Posted on 08/31/2015 5:41:36 AM PDT by thackney
President Barack Obama will host King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia at the White House next week for his first trip to Washington since ascending the throne.
The visit, scheduled for September 4, comes just before Congress is scheduled to vote on the Iran deal, which Saudi Arabia has endorsed but expressed concern over.
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It’ll be like old home week!
[King Salman]
He substituted one fish for another!
Has Barry started practicing his bow? I’m sure Reggie will be standing behind him to give constructive criticism.
Just in time for the Shemita to hit the fan.
Saudi must be feeling more isolated and vulnerable.
Turkey and Persia (Iran) hate Saudi.
You got to understand, the Saudi Royals are a little tiffed with the Current Occupant now. Expect that the Saudis will get about as warm a welcome in the White, er, “Rainbow”, Hut, as Benjamin Netanyahu did recently.
The Saudis would be better served to appear before a joint session of the House and Senate, and perhaps before the US Supreme Court. A national address directly to the American people should not be out of the question.
Is he The Salmon Of Doubt?...
Yo “King” Salman,
Eat pooh and die mookabooker.
This could be interesting. (I hope so.)
The House of Saud has been tyrannical from teh outset, but I liked the prior king better than this one.
wonderful.....he,ll be bowing like Mr. Moto in a 50’s movie
http://dailycaller.com/2015/01/22/saudi-king-dies-prince-with-dementia-takes-throne/
01/22/2015
The King of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah bin Adbul Aziz, died Thursday night and paved the way for his brother, Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, to become the country’s new monarch — despite Salman reportedly having dementia and being in poor health.
The Washington Post reports that the 79-year-old Salman’s ascension will likely prompt a power struggle within the oil-rich nation.
“Despite so many people saying it will be a smooth transition, there’s every reason to believe that Saudi Arabia is heading for rough times,” Simon Henderson of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy told The Post. “Having a king with dementia is the last thing they need at this difficult time. Yemen is falling apart, ISIS is knocking at the door… this is an extraordinarily dangerous Middle East from a Saudi perspective.”
Saudi Arabia operates on a unique rule of succession. Instead of the crown passing to the eldest son of the deceased monarch, it has traditionally passed to the next oldest son of the country’s founder, King Adbulaziz bin Saud. There are only a few of Adbulaziz’s sons still alive and capable of ruling the country.
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http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/23/middleeast/who-is-saudi-arabia-king-salman/
Updated 4:41 PM ET, Wed February 4, 2015
Editor’s Note: This story has been modified to remove reporting that did not meet CNN’s editorial standards, including summaries of speculation by other news organizations about the King’s mental acuity. London-based attorneys representing the Royal Court of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have told CNN that “any suggestion that King Salman is suffering from dementia or mental impairment of any kind is quite simply untrue.”
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