Posted on 06/05/2022 11:15:26 AM PDT by anthropocene_x
In a major walkback from his campaign pledge to make Saudi Arabia a “pariah” for human rights abuses like the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi, President Biden will reportedly visit Riyadh with the goal of persuading Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to help the US alliance win its economic war against Russia.
The Guardian tells us the trip “suggests Biden has prioritized his need to bring oil prices down and thereby punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, over his stand on human rights.”
So in order to punish Vladimir Putin for his war crimes and his assault on freedom and democracy, Biden will be courting a tyrannical war criminal whose country has no freedom or democracy.
Washington will be ending its brief diplomatic dry spell with a government that has been waging a horrific war against Yemen while suppressing any semblance of human rights at home in order to more effectively punish Putin for waging a horrific war against Ukraine which we’re told threatens freedom and democracy throughout the western world.
“The Biden Administration is openly planning to pay homage to one [of] its closest allies — one of the most despotic and murderous tyrants on the planet, the Saudi Crown Prince — at the same time it convinces Americans its motive for fighting wars is to defend freedom and democracy,” tweeted Glenn Greenwald.
“The EU literally just banned oil from Russia (mimicking the United States’ actions) because they don’t want to give money to a ‘dictator’. So Biden is travelling soon to Saudi Arabia to try and bring energy prices down– which is a vibrant democracy, as you all know,” tweeted Richard Medhurst.
(Excerpt) Read more at caitlinjohnstone.com ...
President Biden on Tuesday announced a ban on all imports of Russian oil, gas and energy to the United States, targeting “the main artery” of Russia's economy amid President Vladimir Putin's war on Ukraine.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/biden-russian-oil-import-ban
Dems are idiots. They hate America.
We have hundreds of years of oil in Alaska alone.
This is beyond ridiculous. Begging Saudi, Venezuela , etc is retarded. Who next, Iran? Already buying from Russia then wasting money in Ukraine to fight Russians?
Furniture has more sense than these idiots.
I spent almost 20 yrs in the ME including Saudi. The Saudis are a sneaky bunch.
I thought this trip was canceled for now. The Saudi’s weren’t really into Joe and his begging.
Oh I bet they are.
I wonder if Biden will call MBS a murderer to his face again? The Saudis like when that happens. They will cut everyone’s hours and tell them to cut production.
Blogger trash exposes itself for the Sham It Is.
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