Saudis balk at U.S. Senate's "disrespect" over Khashoggi killing

[demmiblue]

Source: CBS/AP

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Arabia issued an unusually strong rebuke of the U.S. Senate on Monday, rejecting a bipartisan resolution that put the blame for the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi squarely on the Saudi crown prince and describing it as interference in the kingdom's affairs.

It's the latest sign of how the relationship between the royal court and Congress has deteriorated, more than two months after Khashoggi was killed and dismembered by Saudi agents inside the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul. The assassins have been linked to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

U.S. Senators last Thursday passed the measure that blamed the prince for Khashoggi's killing and called on Riyadh to "ensure appropriate accountability." Senators also passed a separate measure calling for the end of U.S. aid to the Saudi-led war in Yemen.

In a lengthy statement early Monday, Saudi Arabia said the Senate's resolution "contained blatant interferences" in the kingdom's internal affairs and undermines its regional and international role. The resolution was based on "unsubstantiated claims and allegations," the statement said.

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[raccoon]

1. Oh my, better reverse it then. :sarcasm: Nt

[Raster]

2. So murdering an American journalist is "interfering with Saudi affairs"???

This is one of the effects of the United States kowtowing to Saudi Arabia for years. Say what you will about Jimmy Carter... he outlined a plan to eliminate American dependence on foreign oil (Saudi oil), and the Rethuglican* power structure made a point of killing anything that would help to eliminate American petroleum dependence on the Saudis... I guess someone with money had to buy all those new weapons that the US produces in abundance.

[More_Cowbell]

4. 30 years ago, a professor told me that Saudi Arabia was our ally because they oppressed their people

He was right. Only a ruthlessly oppressive regime could have been our ally for all these years.

Now, Trump and Kushner depend on Saudi money for their businesses. So they kowtow.

[JackRiddler]

9. That is correct.

If Saudi Arabia had been a secular modernizing dictatorship, or god forbid, a democratic state, in that region, the U.S. would have worked long and hard to overthrow it, fragment it, foment civil war, get a neighbor to fight it, destroy its infrastructure, impoverish its people, find reasons to bomb it, sanction it, defame it, attack and invade it.

[rickyhall]

3. F--k the royal assholes.

I have nothing but contempt for all royalty, as every American should.

[watoos]

5. Uncivilized bastards,

too bad we can't time travel the entire country, ok just the men, back to the Jurassic period.

I still say that Saudi Arabia is the #1 cause of terrorism in the ME. Hell they are the #1 cause of terrorism world wide, they have madrassas all over the world. Iran can't hold a candle to SA yet we are supposed to kiss Saudi Arabia's ass? They got away with killing 3,000 Americans on 9/11 and they have the nerve to call us "disrespectful?
Stop selling them arms, we will get along fine if we censure them, they are already cutting back oil production to get the price of oil back up.

[SergeStorms]

6. Awwww....did we hurt the poor Saudi's feelings?

Tough fucking shit! Get over it, you murderous bastards.

Imagine what they'd say or do if we had a real president who wouldn't put up with their bullshit just because they want to take their money for their own ill-gotten gains? Someone like Hillary Clinton for instance.

[Bettie]

7. Lemme check my sympathy meter

hmmm....at zero....give it a little tap to see if it's working....yep, still zero.

Frankly, SA should be a pariah state like North Korea.

[watoos]

8. Funny how Trump's 3 favorite countries,

N. Korea, Russia, and SA are all run by murderers.

[dalton99a]

10. Don't dismember journalists.

[Coventina]

11. gee, I'm all out of fucks to give for the Saudis.

They've been on my "list" since 9/11

Go pound sand you murdering thugs.

[Gothmog]

12. Killing a US Resident was disrespectful to the US

[SunSeeker]

13. If you want respect, don't use bone saws on people in your embassies.