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Missiles being sold to S. Arabia will target positions in Yemen: US
[DAWN] The guided missiles that the United States is selling to Soddy Arabia...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... will be used to target enemy positions in the Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... conflict, says acting Assistant Secretary of State Stuart Jones. Mr Jones, who accompanied President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... on his recent visit to Saudi Arabia and Israel, also said that the United States had forged a defence partnership with the Saudis to counter "malign Iranian influence" in the region. At a Tuesday afternoon news briefing on President Trump’s Middle East tour, the bigwig said the United States would also participate in the Saudi ETIDAL project for countering krazed killer ideology. Under the project, the Saudis have established a Global Centre for Countering Extremist Ideology in Riyadh and plan to form partnerships with other Moslems nations and the United States for formulating a narrative countering the krazed killer ideology. But the veteran diplomat, who has served as the US ambassador to Iraq and Jordan, was reduced to an awkward silence while responding to a question about democracy in Saudi Arabia. On Wednesday, various US media outlets described Ambassador Jones’ 20-second silence as "the longest ever pause" from a US official at any news briefing. He was asked: "While you were over there, the secretary criticised the conduct of the Iranian elections and Iran’s record on democracy. He did so standing next to Saudi officials. How do you characterise Saudi Arabia’s commitment to democracy, and does the administration believe that democracy is a buffer or a barrier against extremism?" Mr Jones kept quiet for a full 20 seconds after which he managed a stuttering response: "I think what we would say is that at this meeting we were able to, err, make significant progress with Saudi and GCC [Gulf Cooperation Council] partners in both making a strong statement against extremism and also, and also putting err... putting in place certain measures through this GCC mechanism where we can combat extremism," he said. And then he turned to Iran: "Clearly one source of extremism -- one source -- one terrorism threat is coming from Iran. And that’s coming from a part of the Iranian apparatus that is not at all responsive to its electorate." Posted by: Fred 2017-06-02 |
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