Joe Biden: Why I'm going to Saudi Arabia
Next week, Ill travel to the Middle East to start a new and more promising chapter of Americas engagement there. This trip comes at a vital time for the region, and it will advance important American interests.
A more secure and integrated Middle East benefits Americans in many ways. Its waterways are essential to global trade and the supply chains we rely on. Its energy resources are vital for mitigating the impact on global supplies of Russias war in Ukraine.
The Middle East Ill be visiting is more stable and secure than the one my administration inherited 18 months ago.
In Saudi Arabia, we reversed the blank-check policy we inherited.
I released the intelligence communitys report on the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, issued new sanctions, including on the Saudi Arabias Rapid Intervention Force involved in his killing, and issued 76 visa bans under a new rule barring entry into the United States for anyone found to be involved in harassing dissidents abroad.
From the start, my aim was to reorient but not rupture relations with a country thats been a strategic partner for 80 years.
At: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/07/09/joe-biden-saudi-arabia-israel-visit
Necessary evil? Then-Vice President Joe Biden visits Saudi Arabia in 2011. The late Senator John McCain is seen behind him.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)captain queeg
(10,035 posts)Maybe the saudis will call in the loans they made to the trumps.
blue-wave
(4,313 posts)of what TFG messed up and Joe has to fix.
BigmanPigman
(51,430 posts)The fucking moron was like a bull in a china shop. That was one reason we got Covid, he threw out the work Obama left for him on this issue. No amount of punishment(financial or physical) is ever going to be what he truly deserves.