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kpete

(71,962 posts)
Tue Sep 16, 2014, 03:21 PM Sep 2014

Saudis Lobbied John McCain & Lindsey Graham to sell War.

Saudis Lobbied John McCain & Lindsey Graham to sell War.

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Bin Laden said he intentionally goaded America in to a war in the middle east to "bleed America to the point of bankruptcy." Well, as it turns out, ISIL and Saudi Arabia are trying to goad America into another war in the middle east and they've enlisted John McCain and Lindsey Graham to sell us that war.

An August 2013 the Wall Street Journal http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/16/1330029/-Saudis-Lobbied-John-McCain-Lindsey-Graham-to-sell-War reports that Saudi Arabia's Foreign Policy includes overthrowing Syrian government, which is Shiite, to put in place their own Sunni government so they, Saudis, can ultimately control Damascus.

The Saudi plan is to steadily strengthen carefully selected groups of rebel fighters not in the radical Islamist camp, with the goal of someday seeing them in control in Damascus
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That's a hefty goal the Saudis have -- control Damascus. And they want 'who' to fight for 'their' goal to control Damascus? You guessed it, none other than the U.S. Military.

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887323423804579024452583045962



TO SUMMARIZE:
Saudi Arabia's ultimate goal is to control Damascus,
Saudi Prince Bandar appears to go to any length, including threats of terrorist attacks, to get his way,
Saudis are the largest bankroller for worldwide Sunni Terrorist groups: al-Qaeda, including ISIL, Hamas and the Taliban,
At one point, Saudi Prince Bandar expressed a desire for genocide against Shiites,
ISIL is committing genocide against Shiites,
Suspicions that ISIL is a covert operation by the Saudis,
2 years after Prince Bandar was put in charge of toppling the Syrian (Shiite) government, al-Qaeda in Iraq (ISIL) expands into Syria with lightening speed and as the most well-funded Terrorist group,
Saudi Prince Bandar enlisted Senator John McCain, Senator Lindsey Graham, early on, to goad America back into a middle east war so that Saudi Arabia can use the U.S. Military in securing Saudi Arabia's ultimate goal: control of Damascus, Syria.
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Saudis Lobbied John McCain & Lindsey Graham to sell War. (Original Post) kpete Sep 2014 OP
Bush to Abdullah: "OK. OK. You'll get your war. Now stop squeezing my balls!" Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #1
lol, thanks strawberries Sep 2014 #2
More like mercuryblues Sep 2014 #6
Well...according to reports in Guardian and Elsewhere... KoKo Sep 2014 #3
thanks to the ussc elehhhhna Sep 2014 #4
Neocon Thesis. Antithesis. Synthesis. CJCRANE Sep 2014 #5
The USA is a pawn.... Xolodno Sep 2014 #7
Still that "18 Months" gives lots of room for Mischief...and we will Use It... KoKo Sep 2014 #8
K & R Duppers Sep 2014 #9
And they did this while supporting ISIS. Are_grits_groceries Sep 2014 #10
Maybe it's just me but this makes Obama sound like a soft-headed, easily duped stooge. Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2014 #11
No, it makes the entire American people Aerows Sep 2014 #13
Obama is still CinC. No one is forcing him to engage ISIS. nt Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2014 #14
The cheering squad Aerows Sep 2014 #17
How many people could cheer you into a war you weren't morally certain about? Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2014 #19
Massive Kick and Recommend. n/t Aerows Sep 2014 #12
Kicking! arcane1 Sep 2014 #15
Sounds to me like Saudi Arabia wants to be in charge of the caliphate across bullwinkle428 Sep 2014 #16
Exactly Aerows Sep 2014 #18
War is good for the economy. Octafish Sep 2014 #20

KoKo

(84,711 posts)
3. Well...according to reports in Guardian and Elsewhere...
Tue Sep 16, 2014, 03:32 PM
Sep 2014

It's bombs away and troops on the ground again.

Congressional hearing and Adam Schiff is going to offer some kind of agreement that Obama has 18 Months to do whatever he wants to do. It will replace the AUMF which only authorized Iraq Invasion... Supposedly there's little opposition to more war in House & Senate and Gen. Dempsey says we will probably need boots on the ground to work with Iraq Military to take back Mosul. Obama says he has the right to bomb in Syria whether Assad approves or not.

So here we go. The Hawks/Neocons have won.

 

elehhhhna

(32,076 posts)
4. thanks to the ussc
Tue Sep 16, 2014, 03:41 PM
Sep 2014

They can also give all the cash they want to their prefered candidates.

Also, the second largest shareholder of Fox is Prince Alaweed.

Keep that in mind

Xolodno

(6,384 posts)
7. The USA is a pawn....
Tue Sep 16, 2014, 05:18 PM
Sep 2014

...and proxy for the cold war between Iran (Persia) and Saudi Arabia.

They already know they don't have to get the whole government on board. Just get a few key influential ones...I wouldn't be surprised if it came out 50 years from now, after they are both dead, that McCain and Graham had an "indirect" slush fund in some country.

I don't believe Obama will put "boots on the ground" to preserve his legacy....but he's only got two more years. We had "no fly zones" over Iraq for over 8 years. Whoever the next president is, will be forced to do the dirty deed.

Are_grits_groceries

(17,111 posts)
10. And they did this while supporting ISIS.
Wed Sep 17, 2014, 05:31 AM
Sep 2014

They have funded them for a while. They want a Sunni bulwark against a possible Shite alliance of Iraq and Iran. They are short-sighted because ISIS will eat their government at the first chance they get.

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
13. No, it makes the entire American people
Wed Sep 17, 2014, 03:55 PM
Sep 2014

look like a bunch of stooges for supporting these kinds of bullshit machinations.

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
17. The cheering squad
Wed Sep 17, 2014, 04:35 PM
Sep 2014

is still culpable for attempting to force us into war.

Why isn't all of this common knowledge and mentioned all over the damn news media?

bullwinkle428

(20,628 posts)
16. Sounds to me like Saudi Arabia wants to be in charge of the caliphate across
Wed Sep 17, 2014, 04:12 PM
Sep 2014

the entire Middle East.

K&R.

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
20. War is good for the economy.
Wed Sep 17, 2014, 10:03 PM
Sep 2014

So what if a few million people get killed? Collateral damage means progress.

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