The Qaboos has left the station

[-Astoria]

CNN is now reporting

Speculation is not good in times of grief, let's wait for some news.

Here you go - happened just a few hours ago.

[Novus America]

Somewhat tangential but still related:
The Omani Royal Family used to rule a massive maritime empire.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omani_Empire

[Trollzyn the Infinite]

"My name is Michael J. Qaboos and I. Hate. Babies."

Sorry, I didn't have anything relevant to post as I know nothing about Oman.

[Ieskarios]

The Sultan is dead, long live the Sultan!

Honestly don't know anything about the new guy but I hope he's good.

[Nouveau Yathrib]

Oman, generally, seems like a nice enough place, I suppose.

Don't hear a whole lot about it in American media, though...

Not hearing about it in the US media is a good sign. It means it is not belligerent, not in a civil war, not sponsoring terrorists, not shockingly poor, and not committing the worst human rights abuses. It stays quiet and stays out of trouble. It is not an exceptionally great place by global standards unlike say Norway or Switzerland. But is not bad, especially by Middle Eastern standards.

It is like the quiet kid in class who is not a trouble maker, gets good enough grades but is not the top of the class. Who has few particularly close friends but also few real enemies.

This is one of the best forum posts I've seen from you. Really great insight.

RIP to Sultan Qaboos, long live the new Sultan!

[Luziyca]

Speculation is not good in times of grief, let's wait for some news.

Here you go - happened just a few hours ago.

That felt a bit fast, since I was expecting that the royal council would have debated on a successor for three days before the letter was opened.

Maybe either Qaboos died on January 7th, or the council was like "let's just open the letter now and see who he nominated."

[-Astoria]

That felt a bit fast, since I was expecting that the royal council would have debated on a successor for three days before the letter was opened.

Maybe either Qaboos died on January 7th, or the council was like "let's just open the letter now and see who he nominated."

Nah - he died just yesterday - maybe they wanted to do everything as quickly as possible to reduce any problems...

Though I do wonder - how exactly was the letter done? Did they just sit for hours on end just waiting for the now ex-Sultan to write it, or...?

[Luziyca]

That felt a bit fast, since I was expecting that the royal council would have debated on a successor for three days before the letter was opened.

Maybe either Qaboos died on January 7th, or the council was like "let's just open the letter now and see who he nominated."

Nah - he died just yesterday - maybe they wanted to do everything as quickly as possible to reduce any problems...

Though I do wonder - how exactly was the letter done? Did they just sit for hours on end just waiting for the now ex-Sultan to write it, or...?

There have been instances where the date of death could have been pushed earlier or later, or at least the claims. But I do feel that scenario #2 was more reasonable, as the royal council could've agreed "let's open the letter, see what the late Sultan has to say."

But I think Sultan Qaboos would have written it long before he died.

[Farnhamia]

So only male members of the royal family are eligible?

Makes sense, the country is called Oman, not Owoman.

Though I personally prefer Opeople.

He should have picked O-prah.

[Shrillland]

Long live Sultan who overthrew his own father in a coup.

I wonder why Sultan Qaboos never had kids.

Well, both the CIA and MI6 speculated for a while that he was actually gay but, for obvious reasons, couldn't say anything publicly. At any rate, he was only married for three years before getting a divorce.

[Hakinda Herseyi Duymak istiyorum]

It's really bad for a person to die.I wish it to be a secular, contemporary and modern Republic of Oman

[Definitely Not Trumptonium]

It's really bad for a person to die.I wish it to be a secular, contemporary and modern Republic of Oman

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I'm sorry but that's a penis.

[Gormwood]

Hopefully the coffing uis big enough to fit the sultan's qaboos.

[Vetalia]

It's really bad for a person to die.I wish it to be a secular, contemporary and modern Republic of Oman

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I'm sorry but that's a penis.

It does look suspiciously phallic, it looks more like the flag of The Republic of John Holmes.

[Hakinda Herseyi Duymak istiyorum]

I'm sorry but that's a penis.

It does look suspiciously phallic, it looks more like the flag of The Republic of John Holmes.

Arabs must adopt Social democratic baasism.A combination of flag, baasism and Oman

[Auze]

He lives in Zanzibar now.

Edit:

It does look suspiciously phallic, it looks more like the flag of The Republic of John Holmes.

Arabs must adopt Social democratic baasism.A combination of flag, baasism and Oman

Eritrea ain’t Arabic, and is majority Christian. This like you including Macedonia and part of Cyprus in your ideal Turkey while calling those who want Greece to have Cyprus and much of Anatolia “Rightists”.

[Definitely Not Trumptonium]

It does look suspiciously phallic, it looks more like the flag of The Republic of John Holmes.

Arabs must adopt Social democratic baasism.A combination of flag, baasism and Oman

More Kurdish land for Turkey

:joy:

[Repubblica Fascista Sociale Italiana]

Rest in Peace to one of the best leaders in world history who showed that "democratic values" isn’t everything, and a country can be run well without needing to descend into corruption and partisan tribalism

[Repubblica Fascista Sociale Italiana]

It does look suspiciously phallic, it looks more like the flag of The Republic of John Holmes.

Arabs must adopt Social democratic baasism.A combination of flag, baasism and Oman

Implying Sudan, Somalia, and Eritrea are Arab

[Samudera Darussalam]

It does look suspiciously phallic, it looks more like the flag of The Republic of John Holmes.

Arabs must adopt Social democratic baasism.A combination of flag, baasism and Oman

That's so ASB. We have seen how attempts for a united Arab state turned out.
Also, why would Eritrea included in the map.

[Trollzyn the Infinite]

It does look suspiciously phallic, it looks more like the flag of The Republic of John Holmes.

Arabs must adopt Social democratic baasism.A combination of flag, baasism and Oman

1. No, fuck this imperialist nonsense.

2. Morocco, Libya, Tunisia, Eritrea, Somalia, Algeria, Mauritania, Djibouti, and Lebanon are not Arab-majority so please leave them out of this nonsense.

3. Eritrea isn't even Muslim majority so that's even more reason for them to not be included here.

4. The Arabization of the Lebanese, Berbers, and Somalis needs to stop.

5. Kurds, Copts, and Assyrians deserve to have their own states, not be subjected to further Muslim Arab misrule and abuse which is driving them all to extinction through annual periods of genocidal extermination and repression of their respective cultural identities.

Please take your secular pseudo-Caliphate and keep it as far away from the Middle East (and North Africa + the Horn) as possible. The last thing this world needs is an Arab nationalist superstate because every time Arab nationalists try to build a secular utopia it becomes a socialist dictatorship that erases the cultural identity of non-Arabs; if not deport them/drive them to emigrate en masse from their homelands or ethnically cleanse them. That's not even touching upon the immediate threat to Israel such a state would pose that would undoubtedly send Tel Aviv into such a mass panic attack they end up doubling down on their already extreme policies out of fear of impending invasion and a Second Exodus at best or Second Holocaust at worst.

[Vetalia]

Arabs must adopt Social democratic baasism.A combination of flag, baasism and Oman

That's so ASB. We have seen how attempts for a united Arab state turned out.
Also, why would Eritrea included in the map.

Also the flag that looks like a crucified Clank with a huge dick and nipple clamps.

[Hakinda Herseyi Duymak istiyorum]

Arabs must adopt Social democratic baasism.A combination of flag, baasism and Oman

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1. No, fuck this imperialist nonsense.

2. Morocco, Libya, Tunisia, Eritrea, Somalia, Algeria, Mauritania, Djibouti, and Lebanon are not Arab-majority so please leave them out of this nonsense.

3. Eritrea isn't even Muslim majority so that's even more reason for them to not be included here.

4. The Arabization of the Lebanese, Berbers, and Somalis needs to stop.

5. Kurds, Copts, and Assyrians deserve to have their own states, not be subjected to further Muslim Arab misrule and abuse which is driving them all to extinction through annual periods of genocidal extermination and repression of their respective cultural identities.

Please take your secular pseudo-Caliphate and keep it as far away from the Middle East (and North Africa + the Horn) as possible. The last thing this world needs is an Arab nationalist superstate because every time Arab nationalists try to build a secular utopia it becomes a socialist dictatorship that erases the cultural identity of non-Arabs; if not deport them/drive them to emigrate en masse from their homelands or ethnically cleanse them. That's not even touching upon the immediate threat to Israel such a state would pose that would undoubtedly send Tel Aviv into such a mass panic attack they end up doubling down on their already extreme policies out of fear of impending invasion and a Second Exodus at best or Second Holocaust at worst.

The Arabs deserve a republic and secular order,I do not define this idea as imperialist.The ideas that are actually imperialist are to support separatist ideas in the Middle East (sample usa and russia puppet kurdish state). Cultural identity or important universal conscience ? I don't want people killed just because they're gay. I don't want a world ruled by monarchy and ignorance.You're right about Israel and the dictatorship, I'm talking about it shouldn't happen.

[Auze]

The map is terrible, not so terrible that I cannot taint it make it better in just a few minutes of GIMP and Microsoft Paint...

Anyway, this is getting off-topic.

[-Astoria]

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But anyways, back to the thread.