Trump to announce Saudi arms deal

[DonViejo]

Source: Associated Press



By ASSOCIATED PRESS 05/20/2017 09:49 AM EDT

President Donald Trump will attend a signing ceremony with Saudi Arabia's leadership to cement a number of defense and business agreements.

The White House says the agreements include military sales of about $100 billion, effective immediately, plus another $350 billion over the next 10 years. The package of defense equipment and services are aimed to boost security in the Arab Gulf region in the face of Iranian aggression.

It is also meant to bolster the kingdom's ability to contribute to counterterrorism operations across the region, "reducing the burden on the U.S. military to conduct those operations."

The two countries will also sign a defense cooperation agreement and private sector agreements Saturday which are intended to create tens of thousands of new jobs in the U.S. defense industry.

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Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/20/trump-saudi-arms-deal-238634

[WellDarn]

1. Blood Money n/t

[Botany]

2. ".... to bolster the kingdom's ability to contribute to counterterrorism operations ..."

please the same country that brought us 9/11?

[dalton99a]

4. And an active exporter of Wahhabism

[Botany]

10. Our good friends the Saudis and Paki military/intel

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-yousaf-butt-/saudi-wahhabism-islam-terrorism_b_6501916.html

It would be troublesome but perhaps acceptable for the House of Saud to promote the intolerant and extremist Wahhabi creed just domestically. But, unfortunately, for decades the Saudis have also lavishly financed its propagation abroad. Exact numbers are not known, but it is thought that more than $100 billion have been spent on exporting fanatical Wahhabism to various much poorer Muslim nations worldwide over the past three decades. It might well be twice that number. By comparison, the Soviets spent about $7 billion spreading communism worldwide in the 70 years from 1921 and 1991.

This appears to be a monumental campaign to bulldoze the more moderate strains of Islam, and replace them with the theo-fascist Saudi variety. Despite being well aware of the issue, Western powers continue to coddle the Saudis or, at most, protest meekly from time to time.

[DK504]

3. I feel so much safer now.

[geomon666]

5. Can't fund Obamacare though. n/t

[benld74]

6. Did we have defense coop agreement with them B4 this??

[Norbert]

7. Agent Orange serves some Muslim countries a travel ban

While Muslim $audi Arabia get$ a $uper $weet arm$ deal.

There mu$t be $ome rea$on why thi$ i$ happening.

[Turbineguy]

8. $I$ $can't$

$figure$ $that$ $out$ $either$

[dembotoz]

9. Any green cards purchased for men wanting to fly airliners?

We have had no problems with this before...