Who knew 2 words would drive them away , “Woman’s Rights”,LOL
Virtue-signaling has its costs.
Maybe it’s just me but this dump Canada seem like a great way to cause a panic and end up owning the place by buying up stuff through intermediaries.
The Canadians should take a “Screw you, Buddy!” attitude and refuse to panic but instead buy back as much of their country as they can.
Canada was dumb enough to back the Muslim Brotherhood over the Saudies. The young Prince is taking massive steps to bring SA into this century at great personal risk to himself. Canada criticism was stupid beyond words.
Baby Doc Trudeau is deeply saddened.
The Saudis are making an example of Canada lest any other country criticize them.
The Saudis are sending a message. Criticize us and you get none of our money. The message is directed to the EU and the US. To the US. Don’t ask too many questions or investigate too deeply Saudi involvement and knowledge of 9/11.
Actually the time has long passed when the US should have severed its relations with the corrupt House of Saud, which in conjunction with Turkey funded and supported ISIS.
The Saudis once tried to strong arm Putin. They told him that if Russia continued to support Assad and fight ISIS, they could not guarantee that there would be no terrorist attacks at the 2014 Winter Olympics being held in Russia. Putin responded by stationing three Russian nuclear submarines off the coasts of Saudi Arabia and informed the Saudis that if there were terrorist attacks, he had no intention of invading Iraq. There were no terrorist attacks at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
i have a very strong feeling that President Trump was somehow involved in this ... it could be payback for the Canadian trade war with the U.S. ... Lilliputian Canada REALLY does not need this to be happening right now given their dispute with their Goliath neighbor to the south ...
Ron Burgundyy said it best “Boy, that escalated quickly. I mean, that really got out of hand fast”
What did the Canadians do to receive such good news?
I can't help but cheer on the Saudis here. The Canadians stepped in it, big time, diplomatically speaking. Canada should realize it is not a superpower. Trudeau is no Trump. Canada’s foreign ministry should not have used Twitter to criticize the Saudis. I hope Canada learns from this.
Good for the Saudis.
I don’t say that lightly. But I’m sick and tired of Western liberals trying to export GloboHomo everywhere else.
A fitting squabble between leftists and muslims. Bring it on.
The Canadians were right to call out the Saudi jackasses. The world has kissed Saudi butt for too long and let them access to our societies despite their evil barbaric BS.
I don’t like Trudeau, but I’m 100% with Canada in this controversy. I’d like to see our government grow a backbone and do the same thing. It’s embarrassing to see every US president dance like a monkey on a stick for the Saudis.
Canada can probably do this because the Saudis cannot sink their currency the way they can out petrodollar.
The truth is, the Saudis can do very little to materially hurt Canada. What do you do? Cut them off for oil exports?
The Backwards Saudis produce nothing of value the Canadians cannot live without. Not to mention, LOTS of Canadian soldiers have been there in the Saudi sponsored wars.
The Saudis arrested a woman who simply wants normal human rights. Time the rest of the world stops making excuses for the Saudis.
Even this “reformer” king is a backwards bully deserving no respect. His goal is to maintain an absolute feudal monarchy and spread sunni islam.
“Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir criticized Canada’s statements, and accused the country of “blatant interference in the Kingdom’s domestic affairs, against basic international norms and all international protocols”.
That’s rich, coming from the country that has build 900 new mosques in America since 9/11 and worked non-stop to interfere in American domestic affairs, going as far as to insist US FBI training remove all mention of islam.
The Saudi’s 15 minutes are up.
Not a Trudeau fan but the Saudis are venal. The official Saudi twitter feed published a photo of a plane heading for the Toronto skyline, conveniently reminding us of their funding for Bin Laden and his ilk as well as supplier of 15 of the 9/11 animals. Canada will not miss the Saudi $$$.
Personally I am looking forward to Saudi investment in Tesla. That is surely a match made in hell.
I suspect Saudi Arabia picked a country it could afford to stop doing business with and, by its behavior, is threatening all the other countries. The Saudis are afraid of the #metoo movement and what it might mean to their trade and culture. So, they opted to get ahead of the curve and show the world what would happen if somebody criticized them and their brutal ninth century culture.
This is actually a display of weakness and fear on their part. They can see themselves losing oil dominance. Their foreign reserves are at an all time low. They are being challenged by Iran, the new kid on the block. They are losing a war in Yemen, a country they out gun by a hundred to one. Iran is credibly threatening to mine Saudi’s exits to the Indian Ocean which would throw the country into revolt. (SA pays their citizens not to revolt. No income, no pay. They have already reduced the payments across the board, including to the “employed” royals.)