Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Tag: Saudi Arabia

Oil is a worthless commodity and Saudi’s Crown Prince knows it

Muhammad bin Salman is in a hurry to find something else for his kingdom to do for a living.

Destabilizing the Middle East (yet more)

The Saudi Regime is playing Donald Trump with potentially disastrous consequences.

America will regret helping Saudi Arabia bomb Yemen

Selling weapons to Saudi Arabia has consequences. The intense anti-U.S. sentiment in Yemen should be a wake-up call for Americans.

The Qatar crack-up

Those who called the President’s stop in Riyadh a success may have been premature in their assessment.

Tillerson present as Exxon signed major deal with Saudi Arabia during...

“The President's Saudi trip was a bizarre Art of the Deal-esque foreign policy disaster."

Wash. Post didn’t disclose that writer who penned positive piece about...

Why does the Post embarrass itself by publishing lobbyist Ed Rogers?

Trump’s apology tour

Trump's version of making up with Muslims apparently involves selling $110 billion worth of arms to the most reactionary Muslim country on the planet.

Why were the Saudi streets so quiet?

While Mexicans pour out on the streets to protest Trump’s anti-immigrant policies, there was nary a Saudi protester chanting “Trump: Go home.”

Trump’s Saudi trip should not be to clinch arms deal but...

Trump should use his trip to put a halt to weapons sales and press the Saudis to sit with neighboring countries to find new political solutions.

10 reasons Trump should not strengthen U.S.-Saudi ties

If the Trump administration truly wants to find a way out of the wars in the Middle East and make the United States safer from terrorists, it would do well to stop arming, aiding and abetting the ruthless Saudi regime.

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