Posted on 04/17/2016 6:19:41 AM PDT by detective
Saudi Arabia has told the Obama administration and members of Congress that it will sell off hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of American assets held by the kingdom if Congress passes a bill that would allow the Saudi government to be held responsible in American courts for any role in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
The Obama administration has lobbied Congress to block the bill’s passage, according to administration officials and congressional aides from both parties, and the Saudi threats have been the subject of intense discussions in recent weeks between lawmakers and officials from the State Department and the Pentagon. The officials have warned senators of diplomatic and economic fallout from the legislation.
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“It’s stunning to think that our government would back the Saudis over its own citizens,” said Mindy Kleinberg, whose husband died in the World Trade Center on Sept. 11 and who is part of a group of victims’ family members pushing for the legislation.
It is stunning to me that any American could be so naïve about the Obama administration.
The Obama administration has taken the side of Muslims, terrorists and jihadists against the American people since it has been in office. So has the media. Obama hates America and the American people. So do the media.
bring it on, negroes of the sand
Saudi Arabia wants to take over America with the monies we spent on oil. They spent much to buy into America for the takeover. They are losing their oil market share and much income. I don’t think they can take the losses of sales in America.
It is a BLUFF
We should freeze the Saudi assets until all 9/11 court cases are resolved.
No problem: The Federal Reserve, which has created trillions of $ in currency units out of thin air to buy crappy “assets” in recent years could just do the same again. What’s a few hundred billion more in the scheme of things?
And, while we’re at it, we could stop providing military assets to the kingdom if that is the way they want this relationship to go. It is, however, probably all typical middle eastern bluster and threats. Both China and Russia have been selling Treasuries already, and so what?
Low oil prices coupled with very high cost social program and military spending could force the US Treasury sales by the kingdom, regardless of any 9/11 report, however.
So bammy is on the side of the sand savages who financed the attack on the World Trade Center.
It is our intelligence! We want to see the documents. If the Saudi governement had something to do with 911 and or gave aid/comfort to our enemies, they should face the music.
Ironically, I remember the commercials on T.V. following the attacks on the towers. Saudi commercials conveying they are our friends. Ka-toowie. I spit on you.
As Trump has been stating, they need to be paying us for their protection.
If they don’t start paying, we should start freezing assets. These royal pigs damned sure don’t want to lose their protection.
I’d wager there has been arm twisting from the “feral” reserve and the Goldman Sachs types protecting the petro-dollar, their stock portfolios, and memberships at the most exclusive social clubs in the northern hemisphere.
Shhhhhhhhhhhh!
None of this talk less the house of cards collapses.
During the same 86-month stretch of the Obama presidency, the total debt of the federal government increased from $10,632,005,246,736.97 to $19,212,642,622,373.38.
All debtors are vulnerable to coercion by their creditors.
Yeah, flood the market with those assets - that won't drive down the prices. (cough)
If they try to dribble out the sales to cut their losses, it'll be a long while before they are all sold.
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