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© 2019 AFPCalls for halt to Saudi military training in U.S. after attack
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Chip Star
The US has enough oil within its borders and access to Canadian oil. Let Iran run rampant in the region and let the human-rights abusing Israelis fend for themselves: Severe ties with Saudi Arabia. They have made it painfully clear in numerous occasions that they hate us.
Chip Star
*sever
Strangerland
The 9/11 attackers were Saudi.
Trump's favorite middle-eastern financiers.
Strangerland
Yeah, Trump and our local Trumpets on this board have been clear that they feel the Saudi money is worth more than the ethical issues that come with renting out your military to the country whose people were responsible for 9/11.
plasticmonkey
I wonder if Trump ‘n’ Friends will call for a total ban on Saudis entering the U.S. “until we figure out what’s going on”.
Nah. I don’t wonder that.
CrazyJoe
We don't need the King of Saudi Arabia taking care of American families, S.A. an enduring purveyor of jihadist terrorism around the world. We need a President who will protect American families, defend us against terrorism, rather than make excuses for Saudi Arabia.
Strangerland
Nah, that's only for people who don't pay as much as the Saudis.
Entrance to America is allowed for any country that has enough money.
Strangerland
They're going to temporarily halt any more terrorist attacks.
Strangerland
He couldn't even do that competently.
lostrune2
Can't have those American sailor blood jeopardize hundreds of billions of Saudi money and jobs
nandakandamanda
An uncle of Alshamrani, Saad bin Hantim Alshamrani, told CNN from Saudi Arabia that his nephew was 21, and "likable and mannered towards his family and the community." He said his nephew "has his religion, his prayer, his honesty and commitments."
Ah good, well at least his uncle has apologized..................................... oh, wait, maybe not.
Saudi Arabia have their own home-grown terrorists, but they must find it hard to know how to deal with them. Osama bin Laden springs to mind.
nandakandamanda
PS The above quote was from JT yesterday.
https://japantoday.com/category/world/update-2-saudi-suspect-in-u.s.-navy-base-attack-linked-to-anti-u.s.-twitter-screed
elephant200
Trump said King Salman and crown prince would "help out the families very greatly," without specifying how.
Really, many people wanna to know how or it is just another "Myth" by Trump's tweeting!
bass4funk
I think we should evaluate our relationships with the Saudis as well as the training program overall.
bass4funk
No, I did not. I have always stated that I don’t like the Saudi regime, and I don’t trust him a whole lot, but I do understand that the relationship between our two countries is strategically and geopolitically in the Middle East important.
I don’t support the Saudi government, I understand that sometimes you have to make a deal with the devil in order to get what you want.
But No President Republican or Democrat was ever going to sever ties with the Saudi government, it just won’t happen.
Sneezy
What you said was that you believed that the USA and Americans should be Saudi bootlickers, and that you were glad that they would be.
bass4funk
I meant “them”
Yup, I still do.
bass4funk
Not just my belief, but all Presidents Republican and Democrat.
To help contain Iran, yes.
Andrew Crisp
Its a proven fact that most if not all the attackers on September 11 were Saudi's, don't forget the number financiers of terror groups world wide have been from Saudi Arabia - why do the Americans put up with them?
bass4funk
https://www.lawfareblog.com/saudi-arabia-why-we-need-flawed-ally
These are the reasons WHY we need them.
theFu
Just like we cannot label all Mexicans as criminals, we cannot label all Saudis as terrorist and more than all Muslims, everywhere, are terrorists.
Saudi Arabia definitely is a source of many terrorist ideals and a source of funding. The US partnership needs to be reviewed.
theFu
This event might have been retribution for simple military hazing over a mustache.
In other reports, the class instructor called it a "porn mustache" in front of 10 students, which appears to have embarrassed the shooter, in reference to the type of mustache commonly worn in the 1970s by male porn actors.
Some people are really sensitive about different things.
One of the 3 sailors killed was Mohammed Sameh Haitham.