your sources). It still isn't a theocracy. I suppose you are mistaking Iraq for Iran.
2. At the time, both Iraq and Saudi Arabia were dictatorships. Iraq merely failed to cooperate on oil.
You're the one who's putting yourself up for immense humiliation by attempting to defend what can't be defended by any sane human being.
It's also funny that you choose to ignore the fact I mentioned about lashing rape victims.
Wahhabism is cancer.
I dont know what the hell you mean.
I'm not the one who's using petty insults to get my point across. Have fun living in the world's biggest concentration camp.
That's because it's stupid and not true and stupid things that are said including stupid people that say them are better if ignored.
There have been several cases where women have been sentenced to death for practicing "witchcraft" in Saudi Arabia? Are you denying this?
algeria is the place that you french talking fools devil worship and use black magic and ur neighbour morocco not us.
Have you heard any complaints recently, since ur such a professor, about us being so miserable 2 the point where OUTSIDERS r saying we live in a concentration camp?? I'm talking to you aren't I or r you just too stupid to see that. do i sound like i'm living in a camp?seriously if u have nothing valid 2 say u might wanna go & try 2 make some friends. hey, you might find some of ur devil worshipping friends on this godforsaken site.