Posted on 05/21/2017 4:29:52 AM PDT by NYer
Perhaps even more important in terms of Saudi daily life, the women in attendance at functions did not wear head coverings and abayas. The entire nation saw this on television and understands that the fracking-created global oil glut changes everything, that the infidels no longer cower in fear of a cutoff of the oil Allah granted to the protectors of the holy cities of Mecca and Medina. The old arguments of the fanatics hold less water.
Change is coming. The king signaled that the restrictions declared by the Wahhabi clergy are no longer the ultimate arbiter of personal behavior, and that Saudis are going to have to start respecting the customs of the infidels. Something like his handshake gesture can seem trivial, quaint, or even humorous to Americans, but it is very serious business. The role modeling of the women at the highest and most formal level reaches deep into the culture.
It is now clear that the king and his two designated successors (Crown Prince Muhammad bin Nyef and Mohammad bin Salman) have made a deal to liberalize Saudi Arabia. The deal-maker president has told them that there is a price of continued American support.
SNIP
This is a tangible and personal signal to the factions of the Saudi family represented in the high-level delegation. An Orthodox Jew, married to the favored child of the president (who became a Jew herself), saved them money using his personal connections. Call me suspicious, but I think this was carefully planned theatre. You have to see this against the background of the sudden new confluence of interests between Israel and Saudi Arabia, united in opposition to Iran and Arab radical Islamic terrorists.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Allowing Israeli airliners to fly over Saudi territory would be a good first step toward eventual direct flights, a sign of complete acceptance of Israel as a legitimate nation, which is the only long-term solution to peace between Arabs and Jews in the Middle East.
Ping!
Of course the woman with the US news agency had hers on.
The Left in the US are convincing themselves that Trump is a moron who is about to be impeached. But one of these days they will wake up and realize that America is Great Again. It will have already happened.
Is that a black choir robe in the first picture? Arms deals with the Sunni ideology that killed thousands of Americans on 9/11 is Unfathomable. Lol.. the victory is they saw her hair? Um ok.
I used to wear skirts to my ankle to church until Islam came along. Knees are ugly, but I just won’t deplane in a black choir robe anymore.
So how many local stations carried her hair?
I am still laughing that we are discussing a trump and their hair. Just wow.
Moe larry and.............. melania, ahhhhh such a beautiful breathe of fresh air. You can tell a beautiful soul by the beauty on the surface.by the wearing of the scarf you agree with the abuse of women. Im sure melania has given the women of saudi arabia a new vision
Melania, Princess of Arabia.
Actually it is a stunning pants suit. BTW, what crawled up your ass this fine Sunday morning?
Also BTW, all local Saudi channels carried the arrival live, so all of them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4BgebkIDJU
Watch that. Cruz could never have pulled that off. $380+ billion of deals. Hundreds of thousands of good paying US jobs.
-—Change is coming.——
The tense is wrong
Change has come
I am laughing at your continued attempts. When you see pink goo, it’s time to quit beating a dead horse.
You’re just plain wrong
Brilliant! :)
So now it’s all good now that the Saudis spread Islam in the US? Prince Alwaleed bin Talal of the Saudi ruling family just announced a 32 billion dollar program to advance islamization in the US. Saudis have helped fund 80% of the mosques in the US. BTW, when are we going to move our embassy to Jerusalem?
With all of the non-stop negativity from the propaganda tabloids such as WaPo and NYT, it sure is a breath of fresh air to see such a positive article. In the long run, peace will not be achieved by kowtowing to jihadists—it will be achieved by bringing the countries that breed jihad into the modern era.
I give credit to the author of the article for his creativity in producing such a remarkable piece of wishful thinking and rationalization. This weekend is a reprehensible display of personal flattery by a despotic regime toward a beleagured leader. The Saudi price for this exhibition of Saudi “goodwill” is future American entanglement, death and endless burden on the American public in a intra-Islamic conflict that we should not be involved in.
Good article and insight into what actually goes on in the background that nobody considers......
Okay. I feel better about it now. But I should have maintained my reserve and composure, knowing that Trump has done a lot of kookball things since the first primary and made money on each and every one of them.
I agree Bert
Maybe as important as the handshake the camera was positioned so all could see that the King was making eye contact with our beautiful uncovered First Lady.
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