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I cant even make up corruption this blatant. My imagination is not this stupid. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
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[+] 176 points 11 months ago (10 children)
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  • [–] 23 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Kind of ironic too because as evil as they are, SA are absolutely an American ally as well.

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    But an ally ideologically (until trump). Previous governments just supported them because of oil.

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  • [–] 13 points 11 months ago*

    It’s not just the oil, and this is kind of the key point. It’s also the defense contracts. SA is a huge buyer of American weapons. So the back door deal making has always been a thing. Selling them arms has always been a thing. There’s actually almost nothing that SA and the US agree on ideologically. Of course Trump inserted his own interests into the picture and found a way to enrich himself, and that is truly a new low, and utterly despicable. But let’s not knock him for giving arms to the Saudis as if that’s some new thing. Look, he’s arming a Chinese ally! I mean, come on.

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  • [–] 45 points 11 months ago* (2 children)

    monarchist nation build on slave labor, that murders political dissidents, queer people and indigenous groups? yea, that's probably bad or whatever idk, i mean we did all that too and we're the good guys yknow

    chinese ally???? now they've crossed a line!!!! 😡😡😡

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    It's never stopped the US from selling them modern-for-the-time F-15s, their advanced versions, and other advanced weapons systems. Or Europe from selling them the Eurofighter Typhoon.

    I'm not saying this is the same or not a horrible decision full of corruption. Just that SA has been a longstanding strategic ally that has received a lot of military support from Western countries.

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