Saudi Arabia Says King Won’t Attend Meetings in U.S.

[Purveyor]

Source: New York Times

WASHINGTON — Saudi Arabia announced on Sunday that its new monarch, King Salman, would not be attending meetings at the White House with President Obama or a summit gathering at Camp David this week, in an apparent signal of its continued displeasure with the administration over United States relations with Iran, its rising regional adversary.

As recently as Friday, the White House said that King Salman would be coming to “resume consultations on a wide range of regional and bilateral issues,” according to Eric Schultz, a White House spokesman.

But on Sunday, the state-run Saudi Press Agency said that the king would instead send Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, the Saudi interior minister, and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the defense minister. The agency said the summit meeting would overlap with a five-day cease-fire in Yemen that is scheduled to start on Tuesday to allow for the delivery of humanitarian aid.

Arab officials said they viewed the king’s failure to attend the meeting as a sign of disappointment with what the White House was willing to offer as reassurance that the United States would back its Arab allies against a rising Iran.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/11/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-king-wont-attend-camp-david-meeting.html?_r=0

[onehandle]

1. Bush invaded the wrong country.

Just south of Iraq, moron.

[Jesus Malverde]

6. Yep..nt

[TexasTowelie]

2. Petulant pouter.

Saudi Arabia needs us more than the US needs them.

[99th_Monkey]

3. The Saudis miss having Bush war-mongers in the WH.

call the Waambulance.

[Iliyah]

4. Well he can meet with the Bushes and the GOP Party

better yet, he can give a speech in the congress chambers.

[George II]

5. Why should we care? Maybe he should stay home and finance/train more al Qaeda terrorists?

[Jesus Malverde]

7. Release the 28 pages.

Then we'll see what's up with this special relationship and bury the bush clan for good.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

8. You keep hearing about CT claiming Israel is the one pushing us to go to war with Iran....

It's the Saudis. They own a big chunk of Wall Street and FOX "News" and Iran is their main rival in the region.

To top it off the Saudis are exaggerating their oil reserves. For all we know Iran has more now.

[Tom Ripley]

9. ^^^THIS^^^

[Jack Rabbit]

10. Someday, Arabians will liberate themselves from the Sauds

And the world will be a better place for it.

[JCMach1]

13. Or, not... many of the alternatives would be even worse...

Ironically enough, the KSA's monarchy has been a major liberalizing factor in the country... They have faced constant backlash from their Conservative religious nutters.

[Fred Sanders]

11. How much longer until Americans admit they tried to "bring democracy" to the wrong oil-rich country?

[dballance]

12. Saudi Arabia has beheaded more people than ISIS.

Yet our government favors Saudi Arabia and hides their complicity in 9/11.