Saudi Oil Production Attacked.

[Gameface]

Surprised nothing has been posted yet.

President Donald Trump on Sunday evening tweeted that the US has "reason to believe that we know" who is responsible for an attack on a Saudi Arabian oil field and the country is "locked and loaded depending on verification" following the crippling strike.

"Saudi Arabia oil supply was attacked. There is reason to believe that we know the culprit, are locked and loaded depending on verification, but are waiting to hear from the Kingdom as to who they believe was the cause of this attack, and under what terms we would proceed!" Trump said.
Trump's tweet, which appeared to raise the specter of a US military response, served to ratchet up tensions in a region already on edge after Saturday's audacious attack on the Saudi oil field.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/15/politics/trump-us-saudi-arabia-attack-iran-iraq/index.html

 

[Zombie]

Surprised nothing has been posted yet.



https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/15/politics/trump-us-saudi-arabia-attack-iran-iraq/index.html

Cool to see our use of force dictated by the Saudi royal family. Very normal way to conduct foreign policy.

 

[Gameface]

Cool to see our use of force dictated by the Saudi royal family. Very normal way to conduct foreign policy.

Agreed. I was honestly happy when I first saw the report that Saudi oil production was hit. Saudi is a nation that takes and takes and takes from the U.S. and what they give us is 9/11. That's what we get for supporting them.

Saudi Arabia is NOT our friend. I don't want friends like that. Saudi Arabia is far worse than Iran, far far worse.

 

[Gameface]

I think this song is a good representation of the U.S./Saudi relationship.

 

[Red]

Saudi is a nation that takes and takes and takes from the U.S. and what they give us is 9/11. That's what we get for supporting them.

https://whowhatwhy.org/2019/09/11/j...-records-that-might-tie-saudi-royals-to-9-11/

 

[Deleted member 365]

Agreed. I was honestly happy when I first saw the report that Saudi oil production was hit. Saudi is a nation that takes and takes and takes from the U.S. and what they give us is 9/11. That's what we get for supporting them.

Saudi Arabia is NOT our friend. I don't want friends like that. Saudi Arabia is far worse than Iran, far far worse.

As a reward for chopping up one of our journalists, we pledge our armed forces for them to use. I agree, they’re not our friend. We bash Iran for its extremism but seem to ignore SA’s because we do so much business with them. I wish our media would focus a bit more on how extreme some of these countries, like Saudi Arabia are.

It’ll be interesting to see how this plays out over the next few days. Trump talks big but has avoided the use of the military. However, this time, it feels different. I don’t know if it’s because of their oil production taking a hit, Iran being the accused perpetrator, or because Trump/Kushner personally might have so much vested interest over there. But this time it feels different.

One thing that’s for sure, I’m glad Bolton isn’t around anymore.

 

[Deleted member 365]

Cool to see our use of force dictated by the Saudi royal family. Very normal way to conduct foreign policy.

Very cool and very legal?

Remember, Saudi Arabia buys billions of military hardware from us. One journalist wasn’t worth jeopardizing the relationship between our dear friend, Saudi Arabia. Besides, if they didn’t buy it from us, they’d buy it from China or Russia. Right? Watch the video from the Post.

If it was indeed Iran, it’s hard to believe they did this without Russian permission and material. Right? Sooooooooo placating to Russia isn’t exactly improving things.

Kissing up to Saudi Arabia didn’t begin with trump. It’s been going on for a long time by presidents from both parties. But it sure seems like they’ve become pretty brazen under trump.

 

[Archie Moses]

I think this song is a good representation of the U.S./Saudi relationship.

I've never heard that song before. It's badass. Love the guitar.

 

[One Brow]

Somehow, even though Yemeni rebels have claimed responsibility for the attack, we seem to want to blame Iran. Hmmmmmm.

 

[Red]

Somehow, even though Yemeni rebels have claimed responsibility for the attack, we seem to want to blame Iran. Hmmmmmm.

That's what I thought. But the war in Yemen is in part a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran. I still suspect that Michael Klare got it right here, though I would not wish this on the world:

https://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/176422/tomgram:_michael_klare,_the_road_to_hell_in_the_middle_east/

And I thought of Klare's essay again when Trump just suggested a mutual defense treaty between Israel and the US, suggested in an effort to boost Netanyahu's reelection prospects this week.

 

[Stoked]

Somehow, even though Yemeni rebels have claimed responsibility for the attack, we seem to want to blame Iran. Hmmmmmm.

It’s not necessarily either or here.

That's what I thought. But the war in Yemen is in part a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran. I still suspect that Michael Klare got it right here, though I would not wish this on the world:

https://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/176422/tomgram:_michael_klare,_the_road_to_hell_in_the_middle_east/

And I thought of Klare's essay again when Trump just suggested a mutual defense treaty between Israel and the US, suggested in an effort to boost Netanyahu's reelection prospects this week.

Good post. As far as I know the Houthi’s are supported by Iran and company.

 

[Zombie]

It’s not necessarily either or here.




Good post. As far as I know the Houthi’s are supported by Iran and company.

You are correct. This seems to me a prime example of the kind of conflict the US has no business getting mixed up in. There have been atrocities on both sides, supported by two opposing but equally abhorrent regimes.