[nickcarraway]

Video of MBS kisses Prince Mohammed bin Nayef at :19

[nickcarraway]

Hey, they are just like Sicilians!

[nickcarraway]

1963 News report of Mafia Informant Joseph Valachi explaining the Kiss of Death

[nickcarraway]

MBS is looking more like Fredo this morning.

[Dawgreg]

I wish they’d get those table cloths off their heads so we can see what they look like......

[Zhang Fei]

Mild compared to Ottoman practice of fratricide:

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fratricide#Ottoman_Empire
[The practice of fratricide was legalized by Mehmed II. Mehmed II grandfather Mehmed I had to fight a long civil war against his brothers Suleyman, Isa, and Musa. The civil war lasted eight years and weakened the empire due the deaths of soldiers and lack of unity that followed. As a result, Mehmed II formally legalized the practice of fratricide in order to preserve the state and not further place strain on the unity as previous civil wars did. Mehmed II states, “”Any of my sons ascend the throne, it acceptable for him to kill his brothers for the common benefit of the people (nizam-i alem). The majority of the ulama (Muslim scholars) have approved this; let action be taken accordingly.” When Mehmed II passed away his son Selim immediately assumed the throne and proceeded to commit fratricide on his two brothers Ahmed and Korkut. The largest practice of fratricide was committed by Mehmed III when he had nineteen of his brothers and half-brothers murdered and buried alongside their father. His successor Ahmed I when faced with public disapproval for the practice of fratricide decided to outlaw the practice and replace it with seniority ascension system along with imprisonment of any prince who would be a possible threat to the throne in the Kafes. ]

[Celtic Conservative]

This kinda reminds me of Peter the Great vs. the boyars. Just in a historical sense,not individual personalities

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[WASCWatch]

If you looked into what the Kings and Queens of Great Britain did to relatives they to eliminate well into the 19th Century, MBS is being quite civil to his relatives.