Saudis vs Canadians...?

[bayonetbrant]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/saudi-arabia-suspends-trade-canada-ambassador-1.4775133

Saudi Arabia said on Sunday that it is ordering Canada's ambassador to leave the country and freezing all new trade and investment transactions with Canada in a spat over human rights.

"We consider the Canadian ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia persona non grata and order him to leave within the next 24 hours," Saudi Arabia's Foreign Ministry said on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/KSAmofaEN/status/1026241371361996800


This Saudi dude was kind of funny in an overall tragic situation
https://twitter.com/A_A_WAFI/status/1026354241886212096


Saudis now pitching fits
https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/world/2018/08/06/Saudi-suspends-scholarships-to-Canada-transfer-thousands-to-other-countries-.html


and worst of all, this one...
https://splinternews.com/saudi-state-media-posted-a-photo-that-sure-looks-like-a-1828149796

https://twitter.com/tobiaschneider/status/1026473539573100544

[Sir Slash]

Uh-oh. Somebody better put Dudley Dooright on full alert.  ::)

[JudgeDredd]

I'm gobsmacked the world does business with that country anyway

I mean - I'm not really. Money talks. But still.

Let me re-phrase...
I'm ashamed the world does business with that country anyway

[Pete Dero]

I'm gobsmacked the world does business with that country anyway

Didn't you read the tweet : Iran = Bad / Saudi Arabia = Good

They just bought a lot of very beautiful US weapons and they even let women drive.

[airboy]

If only the West would increase oil production so the Saudi's would not have such influence.  Oh wait, the leftists hate oil production, pipelines and refineries and want to give the Saudi's more power.

On a more serious note, Canada is pretty much immune to Saudi pressure being a major oil exporter themselves.  Canada spoke up about civil rights repression in general in Saudi Arabia and got their ambassador kicked out and other economic sanctions for the trouble.  For whatever faults the Canadians have, they have been consistent supporters of basic human rights in other countries.  They put their wallet where their hearts were and provoked this reaction. 

My personal reaction, Thanks Canada!   

[Pete Dero]

If only the West would increase oil production become independent from oil so the Saudi's would not have such influence. 

[airboy]

If only the West would increase oil production become independent from oil so the Saudi's would not have such influence. 

Pray tell how would you become "independent of oil?"  I'm taking this as a mindless, knee-jerk leftist response.

[OJsDad]

Duh, going electric. Oh, wait, maybe not.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/827460/global-car-sales-by-fuel-technology/

[Tpek]

1) Oil is used for more than just car fuel. Switching to electric cars or other alternative fuel, while still having the effect of greatly reducing oil dependence, would not be enough.

2) Have the Canadians apologized yet?
I mean, they are Canadians after all.

[Pete Dero]

If only the West would increase oil production become independent from oil so the Saudi's would not have such influence. 

Pray tell how would you become "independent of oil?"  I'm taking this as a mindless, knee-jerk leftist response.

Even if you prefer to keep using oil, the reserves aren't limitless so eventually you will have to be oil independent.
For the climate the faster you do this the better (this will probably get a knee-jerk rightist response  >:D)

With enough investments and research we can depend on solar, wind, water or other energy sources without using fossil fuel.

So not a mindless response but really the way I feel about this issue.

[OJsDad]

So your living a fossil fuel life now.

[airboy]

One of my favorite physics professors had the point of view that oil should be saved for all of the stuff we make out of it instead of burning it. 

[Jarhead0331]

This Saudi dude was kind of funny in an overall tragic situation
https://twitter.com/A_A_WAFI/status/1026354241886212096

Yeah. Hilarious.

[Pete Dero]

This Saudi dude was kind of funny in an overall tragic situation
https://twitter.com/A_A_WAFI/status/1026354241886212096

Yeah. Hilarious.

Can you explain please.  It is written in a dialect so I don't fully understand the nuances  ;).

[bayonetbrant]

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