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> It pains me that the U.S. has absolutely no balls to stand up to the Middle Eastern sheikdoms.

It's not that they haven't the balls, it's that the USG doesn't care about middle eastern (or anywhere else) countries having a poor human rights record, so long as those countries support US foreign policy.

So for example, the USG has been a lot more vocal about human rights abuses in Syria and Iran (enemies of USA) than Bahrain and Saudi (allies).

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Do you want the US to invade Qatar? Maybe establish a puppet government? Or just invade, leave, and see what happens?

> Do you want the US to invade Qatar?

I don't want anyone to invade anywhere.

> I don't want anyone to invade anywhere.

So what do you want to happen?

FIFA could tell Qatar that they're not getting the World Cup unless they clean up their act.

On a wider note, Western countries could refuse to do business with companies and countries involved in serious human rights violations.

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