Saudi Arabia Kidnapping World Leaders Now
The Saudis aren't playing around. Cenk Uygur, the host of The Young Turks, breaks down the kidnapping of the Lebanese prime minister. Tell us what you think ...
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>>THIS IS AN INSANE STORY BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE GOVERNMENT OF SAUDI ARABIA. THEY HAVE A LOT OF INFLUENCE IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE MIDDLE EAST INCLUDING LEBANON, SO THEY INVITED THE PRIME MINISTER OF LEBANON, SAAD HARIRI, TO TALK TO HIM, BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T HAPPY. HE IS SUNNI, THE SAUDIS ARE SUNNI, THEY SHOULD BE ON THE SAME TEAM AND HISTORICALLY THEY HAVE IN A LOT OF WAYS, BUT PART OF HARIRI'S COALITION GOVERNMENT INCLUDES SHIA AND INCLUDES HEZBOLLAH. HEZBOLLAH IS A STRANGE CHARACTER THERE BECAUSE THEY ARE PARTLY A REBEL GROUP OUTSIDE THE STATE, THEY DO TERRORISM FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT THEY ARE ALSO A POLITICAL PARTY THAT PARTICIPATES IN THE LEBANESE GOVERNMENT. FOR US HERE IN THE U.S. IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO UNDERSTAND BUT THAT'S THE REALITY OF LEBANON, AND HE...
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>>THIS IS AN INSANE STORY BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE GOVERNMENT OF SAUDI ARABIA. THEY HAVE A LOT OF INFLUENCE IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE MIDDLE EAST INCLUDING LEBANON, SO THEY INVITED THE PRIME MINISTER OF LEBANON, SAAD HARIRI, TO TALK TO HIM, BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T HAPPY. HE IS SUNNI, THE SAUDIS ARE SUNNI, THEY SHOULD BE ON THE SAME TEAM AND HISTORICALLY THEY HAVE IN A LOT OF WAYS, BUT PART OF HARIRI'S COALITION GOVERNMENT INCLUDES SHIA AND INCLUDES HEZBOLLAH. HEZBOLLAH IS A STRANGE CHARACTER THERE BECAUSE THEY ARE PARTLY A REBEL GROUP OUTSIDE THE STATE, THEY DO TERRORISM FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT THEY ARE ALSO A POLITICAL PARTY THAT PARTICIPATES IN THE LEBANESE GOVERNMENT. FOR US HERE IN THE U.S. IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO UNDERSTAND BUT THAT'S THE REALITY OF LEBANON, AND HE...
