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Saudis snub Obama on Riyadh arrival amid growing tensions
cnn ^ | 4/19/16 | cnn

Posted on 04/20/2016 11:52:27 AM PDT by Nachum

(CNN)President Barack Obama received a chilly reception from Saudi Arabia's leaders as he landed in Riyadh Wednesday, a clear sign of the cooling relations between once-close allies amid regional upheaval and dropping oil prices. When Obama touched down in Riyadh shortly after 1 p.m. local time, there were no kisses with the kingdom's ruler as President George W. Bush once exchanged. The Saudi government dispatched the governor of Riyadh rather than a senior-level royal to shake Obama's hand, a departure from the scene at the airport earlier in the day when King Salman was shown on state television greeting the leaders of other Gulf nations on the tarmac.

Social media users quickly termed the reception, which was not carried live on state TV, a snub and a sign that a relationship long lubricated by barrels of oil is now facing deep questions on both sides. For all the frostiness seemingly on diplay, though, analysts and former officials say the two countries aren't at the end of a love affair so much as in an unhappy marriage in which both sides, for better or worse, are stuck with each other.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhomiddleeast; houseofsaud; husseinobama; muslimworld; obama; riyadh; saudiarabia; saudis; snub
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To: Nachum

poor little bammy, no one a$$ to kiss.


21 posted on 04/20/2016 12:22:21 PM PDT by Duckdog (If your not on a government list, Whats wrong with you!)
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To: Nachum

No picture of the Zero on his knees kissing feet?


22 posted on 04/20/2016 12:26:55 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: Nachum

Did 0bama Hussein al Kenya kiss the tarmac upon arrival?


23 posted on 04/20/2016 12:27:02 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Live Free or Die.)
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To: Nachum

If only we had a President that would have simply turned around, boarded that big airplane emblazoned with the seal of the American Presidency and hit the runway for take off.

Those Sheiks would have swarmed out of their palaces like cockroaches. You would have seen them on their knees begging the plane to return. They would have clearly recognized that you can’t punk-down the President of The United States of America.

Instead Obama is greeted by the Governor of Riyadh and accepts the slap in the face for our Country graciously

I’m outraged for this clown!


24 posted on 04/20/2016 12:33:23 PM PDT by Gunner TLW
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To: Nachum

Gee, this wasn’t predictable, was it?


25 posted on 04/20/2016 12:36:33 PM PDT by LaRueLaDue
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To: TLI

Threatened by China, Russia, N korea and even Iran!

He’s msade it really hard for a black dem to ever get elected to Preezy again! Good!


26 posted on 04/20/2016 12:40:15 PM PDT by Harpotoo
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To: Nachum

Time to doing some more bowing and scraping. After all they expect it now.


27 posted on 04/20/2016 12:44:20 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: AppyPappy
They sent Fredo to welcome him.

Barry on the tarmac: "Do you know how I am? I'm Moe Greene!"

28 posted on 04/20/2016 12:46:57 PM PDT by mojito (Zero, our Nero.)
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To: Nachum

Even fellow Muslims are sick of him. ;-)

The cult is still thick in the “news” media, Hollywood, and the general black population.


29 posted on 04/20/2016 12:51:29 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper (Just say no to HRC)
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To: Nachum

This administration is such a f***-up that now our friends AND enemies hate us.

This is what happens when elections are reduced to something resembling a reality TV show...


30 posted on 04/20/2016 12:54:03 PM PDT by varyouga
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To: Nachum

Obama knew he would receive this kind of reception due to his sellout of the Saudis in the Iran deal. But rather than having the American public perceive the truth his team resurrects the 9/11 classified twenty eight page issue to deflect the truth and put the Saudis on the defensive. They have said all along to go ahead and make it public.


31 posted on 04/20/2016 12:54:51 PM PDT by vigilence (Vigilence)
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32 posted on 04/20/2016 1:29:39 PM PDT by seawolf101 (This)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Guess the magic negro has lost his mojo.

No one wants him around.


33 posted on 04/20/2016 1:32:12 PM PDT by Joe Boucher (500 years ago we had Shakesphere, obammys people live in mud huts still. Go figure)
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