| Submit your comments on this article |
| Arabia |
| Saudi Deputy Crown Prince is Pro=Trump |
| 2017-03-17 |
| from Al Arabiya - bet you won't hear any of this on network news or from WAPO or the NYT Saudi Arabia's deputy crown prince has hailed United States President Donald Trump as a "true friend of Muslims" and says he does not believe Trump's controversial immigration ban targets Islam specifically. A spokesperson from bin Salman's delegation to the United States said he expressed his "satisfaction with the positive attitude and clarifications he heard from President Trump about his stance on Islam". "President Trump has an unprecedented and serious intention to work with the Muslim world and to achieve its interests and Prince Mohammed considers his Excellency as a true friend of Muslims," Bloomberg quoted the senior adviser to Prince Mohammed as saying. According to reports, the meeting between the Saudi deputy crown prince and Trump appeared to signal a meeting of the minds on many issues, in a marked difference from Riyadh's often fraught relationship with the Obama administration, especially in the wake of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. Meanwhile, the White House has announced that the Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and United States President Donald Trump have discussed potential economic projects worth $200 bln. |
| Posted by:lord garth |
| #9 destroyed the day after 9/11 "We'll pluck that black rock from its socket, Send same to the Sun on a rocket Along with King Jabba, Then knock down the Kaaba. What's next, madam clerk, on the docket?" |
| Posted by: Ebbineting Ebbomotle2858 2017-03-17 23:31 |
| #8 That stupid black rock should have been destroyed the day after 9/11. |
| Posted by: Crusader 2017-03-17 17:42 |
| #7 The Saudis find themselves with no choices, it seems to me. Their coffers will soon be bare; once they sell off the assets acquired during the OPEC years, that will be the end of their powr and influence. Their pet jihadis are are retreating on many fronts or fighting among themselves. Russia is aligned with the Iran axis, and is in the process of seducing Turkey and Egypt, while China, per Spengler, has started reducing Saudi oil purchases in favour of supply from Iran. yea, now's the time to finish them off. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-03-17 14:17 |
| #6 A sensible approach, lord garth. The Saudis find themselves with no choices, it seems to me. Their coffers will soon be bare; once they sell off the assets acquired during the OPEC years, that will be the end of their powr and influence. Their pet jihadis are are retreating on many fronts or fighting among themselves. Russia is aligned with the Iran axis, and is in the process of seducing Turkey and Egypt, while China, per Spengler, has started reducing Saudi oil purchases in favour of supply from Iran. All the Saudis have is America (and hopefully Israel when the time comes, but that can't be too openly acknowledged). So whatever they think privately, in public they will only admit to be charmed and delighted by the current president, while privately hoping he is less disastrous to their long term survival than his predecessor. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-03-17 13:41 |
| #5 turns out both the WAPO and NYT had something on this but with their own spin their version is that the Saudis snookered Trump into a bad deal (but we don't know what the deal was). Now,with respect to the Saudis. 1. TN is correct about the pre 9-11 situation, but it is almost certain that Prince Bandar did not know about the terror attacks being planned. 2. Also TN is correct that many Saudi citizens have provided funds to ISIS - some voluntarily, others via extortion or other similar means 3. The Saudis have changed a bit since 9-11. They became afraid of Al Q first and later they became fearful of the Moslem brotherhood and ISIS, and of course, as Iran has built up its missile capability and began funding Shiite insurgencies, they have become more afraid of Iran. thus my opinion is that while the Saudi govt is made up of corrupt, islamic supremacist autocrats, there are areas where we have common interests. |
| Posted by: lord garth 2017-03-17 10:34 |
| #4 A Saudi attacked us on 9/11, the recently declassified portion of the 9/11 report provided evidence that some of Osama's soldiers here in the US were financially supported by Prince Bandar and his wife. The only reason this portion of the report remained classified was political - Bush protecting the Saudis...to what end? Many, many ISIS soldiers are Saudi along with their funding stream. Trump should consider them the enemies that they are. |
| Posted by: Tennessee 2017-03-17 09:12 |
| #3 Saudi Arabia's deputy crown prince has hailed United States President Donald Trump as a "true friend of Muslims" and says he does not believe Trump's controversial immigration ban targets Islam specifically. Crown Prince, please direct your comments to U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson (Hawaii), U.S. District Judge Theodore ​Chuang (Maryland) and the 9th Circus (cough, cough political hacks). |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-03-17 07:52 |
| #2 More an indication of Saudi concern over Iran and what fracking has done to the power of OPEC. (yeah, that last one makes me smile) |
| Posted by: SteveS 2017-03-17 07:30 |
| #1 Not a compliment to Trump in my eyes. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-03-17 05:55 |