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The Saudi's can eat sand ... bet we feed them as we feed the rest of the world ... let them eat oil ... recent history these people had legal slavery and some in the Royal family had dealings with Bin Laden.Screw them!
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Obama will be visiting Saudi Arabia this week. Bet the farm that 1) this issue will be discussed 2) Obama will appease the Saudis by keeping secret any truly damaging information against royal family and 3) some inconsequential information will be released but not any that will implicate the royal family 4) in exchange for keeping the most damaging information secret Obama will get something in return-what that "something" will be, I have no idea but it will benefit Obama, one way or another.
No curiosity about what GWB got in return for sitting on it?
The New York Times
WASHINGTON — Saudi Arabia has told the Obama administration and members of Congress that it will sell off hundreds of billions of dollars worth of American assets held by the kingdom if Congress passes a bill that would allow the Saudi government to be held responsible in American courts for any role in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Saudi Arabia Warns of Economic Fallout if Congress Passes 9/11 Bill
Call your reps in Washington and tell them to not only pass this bill but to F-I-N-A-L-L-Y put Saudi Arabia on our list of terrorist nations like it should have been decades ago, and while they're at it, to start bulldozing all the freakin terrorist recruitment centers Saudi Arabia has built in our country, disguised as mosques!
Saudi Arabia is our worst enemy in the ME..... not Iran, it was Saudis who carried out the attacks on 9/11 not Iranians! It is the Saudis who finance all these mosques[terrorist recruiting centers] in free-non Islamist countries around the world, not Iran!
We are going to have to let them go sooner or later. The Saudis want complete hegemony over the ME. They wanted to get rid of Saddam and Bush/Cheney complied. Next, they want to get rid of the Shiites. So, the GOP is developing the narrative against the Iranian boogeyman.
Let the Saudis sell the T-bills. Let them throw a fit. We will recover. We always have. We are Americans; we aren't Bedouins.
Where are they going to go? Who is going to defend them after they sell the T-bills? Not us, we won't have the money to defend them. What are they going to do- work for a living? Yeah, right. If there is a political vacuum in Saudi Arabia, what's going to happen? Same thing that always happens: they will kill each other.
They're getting too uppity. Who wants to live under a Bedouin shoe? Isn't there any pride left in this country?
Pass the bill and release the darn 28 pages that the Bushes want to keep under wraps.
The New York Times
WASHINGTON — Saudi Arabia has told the Obama administration and members of Congress that it will sell off hundreds of billions of dollars worth of American assets held by the kingdom if Congress passes a bill that would allow the Saudi government to be held responsible in American courts for any role in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Saudi Arabia Warns of Economic Fallout if Congress Passes 9/11 Bill
Call your reps in Washington and tell them to not only pass this bill but to F-I-N-A-L-L-Y put Saudi Arabia on our list of terrorist nations like it should have been decades ago, and while they're at it, to start bulldozing all the freakin terrorist recruitment centers Saudi Arabia has built in our country, disguised as mosques!
Saudi Arabia is our worst enemy in the ME..... not Iran, it was Saudis who carried out the attacks on 9/11 not Iranians! It is the Saudis who finance all these mosques[terrorist recruiting centers] in free-non Islamist countries around the world, not Iran!
How many jobs in Texas are you willing to sacrifice because the Saudis could rip Texas a new ******* since SABIC is a major presence now in the Gulf Coast refining and chemical industries (SABIC Saudi Arabian Basic Industries Co.) ?
President Barack Obama says the top-ranking U.S. intelligence official is reviewing classified material in a Sept. 11 report that families of attack victims and some lawmakers are demanding be made public.
Several members of the House and Senate, including House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, have joined 9/11 families in pressuring for declassification of 28 pages that are part of government documents compiled on the 9/11 attack amid speculation of a possible role by Saudi Arabia. Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the attack.
In an interview with CBS's Charlie Rose, Obama was asked if had read the 28 pages. "I have a sense of what's in there," he replied.
Obama also revealed that James Clapper, director of National Intelligence, "has been going through this" to ensure that whatever is made public does not damage U.S. national security interests.
"My understanding is that he's about to complete that process," the president said.
Former U.S. Sen. Robert Graham, who helped write the report that includes the 28 redacted pages, recently told CBS's "60 Minutes" the secret material could reveal possible Saudi backing for the men who hijacked airplanes, flying two into the World Trade Center in New York and another into the Pentagon. A third hijacked plane crashed on Sept. 11, 2001, in western Pennsylvania.
Graham, a Democrat, declined to cite any details on the portion of the report that remains classified.
Obama also voiced concerns about a legislative move to allow victim families to bring lawsuits against other countries believed to have provided support for attacks.
"This is a matter of how generally the United States approaches our interactions with other countries," he said. "If we open up the possibility that individuals and the United States can routinely start suing other governments, then we are also opening up the United States to being continually sued by individuals in other countries."
Material from the interview was to be broadcast on "CBS This Morning" and PBS, as well as "CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley."
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