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trishran
Skeptic Friend
USA
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 Posted - 08/01/2005 : 11:57:29
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Last night, the King of Saudi Arabia died. While he was infirm for many years, it still seems like a bad time for this to happen.
What do you skeptics think? Will this be the start of more hysteria? Another windfall for Halliburton? An opportunity for extremists of various stripes?
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Valiant Dancer
Forum Goalie
USA
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Posted - 08/01/2005 : 12:55:55 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by trishran
Last night, the King of Saudi Arabia died. While he was infirm for many years, it still seems like a bad time for this to happen.
What do you skeptics think? Will this be the start of more hysteria? Another windfall for Halliburton? An opportunity for extremists of various stripes?
King Fahd was no more than a figurehead since his stroke in 1995. His son had been running the day to day business. I forsee no change. |
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trishran
Skeptic Friend
USA
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Posted - 08/01/2005 : 13:13:05 [Permalink]
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I know he was a figurehead for the past decade, but still, he was nominally king. And without a clear line of succession [a la the Brit royal fam], the death of a figurehead can inspire a power struggle.
Plus, I wonder if people in the American administration look at this as an opportunity to force their views/plans on the Saudis. |
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BigPapaSmurf
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 08/02/2005 : 10:11:33 [Permalink]
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| This wont be a problem until his octogenarian successor dies. Its relativly stable with Abdullah in there. |
"...things I have neither seen nor experienced nor heard tell of from anybody else; things, what is more, that do not in fact exist and could not ever exist at all. So my readers must not believe a word I say." -Lucian on his book True History
"...They accept such things on faith alone, without any evidence. So if a fraudulent and cunning person who knows how to take advantage of a situation comes among them, he can make himself rich in a short time." -Lucian critical of early Christians c.166 AD From his book, De Morte Peregrini |
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