Tag: Saudi Arabia

It’s clear why U.S. weaponsmakers want to keep selling weapons to the Saudi regime. For them, it is all about profits.

The US has been offering Saudi Arabia direct intelligence and logistics support for its campaign in Yemen since March 2015.

The time for review and mild statements of condemnation is over.

Pressure from human rights organizations like Oxfam to victims of the 9/11 attacks are helping erode the bond between these old political allies, but the results of this election season could squander our chance at change.

“A dollar paid by a member of the Saudi royal family (or any other foreigner) smells just as sweet to a U.S. Government official as does a dollar paid by an American, especially in the current era of untraceable offshore accounts.”

The Clintons have said that if Hillary Clinton gets elected, the foundation will stop taking foreign donations. But what about no longer taking campaign contributions from people who are paid by the Saudi government to whitewash its image?

Congress has thirty days to block the sale of these weapons. It is a moral imperative that they do so.

Daesh is facing its final year as a state. As it goes down it is lashing out like a fatally wounded crocodile.

If the Saudi government beheads these young men, it will further ignite sectarian hatred.

As Obama prepares to visit the Gulf Kingdom, controversy surrounding the 28 pages has been renewed.