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Sen. Marco Rubio said the Saudi crown prince was reckless, ruthless and increasingly willing to test the limits of what he can get away with. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Rubio says Saudi crown prince has gone full gangster
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/06/rubio-saudi-arabia-prince-1206665
By NAHAL TOOSI
03/06/2019 11:23 AM EST
Updated 03/06/2019 01:46 PM EST
Sen. Marco Rubio on Wednesday accused Saudi Arabias powerful crown prince of going full gangster and urged the Trump administrations nominee for ambassador to Riyadh to hold the country accountable for human rights abuses.
The comments by Rubio (R-Fla.) drew agreement from others on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and underscored the ongoing bipartisan frustration among U.S. lawmakers with the oil-rich Arab kingdom.
Hes gone full gangster, Rubio said of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, whos commonly called MBS. He further said the Saudi royal was reckless, ruthless and increasingly willing to test the limits of what he can get away with.
The Saudi list of offenses, Rubio and others noted, include the killing of civilians in the U.S.-supported conflict in Yemen, the murder of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi, the alleged torture of an American citizen and the detention of womens rights activists.
The ambassadorial nominee, retired Army Gen. John Abizaid, stressed that the U.S. relationship with the Saudis was bigger than the crown prince, and that the best way to change conditions in the Arab kingdom was through engagement. ......................................
duforsure
(11,885 posts)Talks cheap , why aren't they putting a stop to trump and his underlings selling us out to corrupt dictators to the highest bidders, and for personal profits. Why are they allowing Americans to be murdered by this corrupt criminal dictators without any consequences now? Republican Senators will get removed from office for this and for many other things , especially allowing so much corruption by ignoring trump and the others. They're digging themselves in a deeper hole now daily , and when a lot more gets exposed they'll will be totally rejected at the voting booth by the American people. Many republicans realize this already , but are to cowardly to do anything because of threats from trump.
mia
(8,363 posts)On his trip to the Middle East, Kushner stopped in Riyadh. While there, he met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and King Salman to discuss U.S.-Saudi cooperation, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and economic investment in the region, according to the White House.
But no one from the embassy in Riyadh was in the meetings, according to two sources. The State Department did have a senior official in attendance, but he was not part of the State Department team in Saudi. He is a senior member of the department focused on Iran, according to a source with direct knowledge of the officials presence in Riyadh.
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Lawmakers said they were concerned that the embassy in Riyadh did not have knowledge of what was discussed between Kushner, MBS and King Salman, pointing to the increasingly fragile relationship between the two countries following the murder of Jamal Khashoggi....https://www.thedailybeast.com/embassy-staffers-say-jared-kushner-shut-them-out-of-saudi-meetings?ref=home
gordianot
(15,245 posts)The only time Trump and Rubio are coherent is when they insult one another.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)JI7
(89,276 posts)have investigations.