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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWatch them attempt to pressure Obama into attending
the funeral of the Saudi dictator of a king who kept women down.
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Watch them attempt to pressure Obama into attending (Original Post)
malaise
Jan 2015
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benz380
(534 posts)1. I bet there will be a bush there. nt
malaise
(269,054 posts)4. Despite the RW lunatic on Rev Al's screams that Obama has to attend the funeral
it turns out that the king will be buried in a few hours.
fadedrose
(10,044 posts)2. Actually, he improved the plight of women
not a lot, but he permitted women to be in the Assembly, and was getting a little more liberal in slow time.
Their beheadings are punishment that go back thousands of years. I hate them too.
Problem is that the King's half-brother, in his 80's, is more conservative and might take back what women have gained.
abakan
(1,819 posts)3. Maybe he will send all the Bushes
And they won't come back.