Dreizahn t1_j2bm62o wrote on December 31, 2022 at 1:23 AM

There is even a term for it: sportswashing. It's like a huge image campaign for them so they are less associated with executions and human rights violations and more with goals, birdies and stuff.

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[deleted] t1_j2bpihn wrote on December 31, 2022 at 1:48 AM

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Itsonrandom2 t1_j2brwor wrote on December 31, 2022 at 2:06 AM

PGA snubbed Trump after 01/06 so trump got involved with LIV as a fuck you to PGA. All American presidents sell weapons to SA. I’m not a Trump fan to be clear.

HarryHacker42 t1_j2e4pvd wrote on December 31, 2022 at 4:18 PM

Nuclear tech:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-nuclear-saudi/u-s-shared-nuclear-power-info-with-saudi-arabia-after-khashoggi-killed-idUSKCN1T52ER

Under Trump we sold THREE TIMES the number of bombs to the Saudis than before. Both sides? No... its three times as many.

https://www.ft.com/content/dd836c34-d60b-11e8-a854-33d6f82e62f8

Red-7134 t1_j2brfyy wrote on December 31, 2022 at 2:02 AM

Working the algorithm. They want "sports" to be the first thing google associates the with and not "war crimes".

KingdomHunter t1_j2bn604 wrote on December 31, 2022 at 1:30 AM

As much as I find Saudi Arabia awful. I must admit they really know how to play the PR and image game.