Posted on 06/20/2019 3:31:48 PM PDT by detective
They can get anything they want at the Walmart parking lot.
I haven’t heard the plan spelled out. But when he met with cast of characters at the beginning of his term, the conversation sounded like that is where they were going.
Maybe the Senate is counting on the Democrats to win in 2020 and go back to Obama pro-Iran policy in the Middle East. In that case we wouldn’t want the Saudis or the UAE to be able to defend themselves.
Like Russia? Real smart.
Typically, the Saudis are big believers in greasing palms to get what they want. Not crude bribery, but extended long term lobbying and subtle persuasion.
For example, they wanted to do a deep penetration into the US culture to improve their status with ordinary Americans. To do this they subsidized a bunch of US universities.
“The Associated Press analyzed federal data and found that at least $354 million from the Saudi government or institutions it controls has flowed to 37 American schools since 2011.”
This is not the crude stuff that other countries do to lobby on their behalf, and it does work. They have made a lot of friends.
Which raises the point, How come they didn’t do it this time?
“Journalist” Jamal Khashoggi was obviously a spy, though it is unclear who he was working for. So why shed a tear for him? Even if he was working for the US, he was expendable.
So what is the real issue with these senators?
Flimsey Grahamnesty again.
He needs to be primaried out JUST for his support of EVERY amnesty attempt since 2006
This stupid obsession with Khashoggi is asinine.
It’s a futile vote if a veto can’t be overridden LOL!
Export versions of US arms are usually deliberately degraded or crippled in case we end up having to fight them.
For a while Lindsay Graham was free of McCain and actually doing good things. But I suppose Romney got his hooks into him and now he’s back to his old ways.
I will go to my grave believing that the GOP intentionally gifted the house to the democrats in 2018 so they could have the dems block Trump without getting the blowback themselves. A ton retired for no reason from safe seats and flipped the whole thing. The GOP still does not support the President, they merely pay lip service to supporting him. So don't count out the idea that they'd gift the dems the Senate too if they think there's no other way to stop Trump without looking like they're stopping Trump. For instance, if he were to win in a giant landslide. They'd deny him his mandate by slow rolling stuff for two years and then surprisingly losing the Senate.
Or Alice’s Restaurant.
Lindsey Graham should know better . And at a time like this .....
Your faith in our government exceeds mine by far.
There have been several examples in the not distant past where sophisticated US weapons that were given to foreign powers simply refused to work against US forces. Many of the export models have remote kill switches in their electronics - which is why many of our better partners build their own electronics for them. See Canada, where they made their own avionics for the F-18s they bought from us. The Russians and Chinese do the same.
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