Posted on 04/18/2016 5:00:30 PM PDT by Former Proud Canadian
Following a dramatic deterioration in official diplomatic channels between the US and Saudi Arabia when over the weekend the Saudis threatened the U.S. with dumping billions in Treasuries if Congress were to pass a bill probing into their alleged support of Sept 11 terrorists in the aftermath of last weekend's 60 Minutes report on the classified "28 pages" from the Septemeber 11 commission, moments ago the Obama administration made a stunning admission, when for the first time it revealed on the record that the Saudis were the original source of funding for Al Qaeda.
As Politico reports, Obama's deputy national security adviser, Ben Rhodes, while speaking to David Axelrod in Monday's edition of "The Axe Files" podcast said that the government of Saudi Arabia had paid "insufficient attention" to money that was being funneled into terror groups and fueled the rise of Al Qaeda when he was asked about the validity of the accusation that the Saudi government was complicit in sponsoring terrorism.
At first, he tried to tone down what amount to the first official admission of Saudi involvement in September 11, saying "I think that its complicated in the sense that, its not that it was Saudi government policy to support Al Qaeda, but there were a number of very wealthy individuals in Saudi Arabia who would contribute, sometimes directly, to extremist groups. Sometimes to charities that were kind of, ended up being ways to launder money to these groups."
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We already know this.
We also know the cucks and GOPe, courtesy of Daddy CIA Bush set up the dominoes that brought us ISIS and 9/11.
I'd go further and say that this wasn't an innocent mistake based on disinformation, but a calculated diversion. After 9/11, the American people rightly demanded that the administration do something in retaliation. The Saudis were in bed with the Bushes as much as they were with the Clintons, so investigating the money trail from Al Quaeda to the Saudi clerics to Saudi Royals was out. Iraq was a good red herring diversion that created the impression of something being done while the Saudis could go on financing their radical clerics without so much as a slap on the wrist.
Maybe he and pop were so in bed with the sauds Im surprised they didnt have their babies.
Sounds about right. Obama bows to the Saudis, Bush kisses them and holds their hand. That's about the only difference.
That is my reaction as well! How can this possibly come as a surprise to anyone?!
I didn’t want to say what you did, but you’re right. I don’t think it was an innocent mistake.
A crushed dictator from some third world pit?
I just couldn’t see straight at the time. too caught up in everything
It’s more than just seed money.
If it’s not already public, we are soon going to learn that an official from the Saudi consulate in Los Angeles was personally sponsoring at least two of the 9-11 terrorists.
Dubya kept their complicity hidden from the American people. ‘Religion of Peace’ and all that crap.
The Iraq Survey Group commissioned by Bush couldn’t find any WMDs other than artillery shells left over from the Iran-Iraq war. And those weren’t the causus belli given for Gulf War II despite the excuse mongering of W’s apologists.
Please stop saying she’s Iranian. She was born in Iran to American parents.
Boy, we did that.
Kuwait? I’m not talking about Kuwait (1991)!! I’m taking about 2003. But you have a vested interest in forgetting the truth so I won’t waste my time.
Whatever we may think of them, if anything, the Saudi gov is not stupid. They had nothing to gain, only lose by supporting or condoning a terrorist attack on the US.
Just because Bin Laden was born there, doesn’t mean the Saudi government had anything to do with the attack on the US on 9-11.
As I recall from previous articles some time ago — Bin Laden and his terrorists wanted to kill the political leaders of Saudi Arabia also.
So sorry...
-Born in Iran
-Lived in Iran for five years with her communist family
-Has a deep affection for Iran
-Very powerful and influential in the Obama White House which “negotiated” the insane nuclear deal with Iran
Yeah, she is an asshole with questionable connections, she’s evil, etc., but she still isn’t Iranian.
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