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Royal Saudi Air Force F-15E Fighter-Bombers

 
 May 27, 2020


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U.S. TAXPAYERS ARE PAYING TO PROTECT SAUDI OIL PROFITS

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Recent Crude Oil Prices
  
  The following was provided by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace:

  “It’s a scene right out of the movie ‘Groundhog Day’.  Every year, the administration submits its annual request to Congress to appropriate billions of dollars for America’s partners in the Middle East so they can purchase military hardware from us.  Congress rubber stamps these requests with little regard for whether this assistance achieves U.S. policy objectives.”

  This year, the administration pushed through an 81-billion-dollar deal with Saudi Arabia, the Arab Emirates and Jordan, using as a reason for the largess, the growing threat posed by Iran and its surrogate military forces throughout the region.

  The incredibly rapid spread of the corona virus has radically changed the aspect of this quid pro quo and we, the taxpayers to the beneficent U.S. Treasury, are expected to foot the bill.

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President Trump Sword Dancing
   Here’s the reason for the shortfall: On March 8th 2020, the Saudis decided to counter the profits in increased petroleum production by American Oil interests by flooding the markets with cheap Arabian Oil.

  President Trump must charge the head of our State Department, Mike Pompeo, with negotiating with the Saudi Princes for a far better deal or we will cease being their bodyguards, effective immediately.  This could begin with refusing to participate in any more sword dances in Riyadh.
 
-Phil Richardson Storyteller and Observer of the Human Condition.



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