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Saudi Arabia
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Tim’s take
His steady point is that Saudi Arabia exposes American hypocrisy: the US treats it as a beloved trading partner and barbecue buddy for the Bush family while ignoring beheadings, women being beaten, and hands being chopped off, all because of the money involved 49:21 33:31. He returns again and again to the US funding the Saudi war in Yemen, calling it a genocide and contrasting the outrage over Putin with the silence over Riyadh 1:01:51 12:42 7:34 53:41. He also cites the redacted 9/11 pages as evidence of the same protective relationship 53:24.
Alongside the criticism he runs a running joke about being personally for sale to Saudi money, floating bits about selling the podcast to "Saudi Spotify" for $100 million and broadcasting from Riyadh in full Saudi garb 47:10, joking the Saudis should buy and "fix" a woke Silicon Valley Bank 0:00, and riffing on LIV Golf buying up golf, real estate, and free speech itself 0:52. These bits treat Saudi wealth as a punchline about anything being purchasable, separate from the more serious Yemen material 33:31 27:31.
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"insane this is This is something in Saudi, you know, they're in Saudi Arabia. President Bush, what are they beheading someone right now?"
Hillary's Guilty Email Press Conference and the Saudi Dance Video — Tim Dillon Is Going To Hell Premieres on GaS Digital+281s into the segment"it would be a great opportunity to shine light on the banking industry, on the corrupt, you know, the dirty dealings in Saudi Arabia and all this."
"know now we see a lot of revelations coming out about that saudi arabia uh... played more of a role that we had led to uh... to be"
Michael Hastings, Saudi Arabia, and 9/11 as the New JFK — Slumbering Herds of Cattle+50s into the segment"these people is like they'll attack Hillary being whatever she right, but then they'll get in bed with the Saudis Hillary's a crook He's"
Fox News Boredom, the Bush/Saudi Hypocrisy, and Selling Subprime Mortgages — The Pilot!+134s into the segment"you know, is ISIS a complete shock to us? When we know that Saudi Arabia and Qatar are funding ISIS and we kind of fund them, we are"
"give some like, you know Mouthpiece to the fact that you know, Saudi Arabia murders gays and women but like yeah, it's all they just recently"
"poorest countries in the world. The UK and the US are arming Saudi Arabia to go in and fuck up Yemen, okay? Right after he wins the Nobel"
"Well, not much, but of course the thought is preemption. Is Saudi Arabia on the list? No. Oh. But then You made an interesting point"
Terrorism, the FBI's Track Record, and Nice Attack Refugees — Depths of Self-Deception+18s into the segment"Podesta's brother, Tony Podesta. I think the ambassador to Saudi Arabia something Is a big connection somehow so supposedly this alliance"
"like Saudi Arabia that are doing a horrible thing. Oh, no, Saudi Arabia is, but that's the problem. But here's something with Saudis"
Israel, Palestine, Hummus, and Female Genital Mutilation — The Long Island Way+174s into the segment"It is no longer an argument to say that the United States government has and is actively covering up Saudi Arabia's role in the attacks."
9/11 Truth, Saudi Arabia's Role, and the New Pearl Harbor Documentary — Father Kump+20s into the segment"narrative You mean in terms of a conspiracy? We now know that Saudi Arabia played more of an instrumental role In the attack that we had"
Hollywood, Brennan, and the CIA's PR Machine — Inside the Cia (with John Kiriakou)+180s into the segment"we really have not gotten to the bottom of the Saudi issue. The American people have not been provided with the facts that they deserve about Saudi Arabia's role either formally or informally."
Kennedy, Mary Meyer, and Suspicious Deaths of Saudi Princes — Inside the Cia (with John Kiriakou)+538s into the segment"idea that like so that's a whole thing and the whole thing in the Saudi and Israeli secret. Right. You know, which I wasn't as aware"
Post-Interview Debrief: Best Episode Ever? — Inside the Cia (with John Kiriakou)+234s into the segment"you were to take these things But I do think There's something with that Saudi angle Stay all get quiet. He got quiet and he's like,"
Revisiting the Kiriakou Interview: Saudi Complicity in 9/11 — Finding the Kumps+58s into the segment"for Hillary Clinton to get out there on Twitter and be like Saudi Arabia. They're letting women drive. It's about time. Start your engines. But you guys have aided and abetted this tyrannical regime for decades."
Neoliberal Hypocrisy and What the Next President Should Fix — Freedom and Fentanyl+64s into the segment"9-11 to me has always been The What relationship we have with Saudi Arabia and Why like I know we it's there's a ton of oil Right interest"
"theory. Well, here's the deal. It's not documented. The idea that Saudi Arabia played a role in the attack that far exceeded, by the way,"
Conspiracy Theories, Tuskegee, and Bin Laden's Resentment — It's A Small World After All+39s into the segment"the Saudis, because they are such a close, and America and Saudi Arabia are very close, a lot of oil interests, a lot of connect, and"
Trump, Felix Sater, and Russian Mob Ties — Live From The NY Comedy Festival (with Russ Baker)+33s into the segment"Arabia because you know not just a Bush family but everyone who's part of their administration is entrenched in Saudi Arabia like ticks these people"
Saudi Arabia, Halliburton, and the War Economy — Live From The NY Comedy Festival (with Russ Baker)+1s into the segment"come on and say- I think Iran should have a nuke. I know. And Saudi Arabia said, we want a nuke. If they're going to have a nuke, we want"
"base gesture because it excludes countries like Saudi Arabia who if you were gonna restrict people you know you would start with the country that attacked us on 9-11."
"gonna go away for a long time. I would not take weed to fucking Saudi Arabia. It's not worth the risk. It's not worth it. I don't think"
Xenophobia, China's Harsh Punishments, and Losing Face — Integrity Belongs In East Timor+198s into the segment"We now know that Saudi Arabia played more of an instrumental role In the attack that we had thought the idea that some of the hijackers may have had funding from the Saudi royal family"
Hollywood, Brennan, and Obama's CIA Capture — Our Best Episode (Inside the CIA with John Kiriakou)+119s into the segment"What about Saudi Arabia? I mean, obviously we have a financial interest with them, but it seems like we are very deferential to them on many of these big issues?"
Saudi Arabia, Seymour Hersh, and the Bin Laden Raid — Our Best Episode (Inside the CIA with John Kiriakou)+44s into the segment"thing and the whole thing I lay into the Saudi and Israeli secret right, you know, which I wasn't as aware of It's a Saudi Israel."
Post-Interview Debrief: 'Best Interview We've Ever Done' — Our Best Episode (Inside the CIA with John Kiriakou)+236s into the segment"hand. I think we were lied to about, for example, the role that Saudi Arabia played in the attacks. Institutional financing and support"
"there's a lot of [ __ ] up things but the reason that we like Saudi Arabia for example there are pals they come for the barbecue there's"
Neocons, Endless War, and Trading with Saudi Arabia — 160 - The Ballad of The Fat Girl With The Clean Car+202s into the segment"Yemen so they're doing the Saudis are doing a genocide with a lot of the money and weapons that we provide them and a lot of the kids"
Learning Through 'Extreme' Vacations: Yemen, Flint, and the Cruise Ship — 164 - Life In The Big City+70s into the segment"I'm kidding shout out Saudi Arabia you know I love you I'm not I am NOT I am NOT insinuating that that was an arms deal gone wrong"
"another war yeah we need to get in there we've been giving saudi arabia money so they can go and shellack yemen causing a genocide"
Joe Biden's Healthcare Plan and Wanting to Get Hit by a Bentley — #230 - The Pit | The Tim Dillon Show+36s into the segment"message that's it to yemen yeah uh that we will continue to let saudi arabia carpet bomb you we don't know why we don't know why we're in"
Endless Wars and Adam Curtis's Hyper Normalization — #241 - Live From Cleveland | The Tim Dillon Show+9s into the segment"catholic inquisition or whether you look at you know modern day saudi arabia for example so there there's a skepticism about those belief"
Hitchens, Literature as Scripture, and Skepticism of Old Religions — #249 - Jordan Peterson | The Tim Dillon Show+66s into the segment"or 17 Pages out of the 911 Commission report uh to protect Saudi Arabia and things like that and we you know people on the 911 Commission"
JFK Files, January 6th Informants, and Manufactured Chaos — #259 - Independence Day with Glenn Greenwald | The Tim Dillon Show+2s into the segment"what they say took place in early November 2017 nearly 400 of Saudi Arabia's most powerful people among them princes tycoons ministers"
Fantasy: Biden Tortures Celebrities at the Ritz-Carlton — #272 - Night of The Beating | The Tim Dillon Show+171s into the segment"see that's what's cool with Saudi Arabia they know how to balance it they'll do something like this and they go let the women Drive"
The Real Saudi Night of the Beating — #272 - Night of The Beating | The Tim Dillon Show+5s into the segment"America's running around the Middle East pretending they're democratizing things and they ain't you know Israel's you know with Palestine the whole thing Saudi Arabia is doing a Geno genocide in Yemen"
Ukraine War Overload and Putin's Motives — #290 - Let's Take A Beat | The Tim Dillon Show+193s into the segment"from a war criminal we're going to buy it from the good guys saudi arabia but it's going to cost since the invasion oil prices have skyrocketed"
Gas Prices and the Colbert Tesla Bit — #292 - Do It Quietly | The Tim Dillon Show+88s into the segment"saudi arabia has been uh bombing yemen with american money and american equipment for years they've been carrying out what essentially amounts to a genocide in yemen"
Clean Conscience Gas and the Yemen Genocide — #292 - Do It Quietly | The Tim Dillon Show+73s into the segment"names like that. LIV Golf. So this organization, it's a fund of Saudi Arabia Arabia. They're going to get people from the PGA Tour to play"
Greg Norman, LIV Golf, and the Saudi Human Rights Excuse — #301 - Everyone Makes Mistakes | The Tim Dillon Show+34s into the segment"Saudi Spotify. It will be available only in the country of Saudi Arabia. And they're giving us a hundred million dollars. The most"
Extended Riff: What America Means to Me — #304 - What America Means To Me | The Tim Dillon Show+884s into the segment"they're trying to find a buyer it's a it's a very woke bank and you know it's diverse and inclusive and fun and sexy and you know gender is a construct and everything it's a fun kind of Silicon Valley Bank that's what they do and I'm not that's not the reason it collapsed I'm not I'm not going on some reaction or anything here I'm just saying it's part of the vibe it's a Vibe Silicon Valley Bank was a Vibe and they tried to get the Saudis to buy it and the Saudis have a little decidedly different vibe than that"
Saudis Bailing Out Silicon Valley Bank — Please Behave | The Tim Dillon Show #338+27s into the segment"into a flourishing Country Side by Side safely with Israel Saudi Arabia and Israel were about to normalize relations I mean yeah and"
The Shifa Hospital Controversy and Israel's Media Narrative — A Case For Israel with Noa Tishby | The Tim Dillon Show #368+89s into the segment"that you see a difference yeah I'm hopeful I'm a big fan of Saudi Arabia again I live in Beverly Hills they never had a VX mandate or"
Saudi Arabia, MBS, and Regional Realignment — A Case For Israel with Noa Tishby | The Tim Dillon Show #368+68s into the segment"Israeli-American face in Gaza. That's a big no-no. Okay? There needs to be Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan. We need to kick in money, but we can have American"
Biden, Netanyahu, and the Case for an Arab Security Force in Gaza — Through The Gate | The Tim Dillon Show #369+160s into the segment"into Libya you know we have issues with in Syria um we funded Saudi Arabia to do what amounts to be a genocide in Yemen we're you know"
"you have countries like Saudi Arabia that are incredibly wealthy and Incredibly powerful and who's the and who is preventing any sort of sanctions or International laws"
Is Hamas a Terrorist Group? Defining Terrorism on Both Sides — Bonus Episode: Abby Martin+185s into the segment"the fun is being gay in Saudi Arabia where you're literally getting sucked off while you watch someone get beheaded for getting sucked off"
Being Gay in Iran vs. Portland Maine — Iran, Israel & The Cool Aunt | The Tim Dillon Show #389+90s into the segment"the Saudi Arabia the UAE Jordan they just want money they want money and they don't want to do anything that would jeopardize them getting money"
Feminists, Trans-for-Iran Activists, and Wanting a Hierarchy — Iran, Israel & The Cool Aunt | The Tim Dillon Show #389+118s into the segment"like you pretend they like you because they kind of like you Saudi Arabia kind of likes you a little not their people but their leaders"
Advice to Israel: Stop Talking About Antisemitism So Much — Iran, Israel & The Cool Aunt | The Tim Dillon Show #389+30s into the segment"note on a on a slightly happier note the government has finally admitt that the Saudis did 911 isn't that nice nice article in the Atlantic"
The Atlantic Admits Saudi Complicity in 9/11 — Kevin Spacey's Soup & AI Saints | The Tim Dillon Show #393+28s into the segment"Afghan need a mall well actually we're kind of attacked by the Saudi Arabia shut up you okay okay let's watch a little bit of this Joey"
Fake Gaza Footage and the 500-Pound Bomb Math — Biden's Mumbles & Dance Moms | The Tim Dillon Show #399+219s into the segment"what's to come that will be an arrow Arab countries will do it Saudi Arabia Egypt Jordan will help organize it we may even help fund it"
Kamala's Price Controls and the Permanent War Budget — Matthew Perry & A Hamptons Tragedy | The Tim Dillon Show #405+240s into the segment"2016 however Shiite Muslim dominated Iran and Sunni majority Saudi Arabia resumed relations last year under a surprise China broker deal"
Iran, Saudi Arabia, and China Playing Peacemaker — Pizza Hut & Birkin Bags | The Tim Dillon Show #415+26s into the segment"the spa? Let's chill it out. You're a guest. I'm a guest. In Saudi Arabia, I don't start going around going, "Why are you chopping people's"
How to Be a Good Guest in Qatar, Dubai, and Saudi Arabia — Stay At Home Summer & Being A Good Guest | The Tim Dillon Show #439+110s into the segment"that Saudis were on the plane and we didn't go to war with Saudi Arabia we then went to war with Iraq was orange and then red yeah"
Generational Distrust of the War Machine and Megan McCain's Grudge — Candace Owens Emergency Podcast | The Tim Dillon Show #441+14s into the segment"league with us in Israel, God bless. Hope everyone's happy. But Saudi Arabia is like they wanna they're doing some Hitler [ __ ] in the"
Regime Change Track Record: Taliban, Iraq, Libya, and Beverly Hills Persians — Waiting For War & Negotiations Under Fire | The Tim Dillon Show #449+21s into the segment"AI videos with Trump. Oh, it's going to be so beautiful and Saudi Arabia wants to come in and offers to pay to make it all nice and"
Netanyahu's Endgame: Gaza's Gas Fields and Regional Pipeline Control — Emergency Podcast: The Epstein Cover-Up | The Tim Dillon Show #454+372s into the segment"upset about they're angry that comedians are going to Riad, Saudi Arabia. a fairy and they don't believe in anything. These people get"
Defending the Saudi Comedy Festival Money — Taylor Swift’s Engagement & The Digital Prison | The Tim Dillon Show #459+32s into the segment"you're coming out and saying you're doing the Saudi thing for money. They're paying you a lot of money." I'm not going to tell you how"
Bribery, Beeswax, and Israel Comparison — Taylor Swift’s Engagement & The Digital Prison | The Tim Dillon Show #459+5s into the segment"beeswax and everyone else's beeswax. There's a lot of beeswax in Saudi Arabia. It's not my problem. They're paying me to keep my mouth shut."
Slaves Building Beautiful Things and Israel's Big Mistake — Taylor Swift’s Engagement & The Digital Prison | The Tim Dillon Show #459+12s into the segment"how sick this country is. And I'm supposed to be scared of Saudi Arabia. I'm supposed to be scared of Saudi"
News Anchors Losing It Over the Engagement — Taylor Swift’s Engagement & The Digital Prison | The Tim Dillon Show #459+50s into the segment"You're not. Did you hear comedian podcaster Tim Dylan fired from Saudi Arabia's first comedy festival? Shocking developments. What does it"
Cold Open: Fired From the Riyadh Comedy Festival — Cancelling Kimmel, Fired From Riyadh, & The Prison Housing Market | The Tim Dillon Show #462+51s into the segment"was going that angle. Apparently, this got to the people in Saudi Arabia and they were unhappy about it."
The 'Slaves Built That' Defense — Cancelling Kimmel, Fired From Riyadh, & The Prison Housing Market | The Tim Dillon Show #462+112s into the segment"paying me the money. One, it's illegal. So, I wasn't really planning to go to a Saudi jail. But on my own show, in my own country where"
Respecting the Amish and Not Insulting Sharia Law — Cancelling Kimmel, Fired From Riyadh, & The Prison Housing Market | The Tim Dillon Show #462+76s into the segment"less compatible, you're a Nazi psychopath. BUT IF YOU WHY IS SAUDI ARABIA so bad, by the way? Why are they so wacky over there? All these"
Syrian Refugees, Assimilation, and Free Speech Contradictions in Europe — The Epstein Files & Thanksgiving In Syria | The Tim Dillon Show #471+168s into the segment"Saudi Arabia, our our boy over there, our uh the American dollar system kind of, you know, again, partially held up by the Saudi the pro dollar."
Proposing a Holiday Dress Code and Killing People as Government Function — Pete Hegseth, War Crimes, & The Breakfast Rush | The Tim Dillon Show #473+128s into the segment"Saudi Aramco processing facility in another one of our allies, Saudi Arabia, and also kind of one of their allies. Israel and Saudi Arabia"
Who Really Hit Saudi Aramco? Iran's Denials Examined — Emergency Podcast: Iran, Israel, & Imminent Destruction | The Tim Dillon Show #486+111s into the segment"don't know if you've looked into that. was in Qatar Qatar and Saudi Arabia. Right. So, is there anything that you guys can add to that?"
Tucker Carlson's Mossad Agents Story in the UAE — Emergency Podcast: Iran, Israel, & Imminent Destruction | The Tim Dillon Show #486"Saudi Arabia is is not you know, if if for example, if Saudi Arabia genuinely believed that Saudi Aramco was targeted by Iran, I would imagine there'd be a massive retaliation from Saudi Arabia."
The Khaled Meshaal Poisoning: Mossad's History of Covert Ops — Emergency Podcast: Iran, Israel, & Imminent Destruction | The Tim Dillon Show #486+4s into the segment"saying we want to pull our money out of the American economy. Saudi Arabia's, you know, saying similar things. You know, people are really"
Gulf Money Pulling Out and Jared Kushner's Panic Calls — Emergency Podcast: Iran, Israel, & Imminent Destruction | The Tim Dillon Show #486+29s into the segment