Politician Says Something Truthful, Immediately Denies It

[The Dharma Bum]

well, the problem with doing that is that is allows shit heads like the sauds to have the funding to support all kinds of crazy shit, which is exactly what they are doing with groups like isis and aq

[exploited]

[The Dharma Bum]

why not start on both initiatives right now?

[exploited]

That would be ideal.

[Indy]

What's so astounding to me is the total lack of action by all the nations in the region. ISIS poses a geographical threat to them that it does not to us, yet they're just sitting there. Apparently waiting for us--again--to do something.

We launched an all-out war when the Saudis thought Saddam threatened their oilfields--oh wait I mean to liberate Kuwait--and yet in this instance the Saudis seem to just be watching from the sidelines. So either they're thinking that we'll fight for them or maybe they're actually fine with all this.

[The Comrade]

by nations you mean turkey, right?

[Indy]

I meant the Arab nations; I'm assuming Turkey's not going to sit around for much longer now that ISIS is literally on their border.

[The Comrade]

jordan, UAE, qatar, and the saudis are all helping us though.

[The Dharma Bum]

the turkish government doesn't want to get involved militarily, it's a hot potato issue, but there are currently massive protests against that policy

[The Dharma Bum]