Tom Paine 1949
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For the next two weeks President Trump will probably not be feeling well enough to do any saber rattling with his Saudi allies against Iran...
See: So Biden becomes president and Iran starts saber rattling....Joes response is?
But not to worry. Our Commander-in-Chief has already approved the continuing sale of expensive offensive weapons and direct U.S. air assistance to the Saudi war against Yemen, the poorest country in the Middle East. It’s also not known if Trump will feel well enough to phone Crown Prince MBS to congratulate him on the 2nd anniversary of his sending that doctor and hit squad to murder and surgically mutilate Jamal Kashoggi in the Saudi Embassy in Turkey. Ah well, we all have our bad days:
Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was brutally murdered on October 2, 2018 by agents of Saudi Arabia’s despotic government, and the CIA concluded they killed him on direct orders from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS). Eight Saudi men have been convicted of Khashoggi’s murder by a Saudi court in what the Washington Post characterized as sham trials with no transparency. The higher-ups who ordered the murder, including MBS, continue to escape responsibility.
Khashoggi’s assassination and dismemberment was so horrific and cold-blooded that it sparked worldwide public outrage. President Trump, however, stood by MBS, bragging to journalist Bob Woodward that he saved the prince’s “ass” and got “Congress to leave him alone.”...
As we mark two years since Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, we may also soon be marking the end of the Trump administration. While it is hard to take Vice President Biden on his word that he would not sell more weapons to the Saudis and would make them “pay the price” for killing Khashoggi, it is good to hear a presidential candidate admit that there is “very little social redeeming value in the present government in Saudi Arabia” and call it a “pariah state.” ...
www.counterpunch.org
While there may be “very little redeeming social value“ in our Saudi allies, who have supported ISIS and ISIS-like groups all over the Middle East, there is plenty of money at stake there, even now when we are no longer dependent on Gulf Oil. A phased withdrawal from the region and a more equitable policy balancing between Shia Iran and the Sunni Gulf Monarchies would better serve U.S. and world interests. But that would require statesmanship, and much too much resemble what Obama and the world’s great powers were aiming at before President Trump tore up the JCPOA nuclear agreements with Persian Iran.
See: So Biden becomes president and Iran starts saber rattling....Joes response is?
But not to worry. Our Commander-in-Chief has already approved the continuing sale of expensive offensive weapons and direct U.S. air assistance to the Saudi war against Yemen, the poorest country in the Middle East. It’s also not known if Trump will feel well enough to phone Crown Prince MBS to congratulate him on the 2nd anniversary of his sending that doctor and hit squad to murder and surgically mutilate Jamal Kashoggi in the Saudi Embassy in Turkey. Ah well, we all have our bad days:
Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was brutally murdered on October 2, 2018 by agents of Saudi Arabia’s despotic government, and the CIA concluded they killed him on direct orders from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS). Eight Saudi men have been convicted of Khashoggi’s murder by a Saudi court in what the Washington Post characterized as sham trials with no transparency. The higher-ups who ordered the murder, including MBS, continue to escape responsibility.
Khashoggi’s assassination and dismemberment was so horrific and cold-blooded that it sparked worldwide public outrage. President Trump, however, stood by MBS, bragging to journalist Bob Woodward that he saved the prince’s “ass” and got “Congress to leave him alone.”...
As we mark two years since Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, we may also soon be marking the end of the Trump administration. While it is hard to take Vice President Biden on his word that he would not sell more weapons to the Saudis and would make them “pay the price” for killing Khashoggi, it is good to hear a presidential candidate admit that there is “very little social redeeming value in the present government in Saudi Arabia” and call it a “pariah state.” ...
Two Years After Khashoggi’s Murder, Why is America Still An Accomplice to MBS's Crimes?
Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was brutally murdered on October 2, 2018 by agents of Saudi Arabia’s despotic government, and the CIA concluded
www.counterpunch.org
While there may be “very little redeeming social value“ in our Saudi allies, who have supported ISIS and ISIS-like groups all over the Middle East, there is plenty of money at stake there, even now when we are no longer dependent on Gulf Oil. A phased withdrawal from the region and a more equitable policy balancing between Shia Iran and the Sunni Gulf Monarchies would better serve U.S. and world interests. But that would require statesmanship, and much too much resemble what Obama and the world’s great powers were aiming at before President Trump tore up the JCPOA nuclear agreements with Persian Iran.
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