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How would you propose that we "unsupport" them?

Where does the world stand, in general, on this issue? What countries are doing something about it? Most Americans probably can't find Qatar on the map. Finally, shouldn't the United Nations be leading the way on this? Anytime that the US plays "world cop", even if it's "good cop", we still take criticism.

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Well, for one, a decent number of prominent American universities have set up satellite campuses in Doha.

They're money grabs. Bargain priced prostitutes have more self respect.

Do the diplomas from these satellite campuses differentiate themselves from the 'real' universities? In my experience, one of the selling points of satellite campuses is that you get the same diploma from them, such that if you don't tell anybody that you didn't go to the 'real' school, nobody would know.

If only the neoconservatives would make themselves useful and lobby to liberate countries like Qatar.

You changed your message about the economy, to which I had an answer. It's petroleum based not tourism. Unless the world agrees to embargo their oil, we can't stop them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Qatar

As for your neocon remark, I don't see any reason why we're going to invade another Middle Eastern country in the near future. The US is probably going back to supporting the current "stable" government.

Not only is the United States not going to invade Qatar, it's going to be loath to make even a peep about human rights abuses. Qatar is host to one of the US's key middle eastern military bases, home of the United States Central Command: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Udeid_Air_Base

So you're saying we already have an easy way to get the necessary troops there?

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