Saudi Arabia will likely go broke before the US oil industry buckles

[Martinus]

It is possible that if Saudi's were to go down, thing might become even worse there?  I guess.  But let's try anyway and see what happens. 

Worse locally but probably with much less influence (read: money) to stir up shit in our part of the world.

Anyway, I'm hoping Trump wins and nukes Mecca and Medina.

[Eddie Teach]

Anyway, I'm hoping Trump wins and nukes Mecca and Medina.

Has he made this a campaign promise? 

[The Brain]

Saudipologists are cute.

[Martinus]

Saudipologists are cute.

It's the usual suspects.

[Razgovory]

It is possible that if Saudi's were to go down, thing might become even worse there?  I guess.  But let's try anyway and see what happens. 

Worse locally but probably with much less influence (read: money) to stir up shit in our part of the world.

Anyway, I'm hoping Trump wins and nukes Mecca and Medina.

Okay, so next time there is a video of ISIS tossing gays off a roof top, don't bitch.

[Martinus]

It is possible that if Saudi's were to go down, thing might become even worse there?  I guess.  But let's try anyway and see what happens. 

Worse locally but probably with much less influence (read: money) to stir up shit in our part of the world.

Anyway, I'm hoping Trump wins and nukes Mecca and Medina.

Okay, so next time there is a video of ISIS tossing gays off a roof top, don't bitch.

You are retarded. Saudis already murder gay people too. So nothing will change - but at least ISIS is unable to fund fundamentalist clerics in the West.

[Razgovory]

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It is possible that if Saudi's were to go down, thing might become even worse there?  I guess.  But let's try anyway and see what happens. 

Worse locally but probably with much less influence (read: money) to stir up shit in our part of the world.

Anyway, I'm hoping Trump wins and nukes Mecca and Medina.

Okay, so next time there is a video of ISIS tossing gays off a roof top, don't bitch.

You are retarded. Saudis already murder gay people too. So nothing will change - but at least ISIS is unable to fund fundamentalist clerics in the West.

Guess, what.  It can get worse.  ISIS is the example of things getting worse.  It can always get worse. 

[PJL]

Saudia Aradia is the same as ISIS. No difference there.

Other than the relative lack of beheadings, destruction of ancient artifacts, and expansive tendencies, maybe.

Saudi Arabia does all three (albeit the last one by proxy and education).

[viper37]

If the end result could be the collapse of Russia, the Saudis and Venezuela, I'm going to be a happy camper.

But won't you at least shed a tear at the collapse of Alberta?

Doesn't Alberta and Canada in general have a lot of shale oil?

No.  Our oil sands are not the same as shale oil.

What's the difference?

shale oil is oil pockets in rocks.  You inject a lot of water under pressure to push it out of the rocks.
Tar sand oil is oil mixed with sand, you need a lot of hot water to wash the sand, and it's a little ticker than regular & shale oil.

Tar sand oil:
http://ostseis.anl.gov/guide/tarsands/

Shale oil:
http://ostseis.anl.gov/guide/oilshale/index.cfm

[viper37]

but at least ISIS is unable to fund fundamentalist clerics in the West.

Wishful thinking.
The Muslim Brotherhood is an illegal assocation in many western countries, it does not stop them from funding many mosques and pro-muslim groups.  Hamas always had a humanitarian branch and until recently (2011, I think), it was allowed to do pretty much anything in Canada.

Right now, ISIS is the big bad guy and their resources is spent on fighting Jihad.  Once they've toppled local government, they may set about to export their ideology via "humanitarian work".  After all, Al-Queida did it in many muslim african countries.

[viper37]

Saudia Aradia is the same as ISIS. No difference there. To be honest, it's the one place where'd I'd be quite happy to see chaos there, as it should mean that it will reduce any donor revenue for other extremist groups elsewhere.

do you think Iraq, as of today, is the best outcome possible for the occidental world?  'Cause a collapse of Saudi Arabia will certainly not lead to a free, democratic country respectful of human rights.

[derspiess]

A long time ago after a night of drinking in Newark, Delaware I hit my usual late night spot-- a Turkish-owned diner.  I donated my change to some "Suleiman the Magnificent Muslim School" or whatever it said on the donation bucket they had next to the cash register.  Hope I didn't fund any terrorism

[Zanza]

I don't expect anything good from it, but it would satisfying to see the vile House of Saud fall.

[PJL]

Saudia Aradia is the same as ISIS. No difference there. To be honest, it's the one place where'd I'd be quite happy to see chaos there, as it should mean that it will reduce any donor revenue for other extremist groups elsewhere.

do you think Iraq, as of today, is the best outcome possible for the occidental world?  'Cause a collapse of Saudi Arabia will certainly not lead to a free, democratic country respectful of human rights.

People fighting each other in their own country have generally less time to export their ideology abroad. Al Qaeda only gained traction in Afghanistan once most of the country was under Taliban control. For the West internal chaos is better than a horrible regime, immigrant crisis notwithstanding.

[The Brain]

A long time ago after a night of drinking in Newark, Delaware I hit my usual late night spot-- a Turkish-owned diner.  I donated my change to some "Suleiman the Magnificent Muslim School" or whatever it said on the donation bucket they had next to the cash register.  Hope I didn't fund any terrorism

No, just future Socialist presidents.