RIP King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia

[Caliga]

Dead at 90.

[Caliga]

Nobody cares?  FUCK ALL Y'ALL 

[Martinus]

Good riddance, motherfucker.

[Martinus]

Shameful display by the British government, honouring a motherfucker presiding over one of the most oppressive regimes on the planet.

[Liep]

Nobody cares?  FUCK ALL Y'ALL 

What's there to care about? The old king seems to have plenty of sons left and I'm pretty sure none of them will do anything different than their brothers. Him personally? Fuck 'im.

[Martinus]

Scottish Tory leader gives perfect response to tributes paid to late Saudi king

The leader of the Scottish Conservatives Ruth Davidson has condemned the UK for flying flags at half mast a tribute to the late Saudi Arabian King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz.
The 90-year-old monarch died after suffering from a lung infection, and is succeeded by his half-brother Salman.
The Prime Minister David Cameron has said he is "deeply saddened" by the passing of the King, and the Prince of Wales is to travel to Saudi Arabia to represent the queen and to "pay his condolences".
Despite floods of tributes from British figures, including claims that the King modernised or "reformed" Saudi Arabia, LGBT people still face harsh treatment there.
Davidson, who is openly gay, tweeted this afternoon to say flying the flags at half-mast was "a steaming pile of nonsense".
here are no legal protections for LGBT people in Saudi Arabia, and Britain and the US have often been criticised for being close to the oil-rich nation where gay people can be stoned to death.
She later replied to a follower saying it was a "stupid precedent to set".
A Scottish Conservative spokesman said: "Ruth's tweets on this matter speak for themselves.
"She is a strong advocate for the rights of women and disagrees with lowering government flags in Britain for the Saudi King."
Concerns were raised in during a state visit to the UK by the late King in 2007 about the treatment of women and gay people by the Saudi kingdom.
Women are not granted the vote, and are unable to drive in Saudi Arabia.
Many on Twitter have criticised the choice to fly all flags at half mast given the appalling treatment of LGBT people and women in the Saudi kingdom.

Brava!

Scotts seem to repeatedly show to be my kind of people. 

[Darth Wagtaros]

He was a pig.

[Scipio]

He was no worse than any other person who controlled the world's largest proven oil reserve.

[Martinus]

Sic semper tyrannis.

[Darth Wagtaros]

What Marty? Living to a ripe old age in the very lap of luxury? 

[Zanza]

Germany only sent a discredited former president to pay condolences. And the government suspended all weapon deliveries to Saudi Arabia citing instability in the region.

[Richard Hakluyt]

At least the army understands the truth :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_RXMzXlQlw

[KRonn]

An important US and western ally, even though it really seems a two edged sword with them as allies. But with all that's going on, Yemeni government falling to Iranian backed rebels, Iran's influence on the rise in Iraq, Lebanon/Hezbollah, Syria, the Saudis and other smaller nations like UAE are getting nervous as they're kind of surrounded by Iran. So IMO what happens in Saudi Arabia, who leads next, is very important for the US. President Obama is making a stop there this week on his return trip from India.

Yemen's govt falling is a biggie as it was working with the west against terrorists and now it's an even worse failed state. That government had come to power out of popular uprisings against the previous even less agreeable government, if I remember the events right.

[garbon]

Shameful display by the British government, honouring a motherfucker presiding over one of the most oppressive regimes on the planet.

Rather shameful all around on our governments. I understand political realities of why but still doesn't make the pill anymore palatable.

[Grey Fox]

but Iran will be our biggest ally in the region. And the most deserving of our trust.