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https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/20/politics/trump-saudi-arabia/index.html
I really wonder what the Saudi's have on Trump or his family. Trump says the reason that he won't do anything more to the Saudi's is that he believes in America first. Now if any of you actually believe that is the real reason I have a bridge to sell you. I have to believe it either has something to do with money borrowed and owed, or some secret that might harm Trump or a family member. I will bet there are plenty out there that will actually believe this has something to do with the arms sales pending as Trump blathers on about, but I can't believe, can you?
Money is a Saudi weapon of choice. Trump craves it. It doesn't hurt them that there isn't a murderous despot he doesn't admire.
A few years back everyone was complaining that the US was the "World's Policeman" and that we kept on butting in where we don't belong. Now the Saudis have this Khashoggi scandal and everyone wants the US to step in and "fix" the Saudis. How do you propose we "fix" Saudi Arabia? Should we kick in their door and force all their leaders off to the stockade? Should we **** over one of our strategic allies in the ME just to prove a point thus letting Iran (and Russia) more or less have free reign in the region? What idea do you have that's better than "let the Saudis take care of their own while keeping an eye on the process and whispering a little about what we'd like to see done"?
https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/20/politics/trump-saudi-arabia/index.html
I really wonder what the Saudi's have on Trump or his family. Trump says the reason that he won't do anything more to the Saudi's is that he believes in America first. Now if any of you actually believe that is the real reason I have a bridge to sell you. I have to believe it either has something to do with money borrowed and owed, or some secret that might harm Trump or a family member. I will bet there are plenty out there that will actually believe this has something to do with the arms sales pending as Trump blathers on about, but I can't believe, can you?
Going after bin Salman - as an economic and social reformer - has some very serious implications when it comes down to fragile foreign policy and the balance of power. That's a whole other powder keg that could make ISIS look rather tame by comparison.
OM
https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/20/politics/trump-saudi-arabia/index.html
I really wonder what the Saudi's have on Trump or his family. Trump says the reason that he won't do anything more to the Saudi's is that he believes in America first. Now if any of you actually believe that is the real reason I have a bridge to sell you. I have to believe it either has something to do with money borrowed and owed, or some secret that might harm Trump or a family member. I will bet there are plenty out there that will actually believe this has something to do with the arms sales pending as Trump blathers on about, but I can't believe, can you?
https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/20/politics/trump-saudi-arabia/index.html
I really wonder what the Saudi's have on Trump or his family. Trump says the reason that he won't do anything more to the Saudi's is that he believes in America first. Now if any of you actually believe that is the real reason I have a bridge to sell you. I have to believe it either has something to do with money borrowed and owed, or some secret that might harm Trump or a family member. I will bet there are plenty out there that will actually believe this has something to do with the arms sales pending as Trump blathers on about, but I can't believe, can you?
https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/20/politics/trump-saudi-arabia/index.html
I really wonder what the Saudi's have on Trump or his family. Trump says the reason that he won't do anything more to the Saudi's is that he believes in America first. Now if any of you actually believe that is the real reason I have a bridge to sell you. I have to believe it either has something to do with money borrowed and owed, or some secret that might harm Trump or a family member. I will bet there are plenty out there that will actually believe this has something to do with the arms sales pending as Trump blathers on about, but I can't believe, can you?
https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/20/politics/trump-saudi-arabia/index.html
I really wonder what the Saudi's have on Trump or his family. Trump says the reason that he won't do anything more to the Saudi's is that he believes in America first. Now if any of you actually believe that is the real reason I have a bridge to sell you. I have to believe it either has something to do with money borrowed and owed, or some secret that might harm Trump or a family member. I will bet there are plenty out there that will actually believe this has something to do with the arms sales pending as Trump blathers on about, but I can't believe, can you?
What do the Saudi's have on Trump?
Nevermind Trump, SA is the single largest customer of the Military Industrial Complex. Trump's arms deal is just a continuation of a very long strategic understanding.
That's many many thousands of jobs and a great deal of ME influence in the balance. That's a process we started long before Trump, and whoever explained it to Trump probably used pretty emphatic language.
To the capitalist, this is a no-brainer. The journalist wasn't a citizen, and went to this meeting voluntarily. You think the U.S. has never killed anyone under those circumstances?
Yes this was an awful crime, and it reflects poorly on SA, but who ever thought they were choir boys? The time to stand on morals was back when we cut the arms for oil/influence deal in the first place.
And finally, the ultimate problem isn't the loss of arms sales, or access to oil, or influence. The key thing many people fail to understand is that if we don't have a deal with SA, someone else will. Russia and China would love to have access to all SA can offer them, and they'll compete to get it. For Russian in particular that would be a game-changer.
What good would come of marrying these brutal bastards to those brutal bastards, and making a enemy of a friend to boot?
https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/20/politics/trump-saudi-arabia/index.html
I really wonder what the Saudi's have on Trump or his family. Trump says the reason that he won't do anything more to the Saudi's is that he believes in America first. Now if any of you actually believe that is the real reason I have a bridge to sell you. I have to believe it either has something to do with money borrowed and owed, or some secret that might harm Trump or a family member. I will bet there are plenty out there that will actually believe this has something to do with the arms sales pending as Trump blathers on about, but I can't believe, can you?
Going after bin Salman - as an economic and social reformer - has some very serious implications when it comes down to fragile foreign policy and the balance of power. That's a whole other powder keg that could make ISIS look rather tame by comparison.
OM
More than likely this may have nothing to do with Trump's money, in the overall picture.
Well, actually, this one's not all that difficult to work out. They have lots and lots of money that they're giving his businesses. Know how I know this? Because that's what Trump said.
Corruption doesn't always have to be demonstrated in secret. In fact, I'd argue that there's very little corruption in this Administration that has been done in secret.
Calling a journalist that was murdered by a foreign authoritarian an "enemy of the people" also has some dire consequences.
Journalism abroad just got a whole lot more dangerous.
Personal profit was quite specifically what Trump found to be a compelling reason for not antagonizing Saudi Arabia.
So let them do whatever they want and keep sending them weapons because if we don't they might gang up on us? Doesn't that make us look weak?
Going after bin Salman - as an economic and social reformer - has some very serious implications when it comes down to fragile foreign policy and the balance of power. That's a whole other powder keg that could make ISIS look rather tame by comparison.
OM
Nevermind Trump, SA is the single largest customer of the Military Industrial Complex. Trump's arms deal is just a continuation of a very long strategic understanding.
That's many many thousands of jobs and a great deal of ME influence in the balance. That's a process we started long before Trump, and whoever explained it to Trump probably used pretty emphatic language.
To the capitalist, this is a no-brainer. The journalist wasn't a citizen, and went to this meeting voluntarily. You think the U.S. has never killed anyone under those circumstances?
Yes this was an awful crime, and it reflects poorly on SA, but who ever thought they were choir boys? The time to stand on morals was back when we cut the arms for oil/influence deal in the first place.
And finally, the ultimate problem isn't the loss of arms sales, or access to oil, or influence. The key thing many people fail to understand is that if we don't have a deal with SA, someone else will. Russia and China would love to have access to all SA can offer them, and they'll compete to get it. For Russian in particular that would be a game-changer.
What good would come of marrying these brutal bastards to those brutal bastards, and making a enemy of a friend to boot?
No, failing to abide by our arrangement over this makes us actually weak.
Oil is the blood of modern armies, ours more than any other. The oil you control is directly proportional to your ability to make war.
Losing control of that source to a strategic opponent would potentially imperil our entire military and nation.
Consider also what its says to our other international partners, if we are willing to reverse course over a single death? Why would they ever again think long term in their dealings with the U.S., if we're going to betray them over any unrelated grievance that pops up?
Sorry, I'd like justice for this guy, but the price is too high.
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