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by yasserd99 2813 days ago
the problem is most of of US citizens judge Saudi Arabia without knowing what is really going on, adopting an opinion based on what they see on the news - which is in English -

I laugh when I see some of the comments, especially from seemingly intellectual people.

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As someone with relatives who live and work in the KSA as expats, the perception that Americans and the world has about KSA is pretty much on point. It’s a country ruled by a brutal kleptocractic family, which uses a particularly ultra conservative strain of Islam (Wahabisim) to keep themselves and their elite cronies in power.