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Been happening since 1973. This used to be a bipartisan issue. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N…
Thom didn't say that Saudis also control Exxon and several other oil companies. Not only do they fix prices through OPEC, they probably are also gouging us. The fossil fuel industry is still raking in massive profits despite lower oi…
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Been happening since 1973. This used to be a bipartisan issue. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Oil_Producing_and_Exporting_Cartels_Act
Thom didn't say that Saudis also control Exxon and several other oil companies. Not only do they fix prices through OPEC, they probably are also gouging us. The fossil fuel industry is still raking in massive profits despite lower oil prices and the sharp decline in gas demand. Exxon Mobil was the leading oil and gas producing company worldwide by net income as of data from June 2023.
Apparently California and other states are taking them on but not for price gouging. https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/09/16/people-of-the-state-of-california-v-big-oil/
A grammatical correction friend Daniel in all due respect.
The sentence that starts with "Thom didn't say that Saudis also control Exxon and several other oil companies, reads differently as intended.
I would say that. omitting a reference to Thom, as it appears as a criticism, that: The Saudis, besides owning oil refineries also own Exxon Mobil and several other oil companies, and I strongly suspect that goes for the bin Laden family as well.
Recall that in the days following 9/11m Dubya closed off airspace, however he did allow the Saudis and bin Ladens, whose families financed 9/11 to escape back to the Kingdom, And the bin Laden family loaned or gave him he money to buy the Texas Rangers, and were partners with the Bush family in the oil business.
There is no doubt in my learned mind, that Saudi's were behind 9/11 and there connection with Bush and their control over OPEC and the oil trade is why they have not been indicted, charged or punished for their involvement in 9/11
Muslims play the long game, the kaffir (infidels) play the short game, demanding immediate satisfaction. Muslims will give a little, equivocate and even form alliances with kaffir's like Trump, because they are playing the long game, and use western greed and blindness to their advantage.
If Gaia doesn't rid herself of the parasites, Islam will rule over all, because westerners are feckless, ignorant, and gullible.
Saudi Arabia is building a 110 mile long city, called Neom, or the Line, it will have no vehicles, carbon emissions and be totally green https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Line,_Saudi_Arabia#:~:text=The%20Line%20(stylized%20THE%20LINE,cars%2C%20streets%20or%20carbon%20emissions.
Dubai has built the tallest building in the world, created islands,buildings and homes out of sand dredged from the sea.
And in the U.S. we feel it is a major accomplishment to fill a pot hole.
Suggest that everyone learn the Shahada in Arabic, not English, and get mentally prepared to flop down a rug and pray to Mecca five times a day., because we are having our culture, democracy, way of life sold out right under our feet.
If the Christian white nationalists of Trump take over America, they will have a field day taking revenge on their enemies, but when they finally settle down, they will be faced with a stark reality, that they have destroyed America to save white Christian patriarchalism.
And we will be very vulnerable, with no allies in the world, except Russia, China, Iran and North Korea, and Arabs owning and controlling our oil and refineries, not even our vaunted MIC can come to the rescue,
What idiot westerners can't get through their thick skulls, is that once upon a time Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt and North Africa were once Christian before they were Muslim.
It was the scimitar of Islam that converted them. Islam has new scimitar, oil.
Ok.
I didn't say, as I usually do, that Russia and Iran are beneficiaries of high prices, and fund the war in the Ukraine, and proxy wars like Hamas/Gaza. This is a national security issue.
Re 9/11. I lived in Franconia VA on or about 9/11 where the madrassas that taught the all infidels must die were located. Some of my neighbors wore complete burkas prior to the attack. A couple of days later I had hearings and Reagan Airport was closed so I had to fly out of Dulles. Lines , all the staff looked like my ex-neighbors. I flew to Chattanooga via Pittsburgh. All the staff, pilots, stewardesses, etc were Arab. When I made it home, most of my former neighbors had moved, never to return.
I knew some of the victims.
Later, I ran into Bob Graham, who was on the senate committee investigating. He couldn't say much, but nobody was cooperating. To this day, they still haven't.
My office took some of the 9/11 compensation cases. https://www.justice.gov/archive/victimcompensation/#:~:text=On%20January%202%2C%202011%2C%20President,at%20www.vcf.gov.&text=New%20%2D%20Closing%20Statement%20from%20the%20Special%20Master%2C%20Mr.
Separately some victim families sued. Lawsuits against The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia were permitted to proceed pursuant to the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JATSA), which gives federal courts subject matter jurisdiction to adjudicate cases against foreign nations even without the nation being formally designated by the U.S. government as a state sponsor of terror. JASTA, according to many commentators, has caused additional strain to the already complex and complicated U.S.-Saudi relationship.
However, in Havlish v. bin Laden, the Islamic Republic of Iran and Hezbollah were found to have directly and materially aided al Qaeda in the 9/11 attacks. A default judgment was entered against Iran and Hezbollah for billions of dollars. See Dkt. Nos. 294, 295, 316, Havlish v. bin Laden (In re Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2011), Case No. 1:03-cv-09848-GBD-SN (U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York).
The U.S. Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund did not make disbursements until I had retired. Established in 2015, “The Fund has collected more than $2 billion in deposits from forfeiture proceeds, penalties, and fines arising from violations of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act or the Trading with the Enemy Act,” https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-total-distribution-over-6b-victims-state-sponsored-terrorism
IMHO some of the aiders, abettors and even some of the perpetrators have not been caught. I know a number of the military judges and prosecutors -- come colleagues -- and some defense counsel. My former colleague Moe Davis was the Guantanamo chief prosecutor who refused to use the product of torture.
I felt that the GWB administration gave them a pass and the Obama and Trump administrations were distracted. Its incredible that Kushner, who has no experience and is probably legally conflicted is the money manager of a $2 Bil Saudi investment fund.
Meanwhile more than 2,000 family members of people who died in the Sept. 11 terror attacks signed a letter to Biden protesting a potential plea agreement between the government and five suspected masterminds held at Guantanamo Bay.
Biden had two sons who served and he should be responsive.
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Hello to "this used to be a bipartisan issue."