• Jhex@lemmy.world
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      8 hours ago

      Saudi Arabia nationals were responsible for 9/11

      So naturally the USA went off and attacked Iraq and Afghanistan in revenge

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        7 hours ago

        True, but why would that give hypothetical future 9/11-ists to Saudi Arabian uranium? The Saudi government, being a willing and committed US vassal, had almost certainly has no intention of letting anything like that happen.

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          One real issue is that the Saudi government is really just a bunch of minor princes and royal family members in a trenchcoat.

          So yes, it may be the case that the King and senior officials don’t want to enable the proliferation of nuclear materials, but that doesn’t mean the Saudi government isn’t a leaky seive.

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          7 hours ago

          The Saudi gov was already a “willing and committed US vassal” when 9/11 took place and that obviously didn’t stop it from happening

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            7 hours ago

            Sure, but it didn’t happen using Saudi government anything. My point is: Why the assumption that hypothetical future terrorists would be able to get access to Saudi Arabian nuclear material?

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              7 hours ago

              Because it will now be available to them… you seem to be under the impression that the SA gov will have 100% control of everything as if illegal material does not constantly find its way into black markets