tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post1594892364659494300..comments2024-03-28T22:02:16.520-04:00Comments on Politics and its Discontents: UPDATED: Obama: On Bended Knee To The SaudisLornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-73517071769161955452016-04-21T16:31:49.811-04:002016-04-21T16:31:49.811-04:00Thanks, Anon. My mistake.Thanks, Anon. My mistake.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-90129462934340493112016-04-21T15:52:50.492-04:002016-04-21T15:52:50.492-04:00That's $750 BILLION, not million. Three quarte...That's $750 BILLION, not million. Three quarters of a trillion buckaroos, or enough to keep the US Armed Forces going for 9 months.<br /><br />BMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-74591764544962274432016-04-21T15:10:47.974-04:002016-04-21T15:10:47.974-04:00Thanks, Alison. I shall add this in an update.Thanks, Alison. I shall add this in an update.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-39432995789512267602016-04-21T15:05:27.702-04:002016-04-21T15:05:27.702-04:00I really can't help but think that the Saudi t...I really can't help but think that the Saudi threat of liquidating $750 million in U.S held assets has to figure in this somehow, Mound. Three-quarters of a billion is a considerable figure, but I do not know what these holdings consist of. Perhaps those who own them are putting pressure on their government?Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-5119067314441277362016-04-21T13:06:38.787-04:002016-04-21T13:06:38.787-04:00There are reports coming out lately of significant...There are reports coming out lately of significant instability within Saudi Arabia including a possible split within the House of Saud. That's never a good thing for a place held together by arbitrary and brutal measures. There's even speculation that the big gun LAVs being supplied by Canada are to even the odds of the Saudi national guard should it have to get into a shooting war with the regular army in the course of a House of Saud civil war. <br /><br />With the House of Saud losing its essential solidarity it's hard to see why Obama, who has heaped scorn on them going back to his early days in the Senate, turning deferential now.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.com