Posted on 10/16/2019 12:42:54 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
An increased American military presence in Saudi Arabia creates a "magnet" for Islamic extremism in the region, and presents an open target for radical jihadists, said Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., during a Sunday television interview.
Paul expressed dismay at President Trump's decision to send 2,800 more American soldiers to Saudi Arabia after their old fields were attacked, during an interview on "Meet the Press." He claimed the Saudis need to change their attitude before they can expect financial and military support from the United States.
"I’m not [comfortable with it]," Paul said. "I would withhold troops and arms from the Saudis until we see better behavior. I think that our arms... uniquely belong to the American people."
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I find it amusing that FR Liberaltarians are all aga-gah over Trump moving US Forces from Syria Northeast to other parts of the Middle East. As if that is somehow significant in regards to bringing US troops home.
But seem to be ignoring thousands of troops going into the Middle East and a hotspot at that.
With some the illusion is grandeur. LoL
RAndy is correct. Al Qaeda targeted the USA for 9/11 because “infidel troops were on holy soil” from 1990 onwards.
American troops need to leave Saudia - to heck with the house of Saud
Remind me which branch of the military Rand Paul served in.
We shouldn’t be there in the first place.
Precisely! That’s why Paul has no business as Commander in Chief.
He complains that the presence of U.S. troops is a magnet for the radicals as if that is a bad thing. He obviously has no understanding of a honey trap.
The one good thing about ISIS was that it drained a lot of radicals out of the western world. Unfortunately, a lot of western leaders were more than willing to welcome them back!?!
9/11 was far more complex than US troops on Holy soil. It was much more about western culture eroding Muslim culture. The Imams saw their youth becoming westernized.
I’ve sat in foreign hotel rooms and watched American TV shows which have been dubbed in native languages. Foreigners have a VERY dim view of American culture based on the media we export.
“Imams” would be more Shia.
Al Qaeda stated the presence of “infidel soldiers on holy soil” as their stated reasoning for the WTC bombings and for 9/11
Yes, American media shows American as dumb, over-sexed homosexuals who have no morals. But the mullahs don’t care if the USA did that just in the USA.
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Hmmm....
Good point
Well said. I spent many yrs in the ME and N. Africa in a variety of capacities and witnessed this first hand. But we are targeted because of our postion of power.
Nope sorry Rand, if half of Aramco can be disabled by dated drone tech, then Iran would invade the kingdom about 30 minutes after the last US C-130J takes off from Riyadh.
spit it out
Libertarians are foreign policy idiots.
Having said that, the Saudis ALWAYS want an army of Dhimmis to die for the Kingdom DESPITE all that military equipment they have and a huge population of potential military manpower.
You are saying President Trump is a dhimmi.
Remind me which branch Trump served in?
The truth is, we don’t need the middle east anymore. Let’s all go home.
Rand running his mouth again to no effect. Is there anything more useless than a US Senator?
Jihadists are like cockroaches.
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