We Are Saudi Arabia’s Bitch
by Lee
Let’s see how long it takes for the significance of this to sink in.
The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Friday to prohibit any aid to Saudi Arabia as lawmakers accused the close ally of religious intolerance and bankrolling terrorist organizations.
The prohibition, reflecting persistent tensions with the kingdom after the September 11 attacks on the United States in 2001, was attached to a foreign aid funding bill for next year that has not yet been debated by the Senate.
It also faces a veto threat from the White House because of an unrelated provision.
A spokesman for the Saudi embassy in Washington declined to comment on the legislation.
In the past three years, Congress has passed bills to stop the relatively small amount of U.S. aid to Saudi Arabia, only to see the Bush administration circumvent the prohibitions.
Now, lawmakers are trying to close loopholes so that no more U.S. aid can be sent to the world’s leading petroleum exporter.
“By cutting off aid and closing the loophole we send a clear message to the Saudi Arabian government that they must be a true ally in advancing peace in the Middle East,” said Rep. Anthony Weiner, a New York Democrat.
According to supporters of the legislation, the United States provided $2.5 million to Riyadh in 2005 and 2006.
The money has been used to train Saudis in counter-terrorism and border security and to pay for Saudi military officers to attend U.S. military school.
As if the idea of United States taxpayers sending money to Saudi Arabia wasn’t sickening enough, our kick-ass terrist-killer president has done everything possible to keep our money flowing that direction. “By giving this money, which accounts for what Saudi Arabia makes in oil revenue in 11 seconds, we will keep Amurka safe from terrists.”
Come on, Bush defenders, hit me with your best shot on this one.
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What does a country as wealthy as Saudi Arabia need aid money for? Is it just me or does the idea of throwing money at solvent nations when we are neck deep in debt just sound ridiculous. Nevertheless the Bush administrations head in the sand approach to Saudi Arabia and terror support.
My guess is it istn’t really money, but expertise. Counter terrorism troops going over to Saudi to train their troops. Now, it costs money to send troops over, which counts as aid; it’s not like they are writing a cheque for the saudis.
Are you actually confident in that assessment of our ‘aid’ to Saudia Arabia padders, cause I am not.
Well that article says this:
The money has been used to train Saudis in counter-terrorism and border security and to pay for Saudi military officers to attend U.S. military school.
[/quoteBut seriously, if we are talking about $2.5 million does it really make that much difference either way?
They are so many other things to worry about - the democrats are raising this issue for political reasons, nothing else.
Face it-as a country, we’re like an addict in denial. We will keep paying our pusher as long as we think we need out fix. Unfortunately, we’ve been doing it for so long going cold turkey too quickly could kill us.
maybe it’s protection money. the Islamo-fascists were really Islamo-mafiosos all along!
A bit like buying the rope that will eventually hang us. Saudi Arabia finances Islamic ‘schools’ and mosques in every Western and Muslim country. They have no problem at all finding money to brainwash children and fund terrorists.
The best thing the West can do re Saudi Arabia is to discover another source of oil or invent a replacement so we will no longer be at the mercy of barbarians.
This goes much further back than Bush. Saudi Arabia gets its balls sucked by our politicians and ambassadors because they are $10 whores who’d suck any dick to get a few dollars. Our ambassadors and State Department people are the perfect example. After their term is up, they always seem to get ridiculously high-paying jobs at think “tanks” that are funded by...you guessed it...the Saudis. So, they all know that if they don’t bend over for the tablecloth heads now, there won’t be a high-paying no-show job waiting for them when the term is up.
Plus, Congress uses the Saudis as money launderers. They give them public funds, they get back Saudi cash.
In the end, it sucks, you got that right.
How is padders the only rational person on this topic..? I mean, how did this happen?
Good call. Cut off all economic and diplomatic ties with Saudi Arabia and eventually they’ll change their ways like Iran, right?
Now, if Saudi Arabia doesn’t want to fund counter-terrorism training due to political reasons, but really doesn’t have an excuse not to if the US funds it, then that’s certainly worth the 2.5 million. In terms of ways $2.5 million has been spent by the US government in recent years, this one seems pretty justifiable.
$2.5 million, really? You realize that it probably costs far more than this to try to pass this bill, right? As someone mentioned above, this is probably the cost of sending over our security experts to train their police in counterterrorism.
"for the tablecloth heads now”
Brian: towels, not tablecloths.
Foreign aid sucks no matter where we send it. Rarely is the money ever used for what it was intended no matter where we send it
Liquid coal is the way to get off foreign oil, or at least limit our foreign consumption to Canada, and we need to get away from this ethanol BS in this country. It sounds pretty, but it’s not going to work. At least not for now, and I’ll be damned if I’m paying 7 bucks for a soft shelled taco because the corn tortilla costs 4 bucks.
OT, but when did Lee replace the slogans at the top of the page under the site’s banner with quotes?
OT but Bobby Cutts has apparently confessed to killing his wife and unborn child...now this guy I wouldn’t mind leaving alone in a room full of the people who were searching for the woman’s body…
I am no longer able to use the formatting tool bar when submitting comments. I’m assuming this is a problem on my PC. Just wondering, anyone else having this problem? I just updated my Java (is the formatting done in Java?), I guess I’ll reboot and see how it goes.
I wanted to add an off topic link of how China just surpassed the US as greatest CO2 producer and is still blaming the West for it. Wonder if they have to abide by Kyoto now?
I am no longer able to use the formatting tool bar when submitting comments. I’m assuming this is a problem on my PC. Just wondering, anyone else having this problem? I just updated my Java (is the formatting done in Java?), I guess I’ll reboot and see how it goes.
Yes, it is broken. It is in javascript, not java - so updating java will have no affect. Javascript is controlled by your browser; the problem however is in the software.
Beano,
That shit they wear on their heads looks like the tabelcloths at half the Italian restaurants in South Philly, which is why I call them table cloth heads…
"That shit they wear on their heads looks like the tabelcloths at half the Italian restaurants in South Philly, which is why I call them table cloth heads…”
(My quote highlighter isn’t working)
I know Brian, I was just jivin’ ya a little.
I was a proud wearer of a tablecloth a week ago. Trust me, you go into the desert and go on any vehicle that moves (in this case a quad bike) you will appreciate the fashion a lot more :)
I was a proud wearer of a tablecloth a week ago.
Spoken like a true European leftist.
Trust me, you go into the desert and go on any vehicle that moves (in this case a quad bike) you will appreciate the fashion a lot more :)
Haha. Padders, please don’t try to turn the ominous quote about Europes future into a half-cooked marginalization.
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Saudi Arabia is a difficult one, while the royal family sucks terribly, what would be replaced by democracy would be a whole lot worse.
These are people that fifty years ago lived as little tribes in the desert. Liberal democracy is not something that happens overnight.
This is one thing even I can’t blame Bush for. There is no easy solution. The best thing we can do is stop relying on them by reducing our dependance on oil. Helping train their counter terrosim units, seems like a good idea to me.