Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir has personally delivered a threatening message to President Barack Obama and key members of Congress.
The Saudis are prepared to sell off $750 billion in United States assets if a bill that would allow the Saudi government to be sued over 9/11 passes Congress, according to The New York Times.
The move would be designed to destabilize the American economy and damage the value of United States currency. And critics say the Obama administration is already scrambling to comply with Saudi demands.
Al-Jubeir was referencing the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) bill, which — if passed by Congress — would let the U.S. victims of 9/11 and other terror attacks sue foreign sponsors of terrorism.
And that’s something the Obama administration is desperate to stop.
According to the report, the Obama administration has recently “been lobbying so intently against the bill that some lawmakers and families of Sept. 11 victims are infuriated. In their view, the Obama administration has consistently sided with the kingdom [of Saudi Arabia] and has thwarted their efforts to learn what they believe to be the truth about the role some Saudi officials played in the terrorist plot.”
It was been widely noted that fifteen of the 19 hijackers in the September 2001 attacks, which destroyed the World Trade Center and killed thousands, were citizens of Saudi Arabia. Families of the victims of this attack want to use the court system to hold rulers of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as well as foreign banks and charities, liable for their alleged financial backing of Islamic terror groups.
Because of a law passed in 1976, foreign nations currently have some immunity in American courts.
“The Senate bill is intended to make clear that the immunity given to foreign nations under the law should not apply in cases where nations are found culpable for terrorist attacks that kill Americans on United States soil. If the bill were to pass both houses of Congress and be signed by the president, it could clear a path for the role of the Saudi government to be examined in the Sept. 11 lawsuits,” The New York Times reported.
Suspicions on the Saudi royal families role in the terror attacks in New York “have lingered, partly because of the conclusions of a 2002 congressional inquiry into the attacks that cited some evidence that Saudi officials living in the United States at the time had a hand in the plot,” The New York Times reported.
“Those conclusions, contained in 28 pages of the report, still have not been released publicly.”
How do you suppress the masses….? A lot of government Kool-Aid .
Why does the U.S. give billions of dollars in foreign aid to wealthy Saudi Arabia? The Bush family also had close ties to the Saudi’s. Sept.11, 2001 was worse than Pearl Harbor. What did Americans do ? Most bought a t-shirt or bumper sticker. Military enlistment didn’t rise much. We ended up with nation building a bunch of barbarians who have hated each other before Columbus was born,
You also have to remember the immediate Saudi families that were flown out of the USA, by the president at that time(Bush).
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You are quite correct in that the Bush family has a very close relationship with the Saudi Royal family but the Saudi factor goes all the way back to Richard Nixon and continued through each successive administration ending with this one. So, what happened? Back in 1973, about the time of the infamous Arab oil embargo, Nixon took us off the gold standard because he felt it was necessary to increase the “money supply”. His problem was that he had to find a way to do that without causing a sudden and drastic decline in the value of the dollar. At that time OPEC controlled the price of oil and Saudi Arabia controlled OPEC. The solution was to cut a deal with the Saudi royal family whereby we would agree to protect them from their enemies, which were many, if they would agree to ensure that OPEC priced its petroleum exports exclusively in U.S. dollars and all transactions in petroleum had to be settled in U.S. dollars. This ensured that the dollar would remain secure as the world reserve currency and we were free to create as many of them as the Federal Reserve wanted with nothing to back them up because the whole world had to use them. This is how the term petrodollar originated. Oddly enough the Arab oil embargo ended shortly thereafter. How do I know all of this? I was 22 years old in 1973 and already quite interested in geopolitics. I followed these events as they played out. This deal and the resulting paradigm remained in place for about forty years until the Obama administration. If you want to know why the price of oil is crashing the answer is simple. The Saudis are pissed. Obama has made it clear that he will not honor any promise made to protect them and he has cut a deal with their most feared enemy (Iran) that will make them more of a threat than ever. They are also quite angry with the Russians over their cozy relationship with Iran and their military actions in Syria. Since both the U.S. and Russian economies (especially Russia’s) need a stable and sustainable price for petroleum the Saudis possess the perfect weapon to retaliate. The Saudis are flooding the market with cheap oil even if it costs them money they are getting their revenge and making their point. It’s economic warfare pure and simple. Now they are threatening more of the same if we expose the role some of their “sacred cows” played in the 9/11 attacks. A long line of political prostitutes has gotten in bed with the Saudis and we are now paying the price.
very good Who are you???
Do you hail from PA?
Interesting theory even if it is wrong.
Thank you. It’s so refreshing to have an informed and well spoken individual making a comment on here. I learned something and I appreciate that. Thank you.
Great Article. I also remember some of this but not as detailed as you. I lived in Europe at the time.
You sure did your homework! GREAT JOB!
I’m sure what you are saying is historically accurate but I disagree with one point. The Saudis are dumping oil on the market out of fear.
There are so many alternative,and cheaper energy sources being developed that it’s quite possible in the near future oil deposits will be unsaleable. The international recognition,at last, that oil burning is harming the globe will give further impetus to researching and promoting alternatives to fossil burning. The writing is on the wall for the oil producers. And they see it.
They have to sell their fossil fuels quickly while there is still a market for them.
I believe this is the main reason for their dumping oil even if,they have other motives also.
We know that the Muslim brand that spawned ISIS originated in Saudi Arabia and don’t forget where that other mad terrorist Bin Laden came from too.
So they have form,means and motive to have been involved in international terrorism. Case closed.
The solution is clear to me .
Instead of the US doing business with the unpalatable Saudis, open negotiations with the Mafia and other underworld figures. The aim would be to threaten to come down hard on their various illegal rackets unless they agreed to tackle ISIS. These are all underground figures who,no doubt, are aware of each other/ know each other.
The trade off is , they out ISIS and in return , the US government agrees to ” go easy” on their rackets and organisations.
Why not ?
Nothing else has worked and the situation is too serious to mess about with any more.
Obama be a real USA president by acting like one.
Are you kidding?
Obozo will veto any bill that hurts the Saudis.
He bowed to the Saudi King to smell his crotch. Shame!
I Agree. POS
We haven’t had a President since January 2009 or a Commander in Chief for that matter.
hey jerry, you’re on the right track but you didn’t go back far enough or deep enough. we the people of this country have not elected a president, of our choice, since j f k. his election was the last time we actually were allowed to exercise our constitutional right to be a country of the people, by the people and for the people. that one day in Dallas, made the 1960 election meaningless and those responsible for the assignation have successfully convinced us, this is not our country any longer but in fact, it’s theirs. through their greed and complete absence of any shred of morality, they have rendered us meaningless and if we don’t care enough to take back what is rightfully ours, they are well on their way to rendering our country meaningless, as well. we must not allow them to persuade us, we no longer need to see but to just listen to them, without question. as they whisper, they’re much better at seeing than we are and after all, our eyes have become, meaningless. it all started that day in dallas, through our feelings of shock, grief, and sadness we shut down. at that moment they came in like a parent assuring us everything would be alright and the truth was not what we saw it was what they told us was the real truth and in exchange for protecting us from the monster, all we had to do, was to go along and we did. as a result, we are about to lose the most precious we have, ourselves.
roger on that. you know, a few neutron bombs on the Saudi family compound would solve a lot of the world’s problems.
We need a president that will laugh at such threats, not one that can be bought off
Temporary solution to that and many other problems; Tariffs. And any item coming from the saudis just gets an increasing tariff, first x+ then 2x+, ect. IE their oil, basically any sour oil.
You won’t be preventing trade with them just the import of sour oil. To my knowledge there are only 2 place in the world that can crack sour oil, US and Canada. Canada is busy with their own sands. I don’t believe the saudi’s have any other export.
Who knows what behind closed door deals hes made. Remember before he fraudulenly got into office for the second time when he thought his mike was off and he told this king to wait until after the election he could do something. I don’t remember exactly what he (obama) told the king but the king was impatient. And him bowing to the king. I wouldn’t bow to him, the Leader of the Free World shouldn’t either unless they own him. Just a thought.
Way too late!
He doesn’t know how. We elected a man that has never even managed a lemonade stand and we expect him to run this country. If you can’t realize thnatg he can’t you should not be allowed to ever vote again.
he cant act like a president of America he is a Kenyan with a right to a british overseas subject passport as he was born in kenya during the time of british rule , he also returned the bust of Churchill to London and this is and was the queens cousin and a very political here of the uk and boy did that unpresidential move piss off a lot of people
It would be good if all Arab investments in the non Arab world were paid out and returned to those who created the assets. Islam wants to take the West over with Islam and now also with their ill gotten gains from oil. Talk about affirmative action? What will General Motors have to say when their Arab owners instruct them to employ only Arabs and ex Arab refugees? perhaps the camel will become the preferred transport vehicle for the USA??
Learn the truth about 9/11 in Rebekah Roth’s two books “Methodical Illusion” and “Methodical Deception.”
Many of the viewers/readers of this website have witnessed my rants about continued US involvement in the Middle East. This is another argument in my favor. The Saudis are not the friends of the US. They’ve done us more harm than ISIS could dream of doing. Please, Mr. Obama and US Congress, call the Saudi’s bluff. Do something right one time in this administration. This problem is not Mr. Obama’s fault. This problem was started long before his Presidential terms.
I agree with most of what you say. However, it IS Obama’s problem now! No bowing down to these extortionists!
Of course the Saudis expect complete compliance from Obama as they see him as 100% muslim!
BTW, how much are we spending on the Saudi’s for their defense and other concerns?
I have not read where anyone said it was obozo’s fault but he owns it now and he needs to make the right decisions for America which he has NOT done once in his 7+ years. My guess is, he will kiss their collective asses and the U.S. will come out on the short end AGAIN !!!!!!
Always remember that the US makes terrible deals and will not stand up for itself (in the post Reagan era.) When confronted with a “threat” the US backs down and the foreign powers know it. When facing a conundrum the (recent) Presidents and their administrations allowed themselves to be governed by Political Correctness. Following the PC protocol is no way to earn respect. No presidency, including the woefully failed Carter presidency, has embraced so many dictators and made so many apologies to foreign governments and ideologies than has Obama and his folks. To make America great again, it will take a man with True Grit and a backbone. Without a doubt Donald Trump is the leader America needs. He will “Git ‘r done!’
We are always ready to go to fight for some other country’s defense or to send aid. Defending them in the name of human rights or whatever, feeding their people, but so slow to stand up for ourselves.
Obama do something right?
I think the Saudis should market their debt assets and see what kind of returns are available in an open market for American backed securities. Then maybe they’ll weigh the potential losses accept their cupulbility in the matter and hand over 50% of that $750B, issue apologizes and shut the fuck up!
The U.S. need to tell these SOB’s if they attempt to destroy our Currency We WILL NUKE THEM…PERIOD and mean it..then we will see who back down..!!! We have the ability to that nation in a pile of glass..!!!
The Saudis attacked us on 911 and they are the biggest sponsors of terrorism. Why did the Bush regime help the Bin Ladden family fly out of the country the week after 911 when we Americans could not fly anywhere in the US? Why do all of our presidents hold hands with these dictators? Why did we turn over a highly sophisticated military base to them? Why are we selling them billions of military equipment? This is going to end badly!
sir- because of the future of a one world government based on socialism. they are a pawn in the big picture. the last few presidents are fronts for a major plan that has been in works for the fed, world bank, and other governments to change and take away the freedoms of people world wide. like they are working on our 1st and 2nd amendments of the bill of rights to control us. I believe that terrorist groups are backed by these people as a way to get what they want to control all of us. also the united nation has a part in this as a central control of this. hope my words got your interest more of what is going on – captkirk
Captkirk, You see the true picture ,,and no doubt about where this all is headed. YES, The Bush bunch are all mixed up in that infamous event of 9/ 11. It is too Plain to Figure… The DAY Of that Horrendous attack on our Homeland…The Shopping Centers AND The Air port in Daytona Was Totally over-run by A multituide of Jabbering Saudis and Jews .. Buying up All the Stuff they could…To FLY Out of Here With them. It was A Place of Mayhem..They were SO intent on being ”Herded Up and Moved OUT” of HERE !! THat morning..I was in the Airport Picking up my husband ( Returning from a Business trip to the West Coast ) And There was a ‘man ( obviously A Middle Easterner..There..Dressed in a white Indian Type suit… .. he was alone..And Was Carrying a Briefcase ..That he had Sat down on the Floor..Resting between his Feet.. He was Waiting to Board The Flight My Husband had Come in on. When HE Saw me ‘Looking AT HIM SO Intently.. He Picked up his Briefcase..And Moved a FEW Feet Further away from Me. I Am sure now that He was The MAIN One Of the 17..And WAS On his Way back to Newark..And OUT. Can`t think of his name at the moment. [..But It was obvious HE was Nervous. } Has to mean Something that ”just Escaped me ..at the time.’. Positively, the Saudis were In the Middle Of This horrendous Attack. And the Truth that has been kept hidden from US Ever Since.. Will Be Coming OUT..And VERY Soon now. It is TIME AND PAST DUE TIME.
George H. W. Bush and the bin Laden family formed the “Carlyle Group.” The Carlyle Group is very secretive and owns trillions of US dollar holdings around the world. As 9-11 was being carried out by the israeli MOSSAD, Bush Sr. was meeting with the bin Laden family in a famous DC hotel, discussing arms sales. For additional info, plz search the internet on the phrase, Bush and bin Laden family. Be ready for a surprise.
I think whatever they decide it won’t change the lies being about 9/11 and what country actually planned and executed such a inhumane attack
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BFD…Sell it! A.) Someone will buy it and B.) Someone will buy it cheap at a loss to the Saudi’s bottom line. So go ahead….sell it!
America should take the assets for being blackmailed.
I’m with you, Rob.
In my humble opinion [IMHO] the American people [and I know for a fact, most Vietnam Veterans] have been lied to for many years, just like the shabby treatment of Combat Vets, and cover-ups about PTSD, and Agent Orange, back in the 1960’s and 70’s… right up to now ! The “First Rule of Management — is that it Exists !” And now we are finally understanding that our individual VOTES do not even count, and ‘Delegates’ can be bought off ! This is the beginning of the end, folks. The KJV Bible is 100% correct, and “God cannot Lie.” –Titus 1: 2 —I am also a Disabled Vietnam Veteran: 68-70.
Amen, friend. Thank you for your service &may God bless you & your brothers!
AMEN! All U say is truth! GOD BLESS U & GOD BLESS AMERICA!
Saudi Arabia is NOT our friend. Actions always speak louder than words. The Saudis (and other countries) play us like a fiddle. We are now between a rock and a hard place.
Just waiting to hear Obama apologize to the Saudi’s for their involvement in 9-11. Wonder how he will make it America’s fault.
Marilyn, NO PROBLEM. Obama will simply say “it’s Bushs’ fault. it’s Bushs’ fault”.
(‘My little daughters, they look too white, it’s Bushs’ fault, it’s Bushs’ fault”)
I could add more verses but they get a little derogatory.
I’m sure obozo with all his courage, fortitude and his love for America will stand firm against the Saudi’s and demand they either put up or shut up. Now — if anyone actually believes what I just stated , i have a resort island in the middle of the Everglades to sell you. My guess is he will cave just as fast and just as far as our illustrious rinos do whenever obozo snaps his whip. obozo will either threaten Congress, which he is good at, or he will try and bribe them not to pass this bill.
OKAY…..NOW IS THIS ENOUGH FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO SEE WHAT A MONSTER obama IS?????????????? HE SOLD AMERICA OUT!!!!! HE SHOULD BE IMPEACHED NOW AND THROWN IN THE BRIGG FOR TREASON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and take killery with him.
Sorry ,Me, Ain’t never gonna happen. Not to the first Black President! Maybe after he leaves office there will be an investigation. Don’t hold your breath, however. We are no longer a united country. But we are PC!
Um…..Correct me if I am wrong, but would not a coercive threat such as this be considered and act of war???
Didn’t you know, it was a reaction to a video on the Social Media!
So….do you think $750 Billion is going to “damage” the economy more than Obama has in his eight year reign of terror? The LAST thing S.A. “did” for us was to furnish airfields and jet fuel to the U.S. when we stopped Sadam Hussein from marching into Mecca and declaring it to be HIS, 25 YEARS AGO! WHEN are we going to stop playing patsy to all the despotic governments of the world because they have BOUGHT our politicians? If Hillary is elected, anyone care to guess how much tax money will be going to Saudi? They have “donated” millions to the Clinton Foundation (which, of course, has been used to finance a massive campaign). They aren’t stupid, and they will try to buy anyone who is susceptible to being bought, so long as it enriches the royal brotherhood of the sand. If they were to dump these assets, they’d lose their shirts….er…dresses or whatever you call those curtains they wear. What a bunch of IDIOTS we Americans are to allow this kind of self-enriching cozy relationship between our ELECTED “leaders” and foreign governments. Are we THAT EASY?
In answer, (even though your comment does no address my original post), Yes, in fact 750 billion WOULD have a drastic effect on an already unstable economy…Not only the initial economic shock would cause deep damage, but also the effect on global sentiment towards the U.S dollar would take a strike. The U.S dollar is already hanging by a thread as a global monetary reserve…ANYTHING that disrupts the comparable “strength” of the dollar can, and likely will, result in dire circumstances… Tomorrow when the Yuan hits the global stage will ultimately be proof of that fact.
Hey, think about this. For years terrorist have attacked the US with little or no retaliation. each deadlier than the last. That brought on 911. Now we have Russia playing a game of chicken. Not so much as a phone call to Putin. Obama could apologize to Putin for having ships in the way. Obama is returning to the middle east so he can bow to his Saudi king. Until the cowards are run out of Washington it will get more disgusting than it is now.
I am going to look into the Rebekah Roth books. Look into Dr.Judy P. Woods. She proves that the towers were destroyed with a directed energy weapon. The whole thing is a charade.
@ Aachmed & @Lorraine E (upthread) — Thanks…. I will look into all three books, but also want to mention that Tritium was present in significant amounts also indicating nuclear/radiation. J.A.R.
Aachmed Hazmat-
i looked up Rebecca Roth @ youtube, and she has a LOT of quite interesting things to say, especially about the Israelis…both the “dancing” ones who were briefly jailed and sent back to Israel, where, during a tv broadcast, they admitted there were there to film the event. Without foreknowledge, this was one masterful piece of pre-cognition(he says, tongue-in-cheek). The other Israelis mentioned (during the interview i just watched) were “art students” who managed to get unfettered access to ALL of both Trade Towers, that happened to have photographs of themselves taken near large numbers of boxes containing FUSES for explosive devices.
Rebecca is a retired flight attendant, and she believes that the REAL flights landed at an airport, a USAF base(and that’s when the scripted cellphone calls were made). This particular airport(don’t recall whether she mentioned it’s name or not) but after she wrote the book, an airman came forward to say that about 10AM on that fateful day, he and many others were called up to active duty – but when they got there, the entire AFB was “in lockdown.” For THREE DAYS. He was(and they were) put up in a local hotel, and never knew why until he read her book.
But on-point to the topic of THIS thread, Saudi Arabia’s involvement, i’m really curious as to why D’OweBama would be “lobbying hard” to have the bill killed when he can simply veto it, anyway. At BEST, the Saudis would have had a MINIMAL role(compared to the traitors in the USG and the agents provocateur supplied by the Mossad), BUT, they may be in play as a scapegoat.
Besides, when Nixon took this country off the gold standard, he made a deal with the Saudi’s that they would ONLY sell their oil in USD(technically, fiat-currency debt-notes, aka “FRN’s”), so that ALL other countries would have to first convert their currencies to dollars in order to get that oil, hence the title “petrodollar.” If the BRICS nations(Brazil, Russia, India, China, S. Africa – and now Australia, too) get what they desire, a NEW “world reserve currency,” you’ll see prices in America skyrocket overnight, as the FRN is revealed as the worthless fiat-paper scam it has been since at least 1935, when FDR stole the gold of Americans and gave it to international banksters. i have several citations along this line from a lot of historical figures, but this particular one is from Voltaire:
“Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value — zero.”
— Voltaire[François Marie Arouet] (1694-1778)
In essence, the “money masters” have been playing musical chairs ever since; as long as the music plays, everything’s “fine”(with occasional “corrections” when the markets either rise or fall suddenly, so that those given foreknowledge can make bundles); when the music stops(FRN deception revealed), everyone else will suddenly find that all the seats have been taken, and they’re O. U. T.
In fact, the banksters may well be behind this entire scenario, specifically to precipitate this “crisis” to destroy the USD. They’ve made it plain that they want a NAU with an Amero to replace dollars and pesos for a LONG time. Have you heard of the “Hegelian dialectic”? “Thesis, antithesis, synthesis”? These “social engineers” long ago perverted it. They come up with their desired “solution,” then CREATE a problem so that the masses will seek a solution: then they’ll be “offered” several unpalatable solutions, the least nasty of which will be exactly what the social engineers wanted in the FIRST place.
And, speaking of “long time,” i’ve been sounding the alarm to anyone who’d listen for the last ten years or so that they need to have MINIMAL holdings in USD, and the rest in items of intrinsic, durable, long-lasting value: arms, ammunition, palladium, whiskey, cigarettes, beer, machinery(canning gear, mold-making equipment, generators), gold, toilet paper, platinum, soap, silver, canned food/dried food/flour/oatmeal/rice, “how-to” books(not e-books), etc. Many of them think i’m insane, by now. Eh, they thought the same about Noah, too.
i honestly think that quite a few of the wealthy and influential KNOW they are about to face the chopping block, and to avoid this, they’re perfectly willing to destroy the monetary system so that the People will have more immediate concerns, like survival, and will then stop worrying about the “Ruling Class.”
It is about undermining America and promoting Islam. A no brainer for this Adm.
OBOMBER WILL HAVE TO GIVE BACK HIS MR. T STARTER KIT AND HIS PALACE IN DUBAI.
ERASING AMERICAN HERITAGE IS A BIG COMMUNIST GOAL. I HAVE OBAMA ON MY ROLL.
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He/she/it/? is not going to do anything. l Since the saudies seem to be the ones that paid for his? college, made up the false history of his life, has been supporting him? from day one. Look at what the obamsssss did to let the saudies get out of the country after 9/11. Wonder how many other politicians are/were on the take from them,. We know the bush was, but at least to our knowledge he never bowed to the saudi king like the obamssssss did.
The right thing here to do is simply “PASS” this bill. PERIOD!
Like others have stated, this president might as well get something right in his almost 8 years in the white-house.
We need to see What our Government covered up. These Saudie’s were Bushes and Cheney’s Friends
Remember the bail out of the “too big to let them fail banks “.,. Should have let them fail … Cost way more not to … Let the Saudi government sell whatever it is they want to sell and stop America from being blackmailed .. It’s up to the elected officials to stand up for the American people for a change .. For all the money spent bailing out the big banks .. They are close to another collapse because they are still greedy and dishonest … The Saudis will think they can get away with anything if we let them get away with 9/11 ..
Let us not forget obamas magic pen.
The US Treasury Department should freeze all Saudi assets in the States, until the matter is resolved.
Amen
Our Muslim President would not dare to defy the will of his Saudi King. So of course he will find a way to cave into their demands. The fact that they would blackmail us would be cause for any other President to press forward and do exactly what we want but our no stones Muslim President will comply.
Personally, i think that D’OweBama is just putting on a show. He KNOWS that without the Saudi’s REQUIRING that all nations which want Saudi oil must first “buy” US Dollars, the “dollar” will collapse…but i also think he WANTS it to collapse so that when the rioting begins(maybe 3 days to a week after the last Uncle Sugar checks stop coming), he can declare “martial law” and make himself dictator-for-life(or until “the end of the crisis”) that was DELIBERATELY STARTED. THIS way, you see, he can claim that “he tried to stop it, but them evil ol’ Saudis” blah-blah-blah.
I want to state at the outset that this comment has nothing to do with this article in particular. I am interested in sharing some bipartisan thoughts about the topic, We Are The Party, and address it to both Democrats and Republicans alike.
This election cycle has focused my thinking about the process we go through in both parties to select a candidate to represent us in the November elections. During the Democratic primaries Democrats vote for their choice but the “Party” has super delegates who are not beholding to the rank and file Democratic voter. On the Republican side it is apparent that when they don’t like who the rank and file Republicans are voting for “they” the “Party” try to decide who is going to be the nominee over the choice of the majority of their members. In both cases the Democratic and Republican parties forget that in reality you and I “Are the Party” and we should be the ones that ultimately decide who represents us.
To this end I am suggesting a voter “Revolution” where people push back hard on their respective parties and remind those in charge that you and I are the party and we really don’t care for these rules that take the ultimate say away from those of us who are also registered Democrats and Republicans. I would urge those of you who agree to write and call your respective Congressional, State and Local representatives to complain about the “process” in addition to the DNC and RNC depending on your party affiliation.
I think its time that the people involved in the political process understand that they only derive their authority from the People when we give it to them and WE need to recognize that when we acquiesce and let them do as they wish we are abrogating our individual prerogatives to have them represent us as we would like to be represented.
Those of you who feel you agree with my sentiments are free to use this statement in any comments or letters or conversations you have. It is my intention to insert this statement in the comments of every article I read online and to hopefully start a movement that will hold both political parties accountable to their members.
Thanks for reading this whether you agree or not.
In reality, there is only ONE powerful party in Washington. The Center-left (dominated by the neoliberals) represented by Hillary Clinton, is really the same political party as the Center-right (the neocons who came out of the neoliberals)—represented by the Bushes. That’s why, no matter who you send to Washington, they get sucked into the power nexus and the results are always the same: open borders, globalism with the emphasis on trade agreements which are usually accompanied by race-to-the-bottom-wages. Legislation that favors large corporations and hands them more and more control over our lives. etc. Trump and Sanders represent a rebellion from that system.
Specifically, what assets do the Saudis hold in America? What is their monetary value? What is their strategic value? How would it hurt us for the Saudis to sell them? For something to be sold, there has to be a buyer. Who are the probable buyers of these assets?
There is probably more to the threat than meets the eye but, in theory, they could sell huge blocks of stock in our stock market and, because the trading volume is particularly low right now, could throw the stock market into a tizzy just as we enter the season of the general election. But, it is unlikely that they would actually DO it unless they like pain. It would be interesting to hear from a Wall Street insider on the situation.
It is not a valid threat on the part of the Saudis. They are just trying to keep it hushed up because they don’t want to get sued in the U.S. They are trying to force Obama into, at least, vetoing the bill, but they are apparently trying to even keep it from coming to a vote. Will we continue the feckless policy of appeasing our enemies? We should tell them to buzz off but there is the larger issue of the U.S. dollar. We should never have allowed the Arabs to have so much control over the “petrodollar”–big mistake.
I don’t know why folks don’t remember that way back in 2001 way before Obama came on the scene it was then a well known fact that he knew about the 9-11 plans way ahead of the actual attack. It was the same thing with 9-11 in Benghazi where he and Hillary knew about it 5 days out but for some reason they wanted Ambassador Stevens dead.
Jerry-
it was then a well known fact that he knew about the 9-11 plans way ahead of the actual attack
Here, did you mean the Shrub, or D’OweBama?
Big deal. Obama always backs down.
When are the Americans going to say enough! As a Veteran it sickens me to know in my heart that our President is a Muslim and does not respect or love our Country. He will do everything in his power including using his Veto power to let the Saudi’s off the hook. When are we going to say enough is enough! My vote this year for “Trump” will identify with my feelings of disgust for our politicians and their individual agenda’s. “We the people are supposed to hire representatives” that do what we want them to do, not to do what they want! Term Limits of one year at a time would be a start! We need our Pride back!!!!
Our King will bow to them and embarrass all.
One point that the Saudi Family isn’t thinking about, if the selling of these security’s were to hurt the USA enough for our economy to crash, what do they think is going to happen to the rest of the economies around the globe. If the U.S. economy folds so also will the rest of the Globe.Who else will buy their oil?
The best way to deal with Saudi Arabia is to become energy independent. If oil drops to $10 a barrel the Saudis are going to have a lot less money to use to promote terrorism. We need to stop allowing ourselves to become dependent on countries which don’t share our values.
This monarchical dynasty in Saudi Arabia may not be the most pleasant regime in the world but I don’t think anyone honestly believes they played a major -or indeed any- role in 9/11 – they had no substantial motive nor had they the internal organizational connections or skills necessary to carry it out. To suggest otherwise without providing supporting evidence either stems from abysmal ignorance, of is intended to serve as a smoke screen.