The 633-word statement of President Donald Trump on the Saudi royals’ role in the grisly murder of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi is a remarkable document, not only for its ice-cold candor.
The president re-raises a question that has roiled the nation since Jimmy Carter: To what degree should we allow idealistic values trump vital interests in determining foreign policy?
On the matter of who ordered the killing of Khashoggi, Trump does not rule out the crown prince as prime suspect:
“King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman vigorously deny any knowledge of the planning or execution of the murder… (but) it could very well be that the Crown Prince had knowledge.”
Yet, whether MBS did or didn’t do it, the Saudis have “agreed to spend and invest $450 billion in the United States.” And a full fourth of that is for “military equipment from Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and other great U.S. defense contractors.”
“Foolishly” cancel these contracts, warns Trump, and Russia or China will snap them up.Moreover, the Saudis have agreed to pump oil to keep prices down.
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5 comments:
Since Khashoggi was a known member of the Muslim Brotherhood (a terrorist organization), we should let the Saudi's handle this along with Turkey! We can publicly decry their possible human rights infractions while saying we'll never know what really happened!
Bottom line: POTUS is instructed to support a position that is beneficial to the owners of corporations who make profits from the sale of weapons of mass destruction.
Period
Now we are all clear on the agendas.
12:03 POTUS knows what side our bread is buttered on , besides ,journalists are a dime a dozen !
The buttering of bread is now the equivalent of organized mass murder? Really?
And who is “Our” . . . As in, our bread. . .
It ain't none of our business and I'm glad our President is smart enough to stay the hell out of it.
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