Posted on 01/24/2015 3:05:36 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
President Obama will forego a visit to the Taj Mahal during his visit to India in order to travel to Saudi Arabia for King Abdullah’s funeral, the White House announced early Saturday morning.
Vice President Biden was initially scheduled to lead the U.S. delegation, but he will instead now remain in Washington and Obama will add the stop onto his return from India, where the president is embarking on a three-day trip to foster economic ties with the nation.
“President Obama and the First Lady will travel to Riyadh on Tuesday, January 27 in order to pay respects to King Salman bin Abdulaziz and the family of the late King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest said in a statement.
“As the President’s and Vice President’s travel schedules became clearer, we determined that the window when the Vice President would be on the ground in Riyadh coincided with the President’s departure from India,” Earnest continued. “Accordingly, we adjusted the schedule in coordination with the Indian Government so that the President would be able to depart India following his speech on Tuesday to stop in Riyadh during the return trip to meet with King Salman and other Saudi officials and offer his condolences on behalf of the American people.”
King Abdullah, who died Thursday at the age of 90, was a key ally for the United States during his reign. The ruler invested the nation’s oil revenues into the country’s infrastructure and education, while also proving to be a critical partner with the U.S. against al Qaeda. However, he was also criticized by many for his nation’s slow advancement of progress for women.
Unfortunately for we infidels, the bastard will probably return.
If you think Obama had anything to do with that, you do know much about how that would have occurred. That was well in place for quite a while and probably more an Israeli plan that the US but started out a joint operation. I would imagine that by this time most of the joint operations have been placed on the back burner, way in the back.
Not Obama, of course not.
I suspect the Saudis had a hand in the various operations disrupting the Iranian nuclear endeavor
Stand by for the new photos of Air Force one circling over Mecca.
It has minerets.
Yes, that is probably likely, under Bush we had lots of partners and probably forged cooperation between Saudi, Israel, and Jordan among others
In Iraq..when govt polygraphers would come in to validate local nationals working inside sensative areas... They would basically flatline the poly.,.give no indication that they knew or where involved in insurgent activity....they spent more time defining lying..why it is bad...and what insurgent activity meant than actually taking the poly...
Bottom line...they lie as a culture and it is accepted... Where it is a bad behavior here...well, Obama may transform that and do to lying what Bill Clinton did for marijuana use!
One tyrant honoring another, then.
+1
no, King Abdullah was not a tyrant
to make such a claim is to exhibit ignorance
Too bad Michele, NO TAJ FOR YOU!
Why is she going in the first place?
I haven’t seen anyone claim that the Saudi government prepared the 9/11 fanatics to carry on that murderous mission. Or that they did not cooperate in cracking down on such schemes afterwards.
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BCR, your take?
did not the wookie and her spawn visit the Taj in the first term?
Aack! Let me try that again — this time with the right screen name.
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HiTech RedNeck:
I haven’t seen anyone claim that the Saudi government prepared the 9/11 fanatics to carry on that murderous mission. Or that they did not cooperate in cracking down on such schemes afterwards.
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BCW, your take?
You are correct
however general ignorance of things Saudi prevails and dogma has developed that is repeated over and over even though totally baseless
What is your response to the link at #5?
I’m pretty sure that it would be ok by a majority of real Americans if Barry the SCOAMF just stayed over in Saudi Arabia with his fellow muslims.
propaganda
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