Dead

Who cares?  The next one will be just as big a pig as this one was.

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Zosimus the Heathen said…
I remember reading about this guy in a book on Saudi Arabia called Inside the Kingdom, a few years back, and thinking he actually sounded quite progressive (by Saudi standards, at any rate). Still, I can't shake the nagging feeling that while he may've talked a good game, that's all a lot of what he said was: talk. On a lighter note, he seemed in pretty good shape for someone who was 90-odd when he finally died.
January 23, 2015 at 2:57 AM
Green Eagle said…
Now they are already claiming that the next guy is, as you say, quite progressive by Saudi standards. Of course, nothing ever changes there, but the compliant press puts the best face on the new dictator, even though he is somewhat to the right of Mussolini. I guess we can just thank our lucky stars that he isn't to the right of Hitler.
January 23, 2015 at 11:56 AM
Green Eagle said…
And now I read that the guy has Alzheimer's disease. The article I read said, in one of the most ludicrous comments about a world leader I have ever read, that he is known to have had lucid conversations with people as recently as last October. Man, that's a comfort, right?
January 24, 2015 at 11:24 AM
Zosimus the Heathen said…
Bloody hell, that's setting the bar low! I suppose it could be worse - at least Saudi Arabia doesn't have nukes!
January 26, 2015 at 8:33 AM
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