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Saudis Awarded France’s “Highest National Honor” For “Fight” Against Terrorism
There is perhaps no more perverse relationship in the world than that which exists between the West and Saudi Arabia – or, “the ISIS that made it,” as Kamel Daoud, a columnist for Quotidien d’Oran, and the author of “The Meursault Investigation” calls the kingdom.
We’ve been over and over the glaring absurdity inherent in the fact that the US and its partners consider the kingdom to be an “ally” in the fight against terrorism and you can read more in the article linked above, but the problem is quite simply this: the Saudis promote and export an ultra orthodox, ultra puritanical brand of Sunni Islam that is virtually indistinguishable from that espoused by ISIS, al-Qaeda, and many of the other militant groups the world generally identifies with “terrorism.”
Wahhabism – championed by the Saudis – is poisonous, backward, and fuels sectarian strife as well as international terrorism. That’s not our opinion. It’s a fact.
But hey, Riyadh has all of the oil, so no harm, no foul right?
Even as the very same ideals exported by Riyadh inspire the ISIS jihad, the kingdom is so sure it has the political world in its pocket that it sought a seat on the UN Human Rights Council, even as the country continues to carry out record numbers of executions.
They even had the nerve to establish what they called a 34-state Islamic military alliance against terrorism in December. Of course the members don’t include Shiite Iran (the Saudis’ mortal enemy) or Shiite Iraq, both of which are actually fighting terror rather than bombing civilians in Yemen and engaging in Wahhabist proselytizing.
But while everyone in the world is well aware of just how silly the “alliance” is, the farce will apparently continue as French President Francois Hollande on Friday awarded Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif France’s highest national honor, the Legion of Honor for “for his efforts in the region and around the world to combat extremism and terrorism.”
This is the same Francois Hollande whose country was attacked not four months ago by fighters inspired by the very brand of Islam the Saudis teach.
This would be like pinning a Blue Ribbon on Kim Jong-Un for his efforts to promote sanity and maturity in international relations.
There are no words.
13 Comments on "Saudis Awarded France’s “Highest National Honor” For “Fight” Against Terrorism"
Apneaman on Sun, 6th Mar 2016 3:55 pm
War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength.
dooma on Sun, 6th Mar 2016 6:25 pm
It scares me how ahead of it’s time that novel was…
makati1 on Sun, 6th Mar 2016 6:59 pm
The Saudis were the 9/11 terrorists.
The Saudis are currently supporting the ISIS terrorists.
The Saudis are killing Yemeni women and children
But:
The Saudis are also trying to feed their desert people:
https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/saudi-arabia-tenders-770-000-tonnes-hard-wheat-092953949–business.html?nhp=1
“It said it had 1.8 million tonnes of wheat reserves, up from 1.6 million tonnes at the same time last year and enough to last more than six months…”
Six months. I wonder how big the Us wheat reserves are? Zero?
americandream on Sun, 6th Mar 2016 7:07 pm
Aint that just peachy. They school Islamic voodoo and we give them awards. Some stink in the French govt is getting backhanders.
onlooker on Sun, 6th Mar 2016 7:35 pm
Considering how dysfunctional the world now is it is to be expected that fiction has become reality ala George Orwell 1984 “War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength” The terrorists are the terrorist fighters.
diemos on Sun, 6th Mar 2016 7:51 pm
“It scares me how ahead of it’s time that novel was … ”
Or as I always like to say, ” It was a cautionary tale … not an instruction manual!”
Go Speed Racer on Sun, 6th Mar 2016 10:50 pm
I bet they too dumb to sprout that wheat before they eat it. We want the oil so bad, we don’t care who sold it to us, or what they do.
Anonymous on Mon, 7th Mar 2016 12:01 am
My poor Irony meter just exploded….
joe on Mon, 7th Mar 2016 3:35 am
They gave 3 americans the same ‘honor’ when they saved a train load of eurotrash from wahabbist jihadis. Flush that stuff down the toilet where it belongs, French hypocrites.
shortonoil on Mon, 7th Mar 2016 8:52 am
The stench of this newly deposited pile of BS is strong enough that if the wind turns against them it is likely to wipe out Beijing. It is obvious that the “Prince” was translated into French and Arabic. The world seems to have a propensity for tolerating despicable leadership. Has anyone ever figured out why?
joe on Mon, 7th Mar 2016 9:27 am
Yeah. Oil. Also over a billion muslims flocking to walk around a cube, who for some reason listen to the ranting of old men who curiously leave it to the young and stupid to do the dying, while they and theirs get rich.
J-Gav on Mon, 7th Mar 2016 4:02 pm
The beat goes on. This is hardly new, folks. Must be the 4th or 5th rich Saudi minister or prince etc to be so dubbed over the last few decades. It goes something like this: “We sign the BIG contract for your missiles, helicopters, fighter planes, ships, etc and you induct one of our guys into your national archives.”
The French Govt admitted as much in their official statement on the matter: “This simply is and has been common diplomatic practice for quite some time now.” That’s not untrue, but when one of the reasons evoked for bestowing said honor include “for their actions in the fight against terrorism,” it does rankle, which is why the French (and other) media have been so critical this time.
J-Gav on Mon, 7th Mar 2016 4:21 pm
Maybe I should add that this ‘system’ of honors is rather complex. Without going into details, there are several levels of membership and NO foreign recipient is a full member of the club. That might be considered fortunate, since, for example, a certain Benito Mussolini in was decorated in 1923.