Posted on 10/09/2022 7:05:44 PM PDT by lowbridge
A Democratic member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said Sunday that "there's got to be consequences" after Saudi Arabia and a cartel of major oil producers moved to slash oil production last week in a move the White House said was "shortsighted" and hurtful to low and middle-income countries.
"There's got to be consequences for that. Whether it's lifting the cartel's immunity or whether it's rethinking our troop presence there, our security relationship, I just think it's time to admit that the Saudis are not looking out for us," Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy told CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union," referring to the US' military presence in the Middle East.
"For years we have looked the other way as Saudi Arabia has chopped up journalists, has engaged in massive political repression, for one reason: we wanted to know that when the chips were down, when there was a global crisis, that the Saudis would choose us instead of Russia," the senator said. "Well, they didn't. They chose Russia.
"Last week, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies, led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, said that it will slash oil production by 2 million barrels per day, the biggest cut since the start of the pandemic, in a move that threatens to push gasoline prices higher just weeks before US midterm elections. The group announced the production cut following its first meeting in person since March 2020. The reduction is equivalent to about 2% of global oil demand.
The Biden administration criticized the decision in a statement, calling it "shortsighted" and saying that it's harmful to some countries already struggling with elevated energy prices the most.
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Bawahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!
What an idiot, but then again, a DemoRat!
Just charge you EV!
Last week’s heating oil, $3.99, THIS MORNING $5.71
unbelievable!
tHANKS AZZHOLE DEMOrATS
“The same something, some of us are very worried about.”
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That’s a valid concern.
We used to have friends in Saudi Arabia and the UAE. That was a little over two years ago.
A totally stupid comment to make. It’s a free market, they can do what they want. Now if the Dementia in Chief had any brains about him (which he doesn’t of course) he’d get on the “drill baby drill” bandwagon and restart all the oil production projects that President Trump started and get this country back to being strong again. But of course we all know he won’t do that because he’s indebted to the lunatic left and their anti-oil agenda.
“Consequences?” A predictable, delusional statement out of one side of Murphy’s mouth.
it becomes more and more amazing how these people get elected and are allowed to do the things they do.
Go buy an EV, Senator Pervy-Guy. That’ll show ‘em.
Each American will receive a lifetime supply of Eveready D and AA batteries. That will teach the Saudis.
“Let’s alienate all our friends.”
The Saudi’s still have a trump card that will be devastating to the US if played. I don’t like the Saudi’s, never have, but BiteMe out of the gate insulted their leadership and tried to isolate them. Then BiteMe starts up his dance with Iran and giving them nukes and they hate the Saudi’s. Now he’s all in a tizzy because the Saudi’s said no more production increases we are cutting output.
When the Saudi’s say we are no longer going to be using the US Petrodollar in the buying and selling of our oil the crap will really hit the fan on the USA because a lot of OPEC will follow the Saudi lead, talk about your Great Depression II.
Connecticut voters. 250 years ago those people were smarter.
Exactly right
Sure there’ll be consequences. The first Tuesday of next month.
Sen. Chris Murphy can go "PI$$ up a rope."
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