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peppertree

(21,526 posts)
Sun Jul 10, 2022, 10:14 PM Jul 2022

Joe Biden: Why I'm going to Saudi Arabia

Next week, I’ll travel to the Middle East to start a new and more promising chapter of America’s 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 Russia’s war in Ukraine.

The Middle East I’ll 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 community’s report on the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, issued new sanctions, including on the Saudi Arabia’s 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 that’s 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.
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Joe Biden: Why I'm going to Saudi Arabia (Original Post) peppertree Jul 2022 OP
Make that the Secret Service keeps Bonesaw and his butchers at safe distance Joe. CentralMass Jul 2022 #1
Poor junior. He solved the Middle East and now Joe is going to mess it up captain queeg Jul 2022 #2
The list is seemingly endless blue-wave Jul 2022 #3
Yes, even more than previous GOP POTUSes. BigmanPigman Jul 2022 #4

captain queeg

(10,035 posts)
2. Poor junior. He solved the Middle East and now Joe is going to mess it up
Sun Jul 10, 2022, 10:21 PM
Jul 2022

Maybe the saudis will call in the loans they made to the trumps.

BigmanPigman

(51,430 posts)
4. Yes, even more than previous GOP POTUSes.
Mon Jul 11, 2022, 03:57 AM
Jul 2022

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.

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