• Linkerbaan@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Saudi ruler Faisal cared in 1970s by shutting down oil supply and promptly received a bullet to the head

    Egypt used to semi care until it has now become a full American puppet state with Sisi having attended American war College before staging a coup in 2013 and receiving 1 billion in arms a year to surpress his population with. (and multiple other billion dollar “loans”).

    Qatar Lebanon and Yemen still care though. And aside from the rulers the population of those other Arab countries do as well.

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      9 months ago

      Egypt and Jordan have a complicated history here with Black September (and similar events in Egypt). Radical extremists went with Palestinian refugees to Egypt and Jordan, and they caused civil war and disruption. Most notably in Jordan, where the king was assassinated iirc.

      Of course, this is no excuse for them not taking refugees, but I understand their reticence. Having a comprehensive screening process to make sure that bad actors can’t get in would be the solution.

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      9 months ago

      They only care in much the same way that the US cares about Ukraine. Because it hurts their enemy.