::Homework Crapbox:: (2017)
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Scroobal summarizes why Saudi Arabia is the most happening place on Earth right now :
1. PM of Lebanon is summoned to Riyadh on Friday and tenders his resignation the next day in Riyadh.
2. 50 high level figures detained including 11 members of the Royal family, 4 Ministers and Head of the revered and powerful National Guard.
3. Hundreds of bank accounts of individuals and corporations blocked.
4. Main private airport closed.
5. Ballistic Missile meant for Riyadh intercepted by Patriot System.
6. USD $430M in reward offered for the capture of 40 Houthi Leadership.
7. Saudi Prince dies in an 'accidental' Helicopter crash.
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gatehousethetinkertailor posted :
Everyone is writing furiously and trying to understand how a young upstart is able to overturn 80 years of established political and social norms with impunity.
The resignation of Hariri is very significant as he is a dual citizen (Lebanese and Saudi, which was granted to his father by King Fahd) and he was summoned to KSA twice in that week. Of special signifiance is his resignation speech was unusual in terminology and harsh criticism of Iran and Hezbollah so much that Michael Aouan the current President (closely aligned to Hezbollah politically) and Nasrallah have both refused to accept the resignation. For all intents and purposes, he is also currently detained in KSA.
So what is the play here - suspicions are high that KSA have failed in various schemes including Syria (where the opposition want to give up but KSA is refusing to let them) so by creating instability in Lebanon and threatening the hold of Hezbollah, create the proxy confrontation which they won't directly confront Iran. There is also suspicion that they are trying to draw Israel into a confrontation with Hezbollah and Iran by default. It seems that MBS has a vision of the ME that exists under the stewardship of his 50plus year rule without the Iranians. And this may be just the first act of the continuing tragedy of that region (of course generously assisted with American and British arms).
The Houthi missiles are very likely to have been a bad coincidence.
Muqtada al-Sadr, the leader of the Sadrist movement in Iraq also visited KSA in August and met with MBS - that was also a surprising move and the consequences of that have yet to appear to the surface.
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gatehousethetinkertailor shared that the following articles will explain the truth behind the situation :
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Aussie comedian criticizes America's lax gun laws in an entertaining way :
Part 1 : https://youtu.be/0rR9IaXH1M0
Part 2 : https://youtu.be/a9UFyNy-rw4
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Kenneth Jeyaretnam : "LTK backstabbed JBJ and kicked him out of WP for his own selfish reasons, and in doing so pleased LKY so much he pretty much left LTK alone. WP serves the PAP, and now that they're being sued, and end up being bankrupted and losing their seats in parliament, like what happened to JBJ, this will be poetic justice. And the PAP will claim that they have nothing to do with it.�
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"The question is whether the arrested princes were truly corrupt, in the sense that they were ripping off the state when the state could no longer afford it, or merely victims of Prince Mohammed's political manoeuvrings as he lunges for power."
Well here's the thing, see. At that level of power and wealth, they're *all* corrupt, in some form or another. The only difference is, these guys (ie. the ones who got arrested, including the dozens of other Royal Princes and Ministers) all got in the way of the Crown Prince's political ambitions in some way or another. And the Crown Prince isn't one to tolerate potential threats of any kind, real or imagined, significant or insignificant. So that's that.
Saudi corruption crackdown is more than a princely power play
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[Malaysia] - Condo bans Africans from premises
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And The Elite 1% Shalt Lord Over The 99% Of Humanity...
https://mothership.sg/2017/11/singapore-properties-renovation/
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Khaw : SMRT Solely to Blame for Tunnel Flooding, No Lapses or Shortcomings by LTA and Transport Ministry
“The CEO is Responsible� : Khaw Throws SMRT Chief Desmond Kuek under the Bus
Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan saved a part of his speech in parliament today to throw SMRT CEO Desmond Kuek under the bus. Making reference to Kuek’s speech where he blamed “deep-seated cultural issues� for SMRT’s persistent problems, Mr Khaw said he held Kuek responsible.
“It is the responsibility of management to set the right culture, professionalism, and excellence. It begins from the top and if there is poor work culture, the CEO is responsible – you set the corporate culture.�
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As a loanshark runner, he was tasked to throw human faeces and urine at a hawker stall. Having not been provided with the necessary materials, Sittaraman Sam Kris Carbonel used a mix of melted chocolate, kaya and green tea instead.
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Fatty Kim's North Korea's nuclear weapons test site is a wasteland with thousands of genetically-mutated deformed human babies.
https://sg.yahoo.com/news/north-korea-apos-nuclear-tests-014102715.html
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Hey, here's an idea : go to North Korea and try it out in Fatty Kim's face. Whaddya think would happen?
https://sg.yahoo.com/news/woman-fired-flipping-off-donald-092121275.html
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Ummm no. If I'm paying for a drink, I expect a real drink, tyvm.
https://sg.yahoo.com/finance/news/cocktail-glass-lets-customize-drink-194739626.html
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Power of money, abuse of power. How unexpected. He got his ex-spy employees to intimidate and threaten to kill (Mossad agents are trained in assassination) his rape victims if they reported him.
Harvey Weinstein Employed An Army Of Investigators And Ex-Mossad Agents To Suppress Stories About His Behavior
https://sg.yahoo.com/style/report-harvey-weinstein-employed-army-011605043.html
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gatehousethetinkertailor :
The strategy does point to the most probable reason for the Qataris fall-out with the Emiratis and Saudis - it appears that the Qataris had taken the position that the Arab world does not want a direct armed confrontation with Iran but MBS and the US had been headstrong in pushing ahead with it thus leading to the blockade of Qatar and the potential collapse of the GCC as a body. A new order is quickly being brought to bear with the Saudis, Emiratis, Americans with Israelis doubling down on a conflict with Iran.
"Iranians count their history not in decades or centuries, but in millennia. And as much as the US and its allies have tried to isolate it, contain it, sanction it for its nuclear program, with its diversified, oil-fueled economy and population of more than 80 million, Iran's power and influence across the Middle East has continued to grow, and not just among the Arab states. It is now cultivating closer ties with Turkey and Russia.
"Since King Cyrus the Great the Iranians have been a regional power," says Rami Khouri, senior fellow at the American University of Beirut. "They know how to do statecraft."
In comparison, says Khouri, the Saudis and its Gulf allies are "amateurs, and now they are trying to do something in Lebanon to show they are tough guys. But this is a hopeless endeavor."
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