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Unset's avatar

Sure, they are laundering their reputation, but that is far from all they are doing. MBS has really made a lot of dramatic changes that were completely unthinkable even five years ago. He has done some terrible things too but I don't doubt for a second that the Saudi omelette required some broken eggs.

At the end of the day, I don't think it is helpful to see the world in simplistic good-and-evil terms. He is a net positive and better than anything we could have hoped for.

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Gary Sheffer's avatar

The "broken eggs" includes the Saudis murdering hundreds of migrants at the Yemen border. Let's not rationalize evil.

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