US to ask NATO to pay more to protect Saudi Arabia from Iran

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US to ask NATO to pay more to protect Saudi Arabia from Iran

BY LOLITA C. BALDOR ASSOCIATED PRESS

https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/business/article236522503.html

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Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Tuesday that he will urge allies later this week to contribute more to the defense of Saudi Arabia and the Gulf region to counter threats from Iran.

The plan is part of a broader U.S. campaign to get NATO allies to take on more responsibility for security in the Gulf, including pleas for nations to send ships, aircraft and air defense systems to the region.

The U.S. has already agreed to send three Patriot missile batteries, dozens of fighter jets and other aircraft to Saudi Arabia. And as Esper got a look at one of the Patriot batteries Tuesday at Prince Sultan Air Base, he said Saudi Arabia will "help underwrite" some U.S. costs for the additional aid, which includes about 3,000 American troops.

Standing in front of the battery in the scorching Saudi desert, Esper told reporters traveling with him that he's already had some conversations with counterparts from France, Britain and Germany. "One of my objectives going into Brussels later this week, is to build on those conversations," he said.

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1. Isn't Saudi Arabia the richest country in the world?

[Wounded Bear]

2. Good luck with that...

Why would the Europeans do that? They're going green.

[Botany]

3. Now let me get this right we can protect Saudi Arabia who:

Were behind the 9/11 attacks.

Interfered with our elections to help Trump.

Cut up a person while he was alive, who was living and working in the United States, and whose kids
were U.S. citizens.

Have made billions of dollars in bribes, kick backs, and loans in order to get leverage of America's
foreign policy.

Have trillions of dollars.

But we can't protect our allies the Kurds?

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4. I heard they strangled Jamal Khashoggi and killed him before they cut him

into pieces. Still horrific and not just for Jamal Khashoggi and his family but for undoing human rights movements and journalism around the world. Everything else you said is spot on.

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5. The Crown Prince made one of Khashoggi's children pose with him not long after the killing before ..

... he let him and his family leave the country.

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6. I saw that. Very chilling. Very psychopathic.

[Botany]

7. And 2 of Trump's good buddies

BTW Jared Kushner might have helped to set up Khashoggi for the Crown Prince.

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8. That was also frightening.

[Claritie Pixie]

10. Don't forget they publicly behead people too. This is appalling.

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9. Trump is renting out our troops as mercenaries,

Trump is renting out our troops as mercenaries,

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11. Dumbass. Get Mexico to pay for it.

Smells like Putin chaos.