SAUDIS “THREATEN”
UNITED STATES
OBAMA
PREPARED TO BEND TO THEIR DEMANDS
TAGS:
Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, Saudis Threaten to Divest US Assets,
Obama’s
Betrayal, 9/11/01 Community, Saudi Involvement in 9/11 Plot,
Lies
and Treason, Fealgood Foundation,
Zadroga Act
(Sunday April 10, 2016 NYC) On
December 20, 2013 a three judge federal panel issued a ruling that allowed for
the survivors of victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 to sue
the government of Saudi Arabia. Since 15
of the 19 hijackers who executed the attacks were Saudi nationals there has
long been speculation that some in the Kingdom aided and abetted the
terrorists. Various panels tasked with
pursuing the multiple avenues of inquiry regarding the Saudi’s in the attacks each
independently found compelling if not damming evidence
that Saudi both here and in their homeland played significant roles in the
financing, logistical planning and support of the terrorists. Since that federal court’s milestone ruling the
issue has been tangled up in the politics of the United States “relationship”
with the House of Saud.
The issue has recently reached
a tipping point as the U.S. Congress is considering the passage of a bill that
would provide strong legal footing for such lawsuits. The Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism
Act, (JASTA) gives the victims of 9/11 attacks and other violence the right to
sue foreign sponsors of terrorism. While
the legislation has strong support in both Houses of Congress the Obama
Administration has maneuvered to block its progress. The latest twist in this story comes from the
Saudis who have “threated
the United States” if the bill passes they will divest
themselves of $750 million of assets they hold in the US. Yes, that’s correct, the government of Saudi
Arabia has issued a blunt, unequivocal threat to President Obama. It is difficult to grasp the magnitude of
this insult and the unmitigated arrogance of the Saudis. If the Obama administration capitulates under
this threat, the world will see once again that our present administration is
terribly weak and a precedent of unknown consequences will be laid bare for all
the world to see and potentially exploit.
28 PAGES
Since the issuance of the 9/11 Committee’s
Report and subsequent investigations, the fingerprints the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia’s highest officials and influential citizens have been glimpsed time and
again. To this day there remains 28 pages of heavily redacted testimony the Senate
Select Committee’s 2004 investigation of 9/11/01. Only a handful of Senators have been granted
permission to view the documents and all agree that the redacted segments very
likely hold a key to the puzzle of Saudi’s support of the terrorist while they
lived, plotted and trained here in various locations across the country. Without that 28-page gap being filled in
there remain loose ends that very much need to be made public. The Obama administration has ardently kicked
that can down the road, so to speak, for the last 7 plus years despite having
promised after his inauguration in January 2009 that his would be among “the
most transparent administrations” in modern times. His failure to address this issue head on
along with other errors of commission and omission pertaining to the aftermath
of 9/11 is no doubt one of his greatest failings.
YET ANOTHER INSULT
The 9/11 community of surviving
members of victims’ families, first responders; Members of Service of the FDNY,
NYPD, PAPD, law enforcement and fire service agencies from across the
Metropolitan area, the small army of ironworkers, welders, and union tradesman,
the truck drivers and heavy equipment operators who accomplished the impossible
clean-up and removal of the mountains of debris in a remarkably short time as well as the hundreds of volunteers from across the country who provided the myriad services for those laboring on The Pile. It is these people who were involved in the
recovery and clean-up as well as others who’ve suffered a great deal since that
day. And the losses continue to mount as hundreds more have succumbed to the
bizarre array of malignant diseases and exotic maladies that have taken their
lives. September 11, 2001 is still
killing. In some profound ways they have
been forced over and over again to confront their loses from that day and
beyond. For the most part they have
suffered in silence, as a tightly woven community providing all manner of
support for each other as well as some very powerful advocacy for the issues
that matter most to them. From demanding
Congress launch an investigation from late December 2001, to having to fight
tooth and nail for the continuation of the hard fought Zadroga
Act , each and every battle represents just how little our government
cares. If not for highly dedicated,
almost single-minded individuals from this community such as the indomitable John Feal of the Fealgood Foundation, it is safe to say that our community would
still be out in the cold in every legitimate area of need and, perhaps most
importantly, health care coverage for 9/11 rescue and recovery workers and volunteers
exposed to the environment at The Pile and breathed the air there that George
W. Bush’s Secretary of the EPA, Christine Whitman claimed posed
no threat within hours of the towers demise. And now, 15 years out from that day of infamy
and secrets are being kept for the crassest of politics and political expediency.
SAUDI ARABIA: NO “FRIEND” OF OURS
If there is one painfully
obvious fact that anyone with more than a cursory, narrow minded familiarity
with our “relationships” with the various countries in the Middle East and Far
East (Afghanistan and Pakistan), it is that we have no true “partners” of “friends”
in those regions. Our relations with
them, such as they are, are woefully one-sided; we provide everything from
generous financial support to military training and equipment, as well as
intelligence sharing. For all the US provides in return we receive nothing. In several salient cases, some of these
countries would probably not exist in their current form with their corrupt
systems of governance if not for the “protection” their affiliation with the US
affords. Assessing our dealings with
these countries, past and present, illustrate just how little we get in return
for all we provide.
For one example, Israel would
not have survived this long as a “sovereign state” in their “neighborhood of
hostility and instability” if not for the unconditional support of the US. Saudi Arabia itself and the ruling Kingdom of
The House of Saud would have been racked by convulsions of internal strife that
may well have toppled that repressive government long ago. They avoided domestic terrorism but expelling
Osama bin Laden while providing him and his kind all sorts of support as they
took their travelling armies of mujahedeen to other counties including
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen.
For all the hundreds of billions of dollars in addition to the very
precious blood and lives of our military spent in Afghanistan and Pakistan,
they remain at their core hostile to the US and the West in general while continuing
to have al Qaeda, Taliban and ISIS sympathizers embedded in the highest levels
of their military and intelligence apparatus. From Dubai to the United Arab Emirates, Egypt,
Jordan and Lebanon, much of our financial support eventually ends up in the
hands of the very same people that pose the greatest threat to us. We literally “buy” their “cooperation” as we
build bases and airstrips in some of these countries from which to fight the
war on terror.
RIGHTEOUS ANGER
It has been interesting to
follow the presidential primary races currently underway here. From the day he announced his improbable
launch of his campaign, people have assailed, belittled, insulted, and variably
taken lightly or vilifies as a threat, Donald Trump has, no matter how
ungracefully or un-politically correct, given voice to the angry citizen across
the country. His repeated condemnation
of foreign aid and military support for countries that give little to nothing
in return resonates with voters. His
firebrand indictments of the extreme dysfunction of our federal government
across the board may not be eloquent but is surely accurate. Politicos, prognosticators and pundits of
every stripe have speculated and tried to explain the appeal of Trump and his
message. Such bewildered opining clearly
illustrates just how far out of touch such eggheads are with the American
populace. Trump alone has been the only
candidate to lay blame for the failure to make an effort to interdict in the
months ahead of September 11, 2001 despite dire warnings from the CIA, NSA and FBI
that “al
Qaeda determined (sic) to attack
US” in the lap of George W. Bush.
Admittedly un-beholden to any special interests, lobbyist or the GOP “establishment”
Trump has been able to say what so many feel to be true; the US is being
knocked around by supposed allies and is engaged in abysmally lopsided
relationships with many countries that simply equivocate when called upon to
contribute to our military and diplomatic efforts and do not reciprocate for
all we give them.
CONTINUED BETRAYAL
The American people have grown
accustomed to our government’s betrayals.
Since the fallacy of the Gulf of Tonkin incident used as a precursor for
our entry into the war in Vietnam, through Watergate, Iran-Contra, Arms for
Hostages, secret guerilla wars, covert interventions in far flung places, up to
the financial crisis of 2008 and so many more instances in between, our
government has either directly lied or at least have withheld the truth from
us. This 28 pages of redacted testimony
is just the latest example of the level of betrayal our government has
delivered unto us.
To speculate that these 28
pages hold the Holy Grail of the 9/11 attacks is foolish; they likely are just
the virtual tip of the iceberg as so very many questions remain about the
actual attacks, who assisted the hijackers, who provided the financial and
material needs, who in our vast, incompetent intelligence community and the
George W. Bush White House failed us all so fatally and miserably. For all we know factually there is so much
more we don’t know. This is the highest
form of betrayal; our own government lying to us in order to appease a country
that has “threatened” to take actions against us if the Justice Against
Sponsors of Terrorism Act is passed by Congress. Obama has said repeatedly that if passed he
would veto the legislation. That says
much about him as a President, a man and some about us as a country that we
continue to tolerate such treasonous governance.
With “friends” like the
Saudis, who needs enemies?
If our own twice elected
President will not put the search for truth regarding the most heinous act of
terrorism ever enacted on our soil before the threats of a tin pot “Kingdom” of
oil-rich Arabs, then to what others levels of betrayal has he or will he stoop
to?
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