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A rich title coming from an American. How many Iraqis died as a result of the US invasion? I'm not asking this to take away from the actions of the Saudi kingdom, but I hardly think that anyone in the US is just in claiming a higher position with regard to federal investment into research and startups.

Should we question the origins of federally funded research into the internet on account of it coming from the DoD?

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Not all Americans supported the Iraq invasion.

Not all Saudis support their government

All US citizens (in theory, not practice) get to vote to change their government's policies.

In Saudi Arabia -- literally, the Arab lands belonging to the House of Saud -- the subjects don't have that power. They would have to have a revolution, first.

I do believe there is more to the monarchy than you think.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/06/how-saudi-elit...

Also, just because not everyone in the US supports their government, it doesn't mean that the government isn't using "blood money" to invest in their own future.

Not all. Felons don't, either in theory or in practice.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felony_disenfranchisement#Curr...

says that this varies state to state, with Maine and Vermont allowing people to vote even while in prison.

That's right, still not ALL US Citizens can vote.

And what are they doing about it? Are they trying to vote out the government or...?

He's a Canadian and that is some strong whataboutism.

I'm merely pointing out the hypocrisy of the title. My citizenship has little to do with history.

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