Posted on 04/18/2016 5:00:30 PM PDT by Former Proud Canadian
Following a dramatic deterioration in official diplomatic channels between the US and Saudi Arabia when over the weekend the Saudis threatened the U.S. with dumping billions in Treasuries if Congress were to pass a bill probing into their alleged support of Sept 11 terrorists in the aftermath of last weekend's 60 Minutes report on the classified "28 pages" from the Septemeber 11 commission, moments ago the Obama administration made a stunning admission, when for the first time it revealed on the record that the Saudis were the original source of funding for Al Qaeda.
As Politico reports, Obama's deputy national security adviser, Ben Rhodes, while speaking to David Axelrod in Monday's edition of "The Axe Files" podcast said that the government of Saudi Arabia had paid "insufficient attention" to money that was being funneled into terror groups and fueled the rise of Al Qaeda when he was asked about the validity of the accusation that the Saudi government was complicit in sponsoring terrorism.
At first, he tried to tone down what amount to the first official admission of Saudi involvement in September 11, saying "I think that it’s complicated in the sense that, it’s not that it was Saudi government policy to support Al Qaeda, but there were a number of very wealthy individuals in Saudi Arabia who would contribute, sometimes directly, to extremist groups. Sometimes to charities that were kind of, ended up being ways to launder money to these groups."
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Nuke Mecca.
I’m from NYC. No maybes to me.
Maybe he and pop were so in bed with the sauds I’m surprised they didn’t have their babies.
Whatever the motive for this disclosure it’s another blunder that the Usurper will try to exploit.
Well, Well!
Dont forget the klintons being in bed with them even more.
I think we all agree that the Saudis are not our friends. But WTH is Obama up to here, anyway?
They had to get money from the Saudis, Zero was not in office yet to give them taxpayer money.
The Bush family has long ties to the royal family.
Anyone with two working brain cells knew the Saudis have been funding all the fundamenatlist madrassas all over the world.
I am kind of amazed that the current administration let this slip.
Me thinks 0blama is trying to starve the U.S. for oil (energy), triggering nationwide chaos requiring Martial Law.
If there was at least one common trait which could tie these groups together, then we might be able to do something about them ....
He’s trying to bring on the crash.
WHAT? The Saudis funded Al Qeida? When did they....I mean, crap... What... are they SURE? I’m just blown away...
I for one am thankful for our government and intelligence community. They are so fast moving and ahead of me, I just cannot keep up. I don’t know -how- they do what they do sometimes./s
W did a lot of things wrong.
I don’t understand why this is big news. I thought everyone knew.
KSA said if we released the “28 pages” it was going to dump all the treasury bonds it holds (as in, a threat) which I believe they have 725 Billion worth.
Not sure what, if anything that would do short term to our economy.
I would imagine there would be some pain so its a no brainer; its bad for America, obama is all for it.
AMERICAN engineers discovered their oil.
IT IS OURS, in view of this.
We should simply TAKE The oil fields.
There’s be no consequences if, say, a score of Phi Delts crashed some planes into that Mecca devil cube thing..?
When fighting in Iraq our vehicles had to pay something like 400% the price that the locals paid.
IT’S RIDICULOUS.
Can anyone imagine Harry Truman doing that? That king would have been told “don’t try to hold his hand, he’ll think you’re a homo”.
“Not sure what, if anything that would do short term to our economy.”
or theirs.
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