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[–] 24 points 3 months ago (9 children)

Next foreign terrorist attack on the U.S. will involve nuclear material and then Americans will act all surprised when it happens.

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  • [+] -7 points 3 months ago (8 children)

    Not a fan of Saudi Arabia, but... what?

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  • [–] 14 points 3 months ago (7 children)

    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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  • [–] -5 points 3 months ago (6 children)

    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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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago*

    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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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    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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  • [–] -2 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    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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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (2 children)

    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

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