Posted on 03/31/2016 1:50:24 PM PDT by Kaslin
If, since 9/11, you've begun to think that all American politicians are corrupt, that our national anger was deliberately misdirected to places where it could be expended with absolutely no result, and that our military has been exhausted in a series of pointless, unwinnable wars against third-rate Islamic nations... you're absolutely correct. Everywhere you look, from George W. Bush holding hands with various members of the Saudi "royal" family on down, the real enemy of civilization wraps its tentacles more tightly around us. Case in point: the sham GOP candidate, widely despised former Naval officer and second-most-loathed man in the U.S. Senate, the ineffable John McCain:
A nonprofit with ties to Senator John McCain received a $1 million donation from the government of Saudi Arabia in 2014, according to documents filed with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
The Arizona Republican has strictly honorary roles with the McCain Institute for International Leadership, a program at Arizona State University, and its fundraising arm, the McCain Institute Foundation, according to his office. But McCain has appeared at fundraising events for the institute and his Senate campaign’s fundraiser is listed in its tax returns as the contact person for the foundation.
Though federal law strictly bans foreign contributions to electoral campaigns, the restriction doesn’t apply to nonprofits engaged in policy, even those connected to a sitting lawmaker.
Groups critical of the current ethics laws say that McCain’s nonprofit effectively gives Saudi Arabia -- or any other well-heeled interests -- a means of making large donations to politicians it hopes to influence. “Foreign governments are prohibited from financing candidate campaigns and political parties,” Craig Holman, the government affairs lobbyist for ethics watchdog Public Citizen, said. “Funding the lawmakers’ nonprofit organizations is the next best thing.”
Just leave that suitcase full of cash right over there in the corner, Achmed, while I finish this speech on the importance of a strong national defense. And say hello to the Clintons:
Holman said that the Clinton Foundation, whose top donors include Australia, Norway, Saudi Arabia and Sweden, may have started the trend of foreign governments donating to nonprofits connected to political figures.
Founded in 1998 to raise money for then-President Bill Clinton’s presidential library, the Clinton Foundation accepted millions of dollars from foreign governments over the years, including while Hillary Clinton, now running for president, served as secretary of State during President Barack Obama’s first term. The foundation says that Clinton was not involved in its work when she worked for the Obama administration.
The Saudi donation to the McCain Institute Foundation may be the first congressional instance of that trend coming to light...
The institute didn’t originally disclose the 2014 donation from the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia. After an inquiry from Bloomberg News, the website was updated to note that the institute received more than $100,000 from the Saudi embassy. Documents filed with the IRS state that the donation totaled $1 million.
This is actually a huge story about the corruption of our republic, but almost no one will pay attention to it -- did you just hear what Trump said about abortion?! We used to be better than this, but "that's not who we are" any more. So we get the government the Saudis and other enemies pay for.
The only nations for which warfare being a basic industry ever made any sense would have been the Mongol and Assyrian empires...
Yes. It wasn’t about Iraq. It was to show the Saudis that we weren’t a paper tiger (as bin Laden was proclaiming) and that we were willing to use force in case the Saudis needed defending. The hope was that if we showed we were willing to put “skin in the game” and not run away, as in Lebanon or Somalia, the Saudis would be willing to reduce the protection money they were paying al Qaeda.
IMHO, Iraq didn't have anything to do with 9/11.
But 9/11 presented an excuse to invade them and kill Saddam Hussein.
Supposedly George Bush hated Saddam Hussein's guts for trying to have his father assassinated.
But every time that theory is postulated here the Bush lovers go bananas.
The entire Bush family and most of the State Department were/are Saudi lovers and the Bush family has been entangled in the oil business with them for years so there was no chance the Bush government would hold the Saudis accountable for 9/11.
Don't forget that after George Bush grounded all aircraft in the US on 9/11 he gave special permission for influential Saudis in the USA to fly to various airports in the US to gather and fly out of the US.
And one of those Saudi groups was Osama Bin Laden's family.
Remember as one of their imam said the mosques are their barracks which means their followers are their soldiers
Prince Al-Waleed (ala-dickweed?) owns lots of US politicians, and funds mosques.
We need to see the redacted pages of the 911 report. 28 pages, I believe?
At best Obama has been cool to the Saudi’s, at worst told them to go shove the US/Saudi special relationship. The same with Britain.
It’s a prerequisite to being a neocon.
BINGO!!! Step up for your prize!! excellent report. Thank you sir!!
That is somewhat convoluted but we are on the same page.
I believe this involves 40,000 acres.
“Along the banks of the Colorado River in California and Arizona, tens of thousands of acres of farmland have been purchased by Saudi Arabia’s Almarai Company. The harvest to be yielded? Alfalfa, a water-hog crop, grown to be shipped to feed the Arabian dairy industry.”
http://canadafreepress.com/article/water-islams-new-target-to-crush-the-west
is it a problem?
no
Track down the history of the Trump Princess (yacht).
How many don’t they own? Is probably the better question.
Looks like an “unwanted touch” that big ole towelhead has on the Prince’s ear.
Between the Saudis and the drug cartels, I think they’ve got just about all of the Senate covered, anyway.
Here's a Nugent answer fer ya:
lol
Oh no... one of them is going for the dreaded “elbow grab” and we all know how dangerous that is. Any minute now he will be dragged and thrown to the ground!
Full Earlobe Nelson can ruin a man.
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