Posted on 03/12/2017 8:13:00 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is to meet US President Donald Trump later this week, the Saudi Press Agency said in a statement Monday.
The agency said the deputy crown prince left to the United States on a business trip that is scheduled to start on Thursday.
The young prince is due to meet with Trump and other senior US officials to “discuss strengthening bilateral relations,” according to the agency.
The meeting would mark the first between top-level Saudi and US officials since Trump came into office in January.
The visit comes as the US expands its military action against al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in Yemen, a country on the brink of widespread famine and torn apart by civil war involving Houthi rebels and a Saudi-led Arab coalition.
The US has been providing support, weapons and precision training to the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen.
Earlier this week the US State Department approved a $390 million sale of precision guided munitions to Saudi Arabia, an arms deal that had been halted by the Obama Administration due to concerns about civilian casualties.
In March 2015, the Saudi-led coalition launched air raids against Iran-backed Houthi rebels and their allies after the rebels overran much of Yemen.
More than 10,000 people have been killed in the war since that date, the UN has said, including around 1,400 children.
Another three million Yemenis have been displaced by the conflict and millions are in need of food aid.
The conflict has also enabled al-Qaeda to expand, in an environment defined by growing sectarianism, shifting alliances, security vacuums and a burgeoning war economy, according to recent reports from The International Crisis Group.
Spit.
“SPIT”
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This will be interesting, but anything coming out of this will not be visible for a while.
Barf ...
Good. Trump should meet the boss of all the Congressmen he has to deal with.
W walked hand-in-hand with Saudi royalty. Obama bowed to them. What will Trump do? Somehow I doubt if there’ll be any hand-holding this time around. And if there’s any bowing, it won’t be done by Trump.
MAGA, indeed.
Please Donald, do not kiss this guy, do not hold hands, and do not bow to him.
“You’re having the meatloaf”.
Hey raghead goathump!
Take a bath and put on a suit for God’s sake. You’re in America, and about to meet with the leader of the free world.
Act like you’ve got a clue.
This 31 year old son of the current King, is pretty much running the show in Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia is under severe financial strain due to low oil prices - they could virtually exhaust their foreign reserves (their Sovereign Wealth Fund) during Trump’s first Term at these rates. They still don’t have much of an economy outside of oil and Government spending. US fracking could bankrupt the Saudi State.
They are bogged down in a war in Yemen, have their fingers in Syria, and face a deadly threat from Iran.
In short, Trump holds much stronger cards, to drive a much harder deal with the Saudis, than has been the case since the oil embargo in 1973 (excepting the Gulf War).
Well, he needs to meet with Prince Bandar and ask him why he paid the 911 terrorists from the Saudi Embassy in Washington D.C. and why his wife did. Where is that son of a bitch? Why did he leave the US after the murdering attack by Sunni Wahhabis? The Saudis are the # 1 terrorist state in the world. Iran never attacked this country!!
Where is that SOB (Prince Bandar)?
He was on the wrong side of things when the new King took over in Saudi Arabia. He no longer holds any significant position in the Government.
What? What king took over? You mean the house of SAUD? What a crock.Bin Laden was FROM THE HOUSE OF SAUD!! That bastard Bandar needs water boarding on TV!! This is the same bunch of Wahhabis that killed 3000 Americans on 9/11. No remorse whatsoever. I have friends that died in that murder. Don’t give me that Bandar was fired crap. Take their OIL!!They cost us TRILLIONS!
“The US has been providing support, weapons and precision training to the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen.”
Why?
“The US has been providing support, weapons and precision training to the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen.”
Why?
why? because we always fight for the Saudi IslamoNazi dictatorship
that’s why
King Salman took over in 2015, when King Abdullah died - they are both members of the Saudi royal family.
The bin Laden family moved to Saudi Arabia from Yemen, and became the second richest in the country for some time.
In my opinion, Bandar had a big hand in a lot of the evil jihadi and terrorist activities of the Saudi Government and royal family - Most all of them at the top did.
Deputy Crown Prince? Sort of Mini-Me without portfolio
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