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They aren't fans of that either, hence living in the more liberal state of Qatar.But if it had been groups in, say, Iran both vocally and financially supporting IS, you can bet your bottom oil-dollar that there'd be moves to impose ball-breaking sanctions on the nation, or even hawks suggesting military attacks. However, due to business interests we don't pursue, or even talk about, the same measures being applied to SA. And that is the point that a lot of posters on here have been alluding to. That it isn't a simple case of goodies and baddies, that in fact the whole clusterfuck is extremely complicated and nuanced and as such jumping in with laser guided missiles directed from 3000 miles away isn't perhaps the best course of action and in the long term will probably make matters a lot worse.
By the way, what do your Saudi mates think of the public beheadings and lashings carried out in their own Kingdom? Is the irony of their disgust at IS barbarity lost on them?
I also don't think the fact that it's a delicate political situation (and seeing as how KSA has helped the yanks cripple Iran and Russia by not lowering the level of oil production so of course they are friendlier with them than they could be) is not made more delicate by taking out two British scum who were planning an attack and actively engaging in a war.