International security/ Beware
of an Emperor bearing gifts
No
one in Western corporate media will tell you why US President Barack Obama is
hitting Riyadh with a high-powered delegation to "pay his respects"
to the new House of Saud potentate, King Salman.
Talk about a who's who -- including CIA head John Brennan; General Lloyd
Austin, head of US Centcom; Secretary of State John Kerry; leading House
Democrat Nancy Pelosi; and even senile Senator John "Bomb Iran"McCain.
It must have been heart wrenching for most in this crowd to skip a visit
to the Taj Mahal in India so they would be part of the last-minute, "unscheduled" stop in Riyadh.
This is how the astonishing mediocrity that doubles as US Deputy
National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes, spun it;"Principally, I think this is to
mark this transition in leadership and to pay respects to the family and to the
people of Saudi Arabia, but I'm sure that while we're there they'll touch on
some of the leading issues where we cooperate very closely with Saudi
Arabia."
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