So we have cops here in the US being shot in the head while sitting in their cars. Over a thousand shootings a year In Chicago. Young children being shot in our streets by gangs. But let's get congress involved in a foreigner killed by his own. So American values only apply to foreigners now? And you claim I'm going off the edge. What is your fascination with this Saudi guy. I bet you were less concerned when our OWN ambassadors was brutally killed and drug through the streets. Lets just blame his death on a bogus video and call it a day.
He was a green card holder and a permanent US resident. He has three children who ARE US citizens. He was also a journalist who worked for the Washington Post and was highly critical of the Saudi royal family.
He was lured into a foreign embassy under false pretenses, murdered and dismembered. It was premeditated murder.
Trump is sending the signal that the US will not stand up for journalists who speak out against the government, any government.......let alone one who lives in the US. Are you saying we have no obligation to do anything because he was not yet a US citizen?
There are no military contracts worth hundreds of billions of dollars. The Saudis are not going to start buying their military equipment from Russia or China. Almost all their equipment is US made. They have to buy parts from us. All their upgrades and training comes from us. Are they going to abandon their entire military arsenal and rearm with Russian or Chinese weapons to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars? Of course they aren't. It's all bullshit.
But instead of using the power and leverage of the United States to influence them, to hold them accountable, to demand justice........out snowflake president fvcking caved.
Why not form a coalition of allies to put diplomatic and economic pressure on the Saudis? I forgot, we don't NEED allies, we go it alone. Hell, 3 European countries have cut off arms sales on their own. Why not threaten to stop supplying military parts and supplies?
Could it be that Trump "loves the Saudis"? Could it be that "They
buy all sorts of my stuff. All kinds of toys from
Trump. They pay me
millions and hundreds of
millions.”
Some Americans have gotten tired of the US being the world's policeman. I don't agree but I understand the sentiment. But that doesn't mean we totally give up our ability to influence, our position as the freakin leader of the free world.
Someone has to stand up and say this is wrong, you aren't going to get away with murder, and you will pay for your actions. That has been our responsibility for 70 years and we've done it well. Not anymore. If you will do business with us, you can get away with murder. We only care about ourselves. That's Trump......and that's you too.
