Posted on 10/14/2018 10:28:22 AM PDT by tkocur
The government of Saudi Arabia on Sunday vowed to retaliate with "greater action" if the Trump administration punishes the country for the apparently preplanned murder of a dissident earlier this month inside its Turkish Embassy.
Jamal Khashoggi, who wrote columns in the Washington Post critical of the Saudi government, entered the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul October 2 and disappeared. Trump has said the U.S. would be “very upset and angry” if the Saudi government was behind it and, in an interview with "60 Minutes," he clarified that there would be "severe punishment."
"The Kingdom affirms its total rejection of any threats and attempts to undermine it, whether by waving economic sanctions, using political pressure, or repeating false accusations," the country said in a statement released by the Saudi Press Agency.
"The Kingdom also affirms that if it receives any action, it will respond with greater action, [and] that the Kingdom's economy has an influential and vital role in the global economy," the statement continues.
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Hey Saudi’s - eat my American ass if you don’t like what our President does.
He is the greatest leader the world has seen in 2 centuries. Now down to him as your superior
That, and force us to pump more of our own oil and say screw you guys, we’re on our own.
We should have nuked Riyadh on 9/12/2001.
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Add Mecca and Medina to the target list.
The problem is Islam.
This response is not exactly a denial that they murdered him in their embassy...
What are they gonna do? Stop fighting our wars for us? Try another oil embargo? Now we are the largest oil producer on earth. That’s just gonna spike the oil price and we’ll get rich.
They gonna defend themselves?
Laziest, most inbred, stupid and backwards nation on earth.
and three other cities, two for each twin tower.
“and three other cities, two for each twin tower.”
And 4 for the Pentagon and half a dozen for Todd Beamer.
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They might be framed. But they are 100% a satanic and brutal medieval monarchy dictatorship. They are brutally repressive. It is likely they are only exceeded by North Korea in repression.
America is reduced in morality by every interaction we have with Saudi Arabia. Play with a turd, get crap on your fingers.
Saudi Arabia attacked us on 9/11. They have corrupted our politicians in DC to the bone. Democrats love them because they hate America and Christianity. Republicans love them because they will sell out their nation for a buck. (just another day at the office)
They might be framed, but they are no good and do not share our national interests.
Saudi Arabia will stop selling Camels to the US ? LOL
+1 .. We should have nuked Riyadh on 9/12. No invasions, no nation building. Nothing.
Issue no statements, and go on like normal. The world would have been very calm today.
Didn’t Canada say some about Saudi Arabia and the Saudis called a ton of their citizens home ,LOL
I know it is a meme/conspiracy theory, but it is obvious that nuclear power’s bad reputation is the result of active propagandizing by countries that depend on oil for export/income.
This reminds me of the now well known activity by the car companies against trolley and railroad companies.
Sugar vs. fats
More?
We already are the 2nd largest oil exporter, expected to be first next year. We are already the largest producer.
https://www.businessinsider.com/us-will-export-oil-most-in-world-2018-5
“The U.S. exported a record 8.3 million barrels per day (bpd) last week of crude oil and petroleum products, the government also said Wednesday. Top crude oil exporter Saudi Arabia’s, for its part, exported 9.3 million bpd in January, while Russia exported 7.4 million bpd, the bank added.”
We are expected to exceed the Saudis next year.
Kashoggi was no friend of the west, no matter how bad the Saudi Royals are. Kashoggi was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood and very close with the Islamist Erdogan.
No, I am not making any excuse for the Saudis, but at the same time I understand what they think they are up against over time in Saudi Arabia with the Muslim Brotherhood and I understand western media is wrongly portraying Kashoogi as “one of the good guys”. He wasn’t, no matter how much he cultivated that image of himself with westerners.
Why is the deep state and enemedia pumping this story ?
Still no body or confirmation of death
All speculation
Again looks like just another attack trump ploy
“I know it is a meme/conspiracy theory, but it is obvious that nuclear power’s bad reputation is the result of active propagandizing by countries that depend on oil for export/income.”
Careful, your critical thinking skills are showing. They do attack nuclear, AND fracking, US pipelines, and our astonishing gas production. You nailed it.
Wow...it took 35 posts for someone to get it right...
Thank you...
I don’t see any reason to be upset about this.
Maybe we can send some of our media to the same embassy? Starting with jim acosta, gaychel madcow, cwhizz matthews, don lemmon, jake tapper, shemp smith, etc.
Oooh, how scary.
Pfffht.
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