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Reader comment on item: Commentary: Suspend Saudi Arabia's Olympic Team

Submitted by Jeffrey Jackson, Aug 15, 2008 12:24

It is very sad to see women being treated this way by one of our closest allies. I dis-agree with the statement that the government should do something. It is up to us as US citizens to make it clear by stop purchasing products from companies supporting the Saudi Arabian government. You can find those companies online by typing "Companies in Saudi Arabia" in the search.

I feel that instead of Iraq, we should have been occupying Saudi Arabia, and turning that into a democratic society. I believe only then will the terrist stop. I found that it is not only the US government, but the customers of America that support terrism and these type of governments by purchasing billions of dollars in gas. So, when we are placing blame, we as customers shared that responsibility of letting the Saudi Arabian government continue to allow the slave trade and mis-treatment of females from around the world. We the gas & oil customers are the ones giving them the money to pay our government off.

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