Saudi Arabia and others gave Qatar a 13 point list that must be met.
One was the shutting down of al Jazeera.
( I feel so bad because I had a conspiracy theory friend that for months singled out Qatar as a good nation that was on the side of the people. I always threw Qatar in with the rest of the rotten Gulf states, and argued with him on numerous points. I am sorry to say that he moved months ago and I don't think I will get the chance to apologize for my ignorance. I now have at least become aware of my past ignorance due to recent developments )
From the June 24-25 Wall Street Journal article Arab States Issue Demands to Qatar by Nicolas Parasie and Summer Said
quote:
The U. S., however, would be potentially supportive of calls to shut down Al Jazeera, the official said.
So much for the uncompromising freedom of the press.
The left in this country needs to remember that its ideological soul mate , Al Gore, recognized this news organization as a great one and on the side of people over propaganda.
(I don't always get it right I must say. I love reading a paper called China Daily and have months of my issues piling up along with endless other daily papers. I just found out that the paper is published by the People's Republic of China. I don't have any explanation for how I failed to notice lol. )
All sides let government propaganda dictate what we are outraged by. We were obsessed with the Russian conspiracy theories ( which Trump was falsely accused of being a party to ) while we are directed away from seeing much of what is really outrageous and freedom-quashing.
Creationism and Trumpism have their own opinions which are very judgmental and overlook the beam in their own eyes, but the opposition has massive misjudgments too.
Consider my post an endorsement for the Sermon on The Mount
Edited by LamarkNewAge, : No reason given.