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Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?

Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Sun Sep 22 23:37:32 2019

Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?
If the U.S. military, or Israel or Saudi Arabia, had a viable plan to attack Iran without triggering a wider war, they would have done so long ago.
On Saturday, September 14th, two oil refineries and other oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia were hit and set ablaze by 18 drones and 7 cruise missiles, dramatically slashing Saudi Arabia’s oil production by half, from about ten million to five million barrels per day. On September 18, the Trump administration, blaming Iran, announced it was imposing more sanctions on Iran and voices close to Donald Trump are calling for military action. But this attack should lead to just the opposite response: urgent calls for an immediate end to the war in Yemen and an end to US economic warfare against Iran.

The question of the origin of the attack is still under dispute. The Houthi government in Yemen immediately took responsibility. This is not the first time the Houthis have brought the conflict directly onto Saudi soil as they resist the constant Saudi bombardment of Yemen. Last year, Saudi officials said they had intercepted more than 100 missiles fired from Yemen.

This is, however, the most spectacular and sophisticated attack to date. The Houthis claim they got help from within Saudi Arabia itself, stating that this operation “came after an accurate intelligence operation and advance monitoring and cooperation of honorable and free men within the Kingdom.”
This most likely refers to Shia Saudis in the Eastern Province, where the bulk of Saudi oil facilities are located. Shia Muslims, who make up an estimated 15-20 percent of the population in this Sunni-dominated country, have faced discrimination for decades and have a history of uprisings against the regime. So it is plausible that some members of the Shia community inside the kingdom may have provided intelligence or logistical support for the Houthi attack, or even helped Houthi forces to launch missiles or drones from inside Saudi Arabia.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, however, immediately blamed Iran, noting that that the airstrikes hit the west and north-west sides of the oil facilities, not the south side that faces toward Yemen. But Iran is not to the west or northwest either – it is to the northeast. In any case, which part of the facilities were hit does not necessarily have any bearing on which direction the missiles or drones were launched from. Iran strongly denies conducting the attack.
CNN reported that Saudi and US investigators claim “with very high probability” that the attack was launched from an Iranian base in Iran close to the border with Iraq, but that neither the U.S. nor Saudi Arabia has produced any evidence to support these claims.

But in the same report, CNN reported that missile fragments found at the scene appeared to be from Quds-1 missiles, an Iranian model that the Houthis unveiled in July under the slogan, “The Coming Period of Surprises,” and which they may have used in a strike on Abha Airport in southern Saudi Arabia in June.

A Saudi Defence Ministry press briefing on Wednesday, September 18th, told the world’s press that the wreckage of missiles based on Iranian designs proves Iranian involvement in the attack, and that the cruise missiles flew from the north, but the Saudis could not yet give details of where they were launched from.

Also on Wednesday, President Trump announced that he has ordered the U.S. Treasury Department to “substantially” increase its sanctions against Iran. But existing U.S. sanctions already place such huge obstacles in the way of Iranian oil exports and imports of food, medicine and other consumer products that it is hard to imagine what further pain these new sanctions can possibly inflict on the besieged people of Iran.

U.S. allies have been slow to accept the U.S. claims that Iran launched the attack. Japan’s Defense Minister told reporters “we believe the Houthis carried out the attack based on the statement claiming responsibility.” The United Arab Emirates (UAE) expressed frustration that the U.S. was so quick to point its finger at Iran.

Tragically, this is how U.S. administrations of both parties have responded to such incidents in recent years, seizing any pretext to demonize and threaten their enemies and keep the American public psychologically prepared for war.

If Iran provided the Houthis with weapons or logistical support for this attack, this would represent but a tiny fraction of the bottomless supply of weapons and logistical support that the U.S. and its European allies have provided to Saudi Arabia. In 2018 alone, the Saudi military budget was $67.6 billion, making it the world’s third-highest spender on weapons and military forces after the U.S. and China.

Under the laws of war, the Yemenis are perfectly entitled to defend themselves. That would include striking back at the oil facilities that produce the fuel for Saudi warplanes that have conducted over 17,000 air raids, dropping at least 50,000 mostly U.S.-made bombs and missiles, throughout more than four long years of war on Yemen. The resulting humanitarian crisis also kills a Yemeni child every 10 minutes from preventable diseases, starvation and malnutrition.

The Yemen Data Project has classified nearly a third of the Saudi airstrikes as attacks on non-military sites, which ensure that a large proportion of at least 90,000 Yemenis reported killed in the war have been civilians. This makes the Saudi-led air campaign a flagrant and systematic war crime for which Saudi leaders and senior officials of every country in their “coalition” should be held criminally accountable.

That would include President Obama, who led the U.S. into the war in 2015, and President Trump, who has kept the U.S. in this coalition even as its systematic atrocities have been exposed and shocked the whole world.

The Houthis’ newfound ability to strike back at the heart of Saudi Arabia could be a catalyst for peace, if the world can seize this opportunity to convince the Saudis and the Trump administration that their horrific, failed war is not worth the price they will have to pay to keep fighting it. But if we fail to seize this moment, it could instead be the prelude to a much wider war.

So, for the sake of the starving and dying people of Yemen and the people of Iran suffering under the “maximum pressure” of U.S. economic sanctions, as well as the future of our own country and the world, this is a pivotal moment.

If the U.S. military, or Israel or Saudi Arabia, had a viable plan to attack Iran without triggering a wider war, they would have done so long ago. We must tell Trump, Congressional leaders and all our elected representatives that we reject another war and that we understand how easily any U.S. attack on Iran could quickly spiral into an uncontainable and catastrophic regional or world war.

President Trump has said he is waiting for the Saudis to tell him who they hold responsible for these strikes, effectively placing the U.S. armed forces at the command of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman.
Throughout his presidency, Trump has conducted U.S. foreign policy as a puppet of both Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, making a mockery of his “America First” political rhetoric. As Rep. Tulsi Gabbard quipped, “Having our country act as Saudi Arabia’s bitch is not ‘America First.’”

Senator Bernie Sanders has issued a statement that Trump has no authorization from Congress for an attack on Iran and at least 14 other members of Congress have made similar statements, including his fellow presidential candidates Senator Warren and Congresswoman Gabbard.

Congress already passed a War Powers Resolution to end U.S. complicity in the Saudi-led war on Yemen, but Trump vetoed it. The House has revived the resolution and attached it as an amendment to the FY2020 NDAA military budget bill. If the Senate agrees to keep that provision in the final bill, it will present Trump with a choice between ending the U.S. role in the war in Yemen or vetoing the entire 2020 U.S. military budget.

If Congress successfully reclaims its constitutional authority over the US role in this conflict, it could be a critical turning point in ending the state of permanent war that the U.S. has inflicted on itself and the world since 2001.

If Americans fail to speak out now, we may discover too late that our failure to rein in our venal, warmongering ruling class has led us to the brink of World War III. We hope this crisis will instead awaken the sleeping giant, the too silent majority of peace-loving Americans, to speak up decisively for peace and force Trump to put the interests and the will of the American people above those of his unscrupulous allies.

Feature photo | President Donald Trump holds a sword and sways with traditional dancers during a welcome ceremony at Murabba Palace, May 20, 2017, in Riyadh. Evan Vucci | AP

Medea Benjamin is cofounder of CODEPINK for Peace, and author of several books, including Inside Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Nicolas J. S. Davies is an independent journalist, a researcher with CODEPINK and the author of Blood On Our Hands: the American Invasion and Destruction of Iraq.

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Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?

Posted by 3-9 on Mon Sep 23 02:59:55 2019, in response to Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Sun Sep 22 23:37:32 2019.

Bad assumption, bad solution.

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Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?

Posted by mtk52983 on Mon Sep 23 08:10:17 2019, in response to Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Sun Sep 22 23:37:32 2019.

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?

Posted by Dave on Mon Sep 23 08:43:44 2019, in response to Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?, posted by mtk52983 on Mon Sep 23 08:10:17 2019.

IAWTZ.

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Re: Trump Will not Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?

Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Mon Sep 23 09:23:58 2019, in response to Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Sun Sep 22 23:37:32 2019.

But elect Harris, and you'll have WWIII through WWV in one term.

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Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?

Posted by FYBklyn1959 on Mon Sep 23 11:33:04 2019, in response to Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?, posted by Dave on Mon Sep 23 08:43:44 2019.

IAAWTZ

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Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?

Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Mon Sep 23 13:00:38 2019, in response to Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?, posted by 3-9 on Mon Sep 23 02:59:55 2019.

ALL OUT WAR ?

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Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?

Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Mon Sep 23 13:01:36 2019, in response to Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?, posted by mtk52983 on Mon Sep 23 08:10:17 2019.

WAR IS COMING TO THE MIDDLE EAST AND THATS ALL YOU HAVE TO SAY?
TYPICAL IGNOIRANT RW

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Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?

Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Mon Sep 23 13:01:48 2019, in response to Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?, posted by mtk52983 on Mon Sep 23 08:10:17 2019.

WAR IS COMING TO THE MIDDLE EAST AND THATS ALL YOU HAVE TO SAY?
TYPICAL IGNORANT RW

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Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?

Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Mon Sep 23 13:02:17 2019, in response to Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?, posted by Dave on Mon Sep 23 08:43:44 2019.

IDWYIP

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Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?

Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Mon Sep 23 13:02:32 2019, in response to Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?, posted by FYBklyn1959 on Mon Sep 23 11:33:04 2019.

IDWYIP

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Re: Trump Will not Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?

Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Mon Sep 23 13:09:25 2019, in response to Re: Trump Will not Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?, posted by Orange Blossom Special on Mon Sep 23 09:23:58 2019.

HELL NO HARRIS IS A TOTAL DISASTER

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Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?

Posted by 3-9 on Mon Sep 23 15:13:15 2019, in response to Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Mon Sep 23 13:00:38 2019.

Bad assumption that there are no other solutions. Trump and his administration could be too dumb or too close-minded to apply others.

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Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?

Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Mon Sep 23 15:33:15 2019, in response to Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?, posted by 3-9 on Mon Sep 23 15:13:15 2019.

HE WANT TO INVADE IRAN

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Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?

Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Mon Sep 23 16:23:43 2019, in response to Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Mon Sep 23 15:33:15 2019.

You're the only one who believes so, even though everyone has said the opposite.

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Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?

Posted by 3-9 on Mon Sep 23 16:29:12 2019, in response to Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Mon Sep 23 15:33:15 2019.

Trump doesn't, if for no other reason than it will make him look bad (one of his campaign promises was to get us out of the Middle East, so starting a new conflict is bad). Bolton and Pompeo, OTOH, are gung-ho about attacking Iran. Look how quickly Pompeo jumped on the "Iran's fault" bandwagon, whereas Trump has been more circumspect lately. Thankfully, Bolton no longer works for the govt.

Trump is applying "maximum pressure" so he can get a better deal than Obama's. Hasn't worked yet, and arguably has made things worse.

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Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?

Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Mon Sep 23 16:35:25 2019, in response to Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?, posted by 3-9 on Mon Sep 23 16:29:12 2019.

You should preface such postings with "WOT" instead of "RE" for waste of time.


You know Trump gives speeches, and rallies, and has a Twitter account right? You don't need to create an entirely fake pre-history and go from there at all.

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Bullshit (Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?)

Posted by Mitch45 on Mon Sep 23 16:49:37 2019, in response to Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Sun Sep 22 23:37:32 2019.

Again with the Israel-bashing bullshit?

The United States has never gone to war for Israel. Never. Nor has Israel ever asked the United States to attack another country on its behalf. Quite the opposite is true - Israel has at least on one occasion been restrained from entering a war started by the United States - this happened during the first Gulf War.

Israel is quite capable of defending itself and does not need the United States to wage a war on its behalf, regardless of what anti-Semites like Salaam say.

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Re: Bullshit (Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?)

Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Mon Sep 23 17:04:25 2019, in response to Bullshit (Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?), posted by Mitch45 on Mon Sep 23 16:49:37 2019.

THEN WHY SEND TROOPS THERE ?
ITS NOT ANTI ANYTHING TO QUESTION THE GOVERNMENT IDIOT !!
SOMETHING YOU DONT KNOW

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Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?

Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Mon Sep 23 17:05:27 2019, in response to Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?, posted by 3-9 on Mon Sep 23 16:29:12 2019.

I AGREE IT SEEMS THAT EVERYTHING NOW IS IRANS FAULT AND NOT TRUMP

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Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?

Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Mon Sep 23 17:05:40 2019, in response to Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?, posted by Orange Blossom Special on Mon Sep 23 16:35:25 2019.

IDWTP

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Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?

Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Mon Sep 23 17:06:37 2019, in response to Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?, posted by Orange Blossom Special on Mon Sep 23 16:23:43 2019.

SO YOU WANT TO DEFEND SAUDI ARABIA OIL !!
THATS MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU ONLY

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Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?

Posted by 3-9 on Mon Sep 23 18:55:07 2019, in response to Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?, posted by Orange Blossom Special on Mon Sep 23 16:35:25 2019.

Nah, I'll leave that prefix for your use. After all, you're so much closer to Trump's wavelength.

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Re: Bullshit (Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?)

Posted by Mitch45 on Mon Sep 23 18:59:29 2019, in response to Re: Bullshit (Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?), posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Mon Sep 23 17:04:25 2019.

THE ARTICLE DOESNT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT US TROOPS GLING TO THE REGION YOU VILE MORON!!

AND ANY WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST IS GUARANTEED, GUARANTEED TO INFLICT DAMAGE IN ISRAEL, LIKE WHEN SADDAM HUSSEIN LAUNCHED 39 SCUD MISSILES INTO ISRAEL DURING THE FIRST GULF WAR EVEN THOUGH ISRAEL DID NOT LIFT A FINGER AGAINST IRAQ.

WHY WOULD ISRAEL ENCOURAGE A WAR WHERE IT IS GUARANTEED TO BE ATTACKED EVEN IF ISRAEL DOESNT DO ANYTHING??

USE YOUR HEAD!!

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Re: Bullshit (Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?)

Posted by Dave on Mon Sep 23 19:20:06 2019, in response to Re: Bullshit (Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?), posted by Mitch45 on Mon Sep 23 18:59:29 2019.

Use his head? The only thing he ever used it for is as a hat rack. Trying to argue with an antisemite is a fool's errand.

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Re: Bullshit (Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?)

Posted by Olog-hai on Mon Sep 23 19:54:59 2019, in response to Re: Bullshit (Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?), posted by Mitch45 on Mon Sep 23 18:59:29 2019.

Antisemitic bullshit too.

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Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?

Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Mon Sep 23 20:12:32 2019, in response to Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?, posted by 3-9 on Mon Sep 23 18:55:07 2019.

TRUMPANZEE FOX
THEY ARE ALL ALIKE

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Re: Bullshit (Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?)

Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Mon Sep 23 20:13:32 2019, in response to Re: Bullshit (Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?), posted by Mitch45 on Mon Sep 23 18:59:29 2019.

WELL YOU IGNORE THAT IS GOING ON NOW
FIGHTING FOR SAUDI OIL !!!!
IF THERE WERE NO OIL THERE THE UNITED STATES WOULDNT CARE

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Re: Bullshit (Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?)

Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Mon Sep 23 20:14:24 2019, in response to Re: Bullshit (Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?), posted by Dave on Mon Sep 23 19:20:06 2019.

MR KKK ! YOU WANT TO FIGHT FOR OIL TRUMPANZEEE ??
FOX !!
YES YOU DO FOR OIL

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Re: Bullshit (Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?)

Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Mon Sep 23 20:14:50 2019, in response to Re: Bullshit (Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?), posted by Olog-hai on Mon Sep 23 19:54:59 2019.

FIGHTING FOR OIL IS WORSE


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Re: Bullshit (Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?)

Posted by Dave on Mon Sep 23 22:20:19 2019, in response to Re: Bullshit (Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?), posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Mon Sep 23 20:13:32 2019.

You do know that the U.S. pumps more oil than Saudi Arabia, don't you? Or are you ignorant about that fact, too?



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Re: Bullshit (Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?)

Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Mon Sep 23 23:26:50 2019, in response to Re: Bullshit (Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?), posted by Dave on Mon Sep 23 22:20:19 2019.

SAUDI ARABIA STILL HAS A WHOLE LOT OF OIL
FACT ALSO
MISSED BY YOU
NOT WORTH PROTECTING

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Re: Bullshit (Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?)

Posted by 3-9 on Tue Sep 24 04:39:27 2019, in response to Re: Bullshit (Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?), posted by Dave on Mon Sep 23 22:20:19 2019.

But who's the bigger exporter of oil?

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Re: Bullshit (Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?)

Posted by Dave on Tue Sep 24 06:44:10 2019, in response to Re: Bullshit (Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?), posted by 3-9 on Tue Sep 24 04:39:27 2019.

Doesn't affect us that much any more.

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Re: Bullshit (Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?)

Posted by Mitch45 on Tue Sep 24 07:52:38 2019, in response to Re: Bullshit (Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?), posted by Dave on Tue Sep 24 06:44:10 2019.

Truth.

Back in the day, an attack on the Saudi oil wells would have sent gas prices to the moon. Today, the attack had virtually no effect.

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Re: Bullshit (Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?)

Posted by Dave on Tue Sep 24 08:15:43 2019, in response to Re: Bullshit (Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?), posted by Mitch45 on Tue Sep 24 07:52:38 2019.



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Re: Bullshit (Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?)

Posted by 3-9 on Tue Sep 24 08:36:06 2019, in response to Re: Bullshit (Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?), posted by Mitch45 on Tue Sep 24 07:52:38 2019.

That's only because the damage wasn't that severe. But if Saudi Arabia gets involved in an all-out war, it's going to be different. OTOH, China and other oil importing countries are going to have a strong vested interest in making sure that doesn't happen.

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Re: Bullshit (Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?)

Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Tue Sep 24 09:16:12 2019, in response to Bullshit (Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?), posted by Mitch45 on Mon Sep 23 16:49:37 2019.

"The United States has never gone to war for Israel. Never. Nor has Israel ever asked the United States to attack another country on its behalf."

You forget all the cases where Israel has been restrained from doing things that every other country (including Obama's Russia) gets to do.
I can think of at least 4 or 5 just off the top of my head.

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France, Britain and Germany blame Iran for Saudi oil attack

Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Tue Sep 24 09:19:24 2019, in response to Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Sun Sep 22 23:37:32 2019.

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Re: France, Britain and Germany blame Iran for Saudi oil attack

Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Tue Sep 24 13:41:54 2019, in response to France, Britain and Germany blame Iran for Saudi oil attack, posted by Orange Blossom Special on Tue Sep 24 09:19:24 2019.

WRONG !!
YEMEN

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Re: Bullshit (Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?)

Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Tue Sep 24 13:43:14 2019, in response to Re: Bullshit (Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?), posted by Orange Blossom Special on Tue Sep 24 09:16:12 2019.

WELL THEY WILL DO IT NOW
AND REMEMBER IRAQ ??
WHY YOU FORGET THAT

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Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?

Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Tue Sep 24 13:45:36 2019, in response to Re: Bullshit (Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?), posted by Dave on Tue Sep 24 08:15:43 2019.

TITLE CORRECTED
YOUR POST IS BULLSHIT LIKE YOU

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Re: Bullshit (Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?)

Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Tue Sep 24 13:47:11 2019, in response to Re: Bullshit (Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?), posted by Mitch45 on Tue Sep 24 07:52:38 2019.

YAWN

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Re: Bullshit (Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?)

Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Tue Sep 24 13:47:40 2019, in response to Re: Bullshit (Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?), posted by 3-9 on Tue Sep 24 08:36:06 2019.

YEMEN SHOT THOSE MISSLES

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Re: France, Britain and Germany blame Iran for Saudi oil attack

Posted by Dave on Tue Sep 24 16:43:10 2019, in response to Re: France, Britain and Germany blame Iran for Saudi oil attack, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Tue Sep 24 13:41:54 2019.

Because your "intelligence" sources are more accurate than the intelligence service of England, France, and German, right?

LOL
ROFL

You couldn't find you ass in the dark with two hands and a flashlight!

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Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?

Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Tue Sep 24 17:11:17 2019, in response to Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?, posted by 3-9 on Mon Sep 23 18:55:07 2019.

Which, as I previously pointed out, is not that hard. You could even read the transcripts of his speeches if you don't want to spend with audio. Or check the positions the WH is taking.

This isn't 1860 where it takes weeks to hear about things so you gotta make it up. It's almost a quarter of the way to the 22nd century!

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Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?

Posted by 3-9 on Tue Sep 24 19:51:34 2019, in response to Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?, posted by Orange Blossom Special on Tue Sep 24 17:11:17 2019.

Trump's speeches are among the worst verbal diarrhea I've ever read. That being said, what makes you think what I said isn't based on what Trump has said or done?

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Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?

Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Tue Sep 24 19:58:40 2019, in response to Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?, posted by 3-9 on Tue Sep 24 19:51:34 2019.

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Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?

Posted by ChicagoMotorman on Tue Sep 24 20:13:18 2019, in response to Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Tue Sep 24 19:58:40 2019.

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Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?

Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Tue Sep 24 20:49:05 2019, in response to Re: Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?, posted by ChicagoMotorman on Tue Sep 24 20:13:18 2019.

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