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 it’s complicated in the sense that, it’s 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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Keep in mind in 2009 Obama, Barack and Michelle and their children received over 300 million dollars in gifts from the Saudi Royal family, jewelry was a big item for Michelle. It was talked about in the arabic news sources, but now it all seems to be scrubbed from the same sources
We will find, seed money for ISIS came from Saudi Arabia as well
And Bush. We were completely and totally bamboozled after 9-11.
W Bush should be arrested for war crimes.
Something inside of me welcomes this to just get their influence out of this country. We would suffer, tho.
Didn’t Ike want to destroy them for good by depleting their oil supply? That seemed to not work out so well.
Keep in mind that you have serious unanswered questions about claims you made concerning your “military service.”
Never forget that you have been called out as a liar and have yet to respond in any substantive way.
Specifically Posts #51 - 81 -
http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/3358926/posts?q=1&;page=51
Well?
We’re waiting.....
if they do that maybe we threaten to do 725 billion worth of damage to KSA.
From Space.
This was known for years here on Free Republic.
This exact scenario is not new.
“It was an act of war. And W apparently took the side of his friends the Saudis over the American people, deliberately misleading the American people and sending our valiant troops to their deaths fighting against people other than the real aggressors. If true, this is treason.”
You are absolutely correct! Think of all the blood and treasure that was utterly wasted on ill-conceived and ill-managed wars that were started by Bush. What could this bastard possibly say or do to justify the human misery and financial bankruptcy that he caused during his presidency? It is no wonder that the GOPe and their neo-con shills were apoplectic that Trump raised the question about the “War on Terror” catastrophe.
What a shock! The next thing you know they will be telling us the 911 hijackers were Saudis. :-)
Obama not going to sign the sue Saudi bill.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-04-18/obama-responds-saudi-threat-dump-treasuries-if-its-role-sept-11-probed
Trump should threaten to pry the whole thing wide open
Oh, what a tangled web we weave...
I wish. At this point, I would just like to see all U.S. folks “out of there” and let KSA fend for themselves (it would be over quickly; they suck at waging war). Between the U.S. and Canada, we can do much better energy wise instead of being entangled with the KSA and losing our most precious of resources, our armed forces men and women.
That picture of Bush walking around holding hands with that Saudi prince spoke volumes.
Me too.
Yeh I saw that. What can I say? Muslims stick together. Oslime is a Muslim.
Ain’t no maybes about it.
Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan. Those were the correct objectives.
i think there is more to this story than being said...hmmmmmm
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