Biden’s risky outreach to Saudi Arabia’s crown prince

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Remember Mr. Biden’s promise, during his presidential campaign, to make Saudi Arabia “a pariah” — and not only because of the Khashoggi assassination? Saudi Arabia treats domestic dissidents harshly and continues to wage a destructive war in neighboring Yemen, though a tentative U.S.-backed cease-fire is currently in place. Mr. Biden began his term by making public U.S. intelligence confirming MBS’s role in the Khashoggi case and refusing to deal directly with the crown prince. But Mr. Biden did not impose an asset freeze and U.S. travel ban on MBS, as he could and should have done. Furious nevertheless, MBS refused subsequent outreach from the president and snubbed U.S. requests to help alleviate rising oil prices by pumping more Saudi crude.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...ns-risky-outreach-saudi-arabias-crown-prince/
 
BidenPresident said:
Remember Mr. Biden’s promise, during his presidential campaign, to make Saudi Arabia “a pariah” — and not only because of the Khashoggi assassination? Saudi Arabia treats domestic dissidents harshly and continues to wage a destructive war in neighboring Yemen, though a tentative U.S.-backed cease-fire is currently in place. Mr. Biden began his term by making public U.S. intelligence confirming MBS’s role in the Khashoggi case and refusing to deal directly with the crown prince. But Mr. Biden did not impose an asset freeze and U.S. travel ban on MBS, as he could and should have done. Furious nevertheless, MBS refused subsequent outreach from the president and snubbed U.S. requests to help alleviate rising oil prices by pumping more Saudi crude.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...ns-risky-outreach-saudi-arabias-crown-prince/
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needless cacophony on Biden's part. he's not alone of course
That and the Iran deal undermined the special relationship, and stymied expansion of the Abraham Accords

Biden pays much too much attention to "authoritarian dictators" in terms of policy making
 
anatta said:
Trump reacted to Obama, Biden reacts to Trump
I'll go with FDR who first called it the special relationship
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Prince Khalid bin Salman of Saudi Arabia is hardly a household name but should be notorious. As the oil-rich kingdom’s ambassador to Washington in the fall of 2018, he assured journalist and Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi he could safely collect some papers he needed at the Saudi Arabian Consulate in Istanbul, according to CIA analysis that has been reported in The Post. Khashoggi went in but never emerged; he was murdered by Saudi agents. The then-ambassador may not have known that Khashoggi would be killed. Wittingly or not, however, he subsequently falsely told various news outlets, The Post included, that the Saudi government had no idea where Khashoggi was. Khalid bin Salman denies that he told Khashoggi to go to Istanbul. His credibility in Washington badly damaged, he returned to Saudi Arabia in February 2019.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...ns-risky-outreach-saudi-arabias-crown-prince/
 
BidenPresident said:
Remember Mr. Biden’s promise, during his presidential campaign, to make Saudi Arabia “a pariah” — and not only because of the Khashoggi assassination? Saudi Arabia treats domestic dissidents harshly and continues to wage a destructive war in neighboring Yemen, though a tentative U.S.-backed cease-fire is currently in place. Mr. Biden began his term by making public U.S. intelligence confirming MBS’s role in the Khashoggi case and refusing to deal directly with the crown prince. But Mr. Biden did not impose an asset freeze and U.S. travel ban on MBS, as he could and should have done. Furious nevertheless, MBS refused subsequent outreach from the president and snubbed U.S. requests to help alleviate rising oil prices by pumping more Saudi crude.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...ns-risky-outreach-saudi-arabias-crown-prince/
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Yep! Biden's a moron.

He has proven it yet again. :dunno:
 
BidenPresident said:
Whereas Trump kissed their asses.
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Correct. And trump colluded with S.Arabia by way of a faux 'threat' to pull back military defense unless S. Arabia cut oil production.

trump viewed every foreign/domestic policy through one of two lenses:

How can I personally benefit financially?

How can this help me get re elected?

He openly bragged about saving oil industry jobs when he pressured Mexico to cut production, or the U.S would.

Not only does that not make sense, it didn't work at the voting booth.
 
BidenPresident said:
We don't need their oil.
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So why is Biden begging for it?

I'll tell you why: The US will run out of fuel this summer.

Biden has fucked up the American fuel industry, and that's why everything is going south quickly.

He did it on day 1, and it will get much worse before it gets any better.

Didn't I read that Biden was reaching out to Venezuela? Is that true?
 
Matt Dillon said:
So why is Biden begging for it?

I'll tell you why: The US will run out of fuel this summer.

Biden has fucked up the American fuel industry, and that's why everything is going south quickly.

He did it on day 1, and it will get much worse before it gets any better.

Didn't I read that Biden was reaching out to Venezuela? Is that true?
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I thought I told you to stop posting this drunken nonsense.
 
BidenPresident said:
Remember Mr. Biden’s promise, during his presidential campaign, to make Saudi Arabia “a pariah” — and not only because of the Khashoggi assassination? Saudi Arabia treats domestic dissidents harshly and continues to wage a destructive war in neighboring Yemen, though a tentative U.S.-backed cease-fire is currently in place. Mr. Biden began his term by making public U.S. intelligence confirming MBS’s role in the Khashoggi case and refusing to deal directly with the crown prince. But Mr. Biden did not impose an asset freeze and U.S. travel ban on MBS, as he could and should have done. Furious nevertheless, MBS refused subsequent outreach from the president and snubbed U.S. requests to help alleviate rising oil prices by pumping more Saudi crude.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...ns-risky-outreach-saudi-arabias-crown-prince/
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The Saudi's are done with us, they are on Team China now.
 
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