• mEEGal@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    since when is Bin Laden + a couple of goons the whole people of Saudi Arabia ?

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      10 hours ago

      Typically, when people refer to a country by name in this manner, such as “Saudi Arabia”, they are referring to the government/ruling class of that country, not the people as a whole. The Bin Laden family had demonstrable ties to the royal family of Saudi Arabia.