Iraq was invaded to serve Saudi interests and their security, the nation so many of the 9/11 terrorists came from.
The Leftist critics always called Bush a “Texas oil man” but as I read some months back on the BBC website a Saudi official was claiming heavy investment in the oil industry in the USA.
Our deeply in debt nation needs the Saudi money, that underlies Iraq regardless of who was president.
Obama pulled troops out to look good with the anti-war Left while he kept them in Afghanistan.
He was ultimately forced to put them back in because of the Islamic State, a problem with Saudi Arabia’s name written on it since their jihadists entered Syria to try and take power away from Assad.
I like your analysis. Our deep state is indeed in bed with the Saudis. A divided, chaotic Iraq is much preferable to the Saudis than a strong-man dictator like Saddam Hussien.
Syria is another Saudi power play and once again, they supported Jihadi groups to do their dirty work for them. They seek to turn it into a Sunni satrapy, and also make it safe for their oil pipelines to Europe. The deep state also likes the idea of poking Russia in the eye, so they were all-in as well in the destruction of Syria.
The Chinese put China first. The Russians put Russia first. Israelis believe in Israel first. So, what’s wrong with Americans seeking to put our country before a faceless, vacuous globalism that has eaten away at our manufacturing base, taken the lives of our best and brightest overseas, and threatened our standard of living for decades?
According to neoconservatives like Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol, apparently a lot. Kristol let out a tweetstorm before and during Donald Trump’s “America First” themed inauguration speech Friday, highlighted by this gem: "I'll be unembarrassedly old-fashioned here: It is profoundly depressing and vulgar to hear an American president proclaim "America First."" “Depressing and vulgar…”
Wow! In a prime example a true globalist’s gloves coming off, Kristol and his neoconservative ilk can’t help but expose themselves for the anti-American hucksters they are.
In a classic example of the strawman fallacy, they like to link the movement to put our people first, just as every other nation does, to the often pro-Nazi “America First” movement that existed prior to World War II. But Trump is having none of it. (Excerpt) Read more at bizpacreview.com ...