Never mind the arms sales and the bribery case that's been brushed under the carpet, never mind the funding of all manner of quasi-military groups, never mind the denial of rights to half of it's population, never mind the bare faced lies about what the Saudi regime says it is as opposed to what it actually is, never mind its apalling human rights record. No, never mind all that. Let's invite the Saudi big man over here with his entourage, fawn at his feet, send Charlie out to meet him at the airport and put them up in Buck House. The UK government is spending my money entertaining scum like this, just so some fat cats can grab more loot.
They should have been arrested the moment they set foot in the UK and hauled before the International Court.
Barbaric bastards.
And just to put a human face on what bastards they are:
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/28/1455257
Sleep deprivation, sustained beatings, rape. From one of our staunchest allies.
Oh yeah. The possible sentence that was available after the false confessions were accepted in court?
Crucifixion, though not quite the way xtians understand it.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/saudi/story/0,11599,1480361,00.html
Barbaric bastards.
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