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pinky0926
06/08/17 12:25:42 PM
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/06/08/saudi-arabia-football-team-fail-line-minutes-silence-honour/

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/football/2017/06/08/Screen-Shot-2017-06-08-at-12-38-53-large_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqqv0Fju-aeb1W9_3jsknJjZ0eosKSgPui34Sj8hyiC2k.png

The Saudi Arabian football team were booed by Australian supporters after they failed to properly line up for a minute's silence in honour of the victims of the London Bridge terror attacks.

Saudi Arabia were preparing to play Australia in a World Cup qualifier at the Adelaide Oval when the stadium announcer called for a minute's silence to begin.

The Australia team linked arms in a line on the centre circle while the Saudi Arabia team stood in random formation as the silence began.

According to Adam Peacock, who works as a presenter for Fox Sports in Australia, the Asian Football Confederation approved the minute’s silence against the wishes of Saudi Arabia.


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Unquestionable
06/08/17 12:28:30 PM
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Remember that time Trump made that deal with Saudi Arabia involving large sums of money and weapons? Yeah no way that can come back to bite us in the ass *cough* Bin Laden *cough*
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chill02
06/08/17 12:28:32 PM
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oh boy
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Chicken
06/08/17 12:29:53 PM
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The team should've been immediately disqualified and barred from future participation for supporting terrorism.
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ThyCorndog
06/08/17 12:32:38 PM
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they're not even trying to hide it anymore

can we please stop buying oil from Saudi Arabia
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Funkydog
06/08/17 12:32:55 PM
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Chicken posted...
The team should've been immediately disqualified and barred from future participation for supporting terrorism.

This.
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ToonLinkWithGun
06/08/17 12:33:15 PM
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Unquestionable posted...
Remember that time Trump made that deal with Saudi Arabia involving large sums of money and weapons? Yeah no way that can come back to bite us in the ass *cough* Bin Laden *cough*

*topic that has nothing to do with Trump*

"B-but Trump!"
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this_is_wow_huh
06/08/17 12:33:34 PM
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SA is garbage no surprise there, and yah fuck Trump too
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GunmaN1905
06/08/17 12:33:42 PM
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Hmm, isn't Saudi Arabia a long time USA partner nation?
How nice.

And why're you even mentioning Trump when the Saudis financed Hillary.
No matter who the president is, your relationship with SA would be the same.
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Mystere
06/08/17 12:40:48 PM
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Snotty a labia
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Freddie_Mercury
06/08/17 12:45:28 PM
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GunmaN1905 posted...
And why're you even mentioning Trump



Because he's the President.
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ROD
06/08/17 12:48:50 PM
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what's the "official" reason for their disrespect?

They should have been kicked out of the match IMO
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3rd_Best_Master
06/08/17 12:49:03 PM
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So the issue here is that they didn't coordinate how they stood? Cause it says that they were silent, they just didn't stand in any sort of formation.
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StucklnMyPants
06/08/17 12:49:46 PM
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ROD posted...
what's the "official" reason for their disrespect?

They should have been kicked out of the match IMO

They probably didn't understand English.
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booboy
06/08/17 12:50:45 PM
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Why haven't we commenced some violent freedom against Saudi Arabia yet?
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salandrews
06/08/17 12:52:10 PM
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3rd_Best_Master posted...
So the issue here is that they didn't coordinate how they stood? Cause it says that they were silent, they just didn't stand in any sort of formation.


Yeah this is what I'm thinking
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pinky0926
06/08/17 12:54:54 PM
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3rd_Best_Master posted...
So the issue here is that they didn't coordinate how they stood? Cause it says that they were silent, they just didn't stand in any sort of formation.


No, the Saudi officials didn't agree to the minute's silence, so the players either didn't know what to do or were instructed not to do anything. Meanwhile the Saudi crowd members jeered and shouted during the silence.

The players aren't diplomats, but their sponsors and managers made it clear they wanted no part in the gesture.
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pinky0926
06/08/17 12:56:48 PM
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booboy posted...
Why haven't we commenced some violent freedom against Saudi Arabia yet?


Because the Saudis aren't some little bitch state that the USA can easily trample all over. They're powerful, connected and ruthless - and have a whole country full of wahhabis who would just love a reason to go to war.
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garan
06/08/17 4:20:12 PM
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Funkydog posted...
Chicken posted...
The team should've been immediately disqualified and barred from future participation for supporting terrorism.

This.


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Guns_of_Verdun
06/08/17 4:21:42 PM
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garan posted...
Funkydog posted...
Chicken posted...
The team should've been immediately disqualified and barred from future participation for supporting terrorism.

This.


Agreed.

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hockeybub89
06/08/17 4:22:27 PM
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GuyCarlPeterson
06/09/17 8:23:12 AM
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Iranians openly chant death to America but you people didn't have a problem with the Iran nuke deal.
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Kineth
06/09/17 8:26:34 AM
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We reap what we sow. 15 of the 19 9/11 hijackers were Saudis and so was Osama Bin Laden and we have done nothing to actually go after them.
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fan357
06/09/17 8:27:29 AM
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Hey as long as we keep bombing random brown people overseas the problem will go away right? That's sarcasm for the mods.
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AugustAdoulin
06/09/17 8:27:57 AM
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How bad of a place can Saudi Arabia be when Trump has such lucrative business ties there? :v
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cjsdowg
06/09/17 8:30:37 AM
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It is funny how the US loves SA but hates Iran.

GuyCarlPeterson posted...
Iranians openly chant death to America but you people didn't have a problem with the Iran nuke deal.



One of the most power GOPers sang a song about bombing Iran.
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unpleasant_milk
06/09/17 8:31:14 AM
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I heard them initially say it wasn't their culture to do one minute silences.

Yet, shortly after the recent death of their king..

PZU76ZR

And below, a Saudi team playing Barcelona in a special match ..

oFTGzUn

I think it's a lack of respect, and nothing to do with culture.
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pinky0926
06/09/17 8:35:56 AM
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GuyCarlPeterson posted...
Iranians openly chant death to America but you people didn't have a problem with the Iran nuke deal.


Who is "you people" exactly in this imaginary argument
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hockeybub89
06/09/17 8:39:40 AM
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unpleasant_milk posted...

I think it's a lack of respect, and nothing to do with culture.

It's against their culture to have a minute of silence for dead "infidels" it seems.
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The Admiral
06/09/17 8:40:10 AM
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Liberals always told me these terrorist attacks only had support from fringe radicals, certainly not mainstream Muslims within the Arab world. I'm very confused.
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Kineth
06/09/17 8:40:49 AM
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@Liberals

Why'd you tell him that?
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Medz1986
06/09/17 8:42:09 AM
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Unquestionable posted...
Remember that time Trump made that deal with Saudi Arabia involving large sums of money and weapons? Yeah no way that can come back to bite us in the ass *cough* Bin Laden *cough*
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Medz1986
06/09/17 8:42:53 AM
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Trumps buddies
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hockeybub89
06/09/17 8:43:08 AM
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The Admiral posted...
Liberals always told me these terrorist attacks only had support from fringe radicals, certainly not mainstream Muslims within the Arab world. I'm very confused.

You usually are.
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Anarchy_Juiblex
06/09/17 8:45:09 AM
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Freddie_Mercury posted...
Because he's the President.


Not of Australia.
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Cool_new_name
06/09/17 8:46:43 AM
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Just means that the AFC will think twice about trying to make football about things completely irrelevant to football.
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booboy
06/09/17 8:51:48 AM
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pinky0926 posted...
booboy posted...
Why haven't we commenced some violent freedom against Saudi Arabia yet?


Because the Saudis aren't some little bitch state that the USA can easily trample all over. They're powerful, connected and ruthless - and have a whole country full of wahhabis who would just love a reason to go to war.


They may not be a bitch state, but US involvement in the Middle East is directly tied to them, and until that book is permanently closed, we are stuck there permanently.
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GuyCarlPeterson
06/09/17 11:38:02 AM
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pinky0926 posted...
GuyCarlPeterson posted...
Iranians openly chant death to America but you people didn't have a problem with the Iran nuke deal.


Who is "you people" exactly in this imaginary argument

The people hur durring about how we are allies with SA.
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ROD
06/09/17 11:39:16 AM
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I can't believe their team didn't get more flak over this
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Antifar
06/09/17 11:43:00 AM
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The Saudi regime is trash, to be clear. But I have heard that the stated reasoning is that the moment of silence for London didn't acknowledge worse attacks in Kabul or Tehran. Which, if true...I don't know how I feel about that. There's a double standard there that is worth grappling with.
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uwnim
06/09/17 11:44:41 AM
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The Admiral posted...
Liberals always told me these terrorist attacks only had support from fringe radicals, certainly not mainstream Muslims within the Arab world. I'm very confused.

We've been saying SA is a problem for a while. Ever time we do though, some conservative goes and says SA is our most important ally in the war on terror and it is really these other countries that are the issue.
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Kineth
06/09/17 11:47:28 AM
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uwnim posted...
The Admiral posted...
Liberals always told me these terrorist attacks only had support from fringe radicals, certainly not mainstream Muslims within the Arab world. I'm very confused.

We've been saying SA is a problem for a while. Ever time we do though, some conservative goes and says SA is our most important ally in the war on terror and it is really these other countries that are the issue.


qft
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LepartialJury
06/13/17 4:44:16 AM
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chill02 posted...
oh boy

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PBusted
06/17/17 2:28:04 AM
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And they got the nerve to criticize qatar
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Kineth
06/17/17 8:26:45 AM
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Kineth posted...
uwnim posted...
The Admiral posted...
Liberals always told me these terrorist attacks only had support from fringe radicals, certainly not mainstream Muslims within the Arab world. I'm very confused.

We've been saying SA is a problem for a while. Ever time we do though, some conservative goes and says SA is our most important ally in the war on terror and it is really these other countries that are the issue.


qft

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teepan95
06/17/17 8:36:32 AM
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Antifar posted...
The Saudi regime is trash, to be clear. But I have heard that the stated reasoning is that the moment of silence for London didn't acknowledge worse attacks in Kabul or Tehran. Which, if true...I don't know how I feel about that. There's a double standard there that is worth grappling with.

Hmm, interesting...
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Hexenherz
06/17/17 8:56:55 AM
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GuyCarlPeterson posted...
Iranians openly chant death to America but you people didn't have a problem with the Iran nuke deal.

What a misguided post...
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SubtletyRefuge
06/19/17 2:35:06 AM
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Kineth posted...
Kineth posted...
uwnim posted...
The Admiral posted...
Liberals always told me these terrorist attacks only had support from fringe radicals, certainly not mainstream Muslims within the Arab world. I'm very confused.

We've been saying SA is a problem for a while. Ever time we do though, some conservative goes and says SA is our most important ally in the war on terror and it is really these other countries that are the issue.


qft

Forget to switch accounts?
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