Overt vs Covert Foreign Interference.

[Lazaran]

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It has been reported that there was little or no covert foreign interference on social media platforms in this mid-term election. GREAT NEWS!!!!

But hold on a minute..... Russia's completely unjustified invasion of Ukraine conveniently contributed to higher inflation and turmoil in the run-up to this election cycle. Russia's collusion with Saudi Arabia on oil production just before the election should be noted as well. Both acts clearly hurt President Biden and Democrats.

Additionally:

Corporate profiteering, particularly in the fossil fuel sector, also significantly contributed to inflation since the war began. .And it's no secret that corporations favor republicans. Corporation's ability to put their thumbs on the scale of the economy, coupled with the grotesquely flawed "Citizens United" decision, further tilted the playing field against Democrats in this election.

Discuss.

 

[PaxNurgle]

Well, as far there being little or no as "overt foreign interference on social media platforms in this mid-term election" (Which is great news) I haven't noticed any of the various "Rightguide" screen names creating new threads in the last couple weeks. So maybe that is a coincidence? (I don't think so.)

 

[Lazaran]

Well, as far there being little or no as "overt foreign interference on social media platforms in this mid-term election" (Which is great news) I haven't noticed any of the various "Rightguide" screen names creating new threads in the last couple weeks. So maybe that is a coincidence? (I don't think so.)

That was per DHS I believe. And "Rightguide" would certainly fall under "little" covert interference.

*nods*

 

[BluesDriver66]

Don't kid yourself. Democrats take the same dirty money that the Republicans take. They also are weak as fuck and twice as gullible when it comes to holding Republican Supreme Court judges responsible for unethical behavior and habitual lying in Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Citizens United and recent anti-abortion rulings were entirely predictable by the surrender monkey Democrats more interested in reaching across the aisle to appease filthy Republicans than protecting the Constitutional Rights of all voters in general and women of child bearing age in particular.

‘Dark money’ topped $1 billion in 2020, largely boosting Democrats​

The 2020 election saw more than $1 billion in “dark money” spending at the federal level, a massive sum driven by an explosion of secret donations boosting Democrats in a historically expensive cycle.

https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2021/03/one-billion-dark-money-2020-electioncycle/

Democrats topped GOP in raising, spending ‘dark money’ from undisclosed donors in 2020: report ​

Democrats reportedly outpaced Republicans in raising and spending so-called “dark money” from undisclosed donors in 2020, according to a new investigation from The New York Times.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campai...-spending-dark-money-from-undisclosed-donors/

U.S. oil majors pitch more campaign cash to Democrats as frack battle looms​

Chevron contributed roughly 28% of its political funds to Democratic candidates this cycle, from 26% in 2016. Exxon sent 41% of its contributions to Democratic candidates and parties, up from 32.6% in the last presidential election, the data showed.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-oil-donors-idUKKBN27116P

Justice Clarence Thomas Failed To Disclose That Citizens United Foundation Supported His 1991 Nomination To The Supreme Court And Spent More Than $100,000 On Advertisements Attacking Opposing Senators, says www.ProtectOurElections.org ​

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-rel...ors-says-wwwprotectourelection-116223469.html

Biden declines to call on Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from January 6-related cases after Ginni Thomas' texts raise ethics questions​

Biden's views align him with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy who also suggested that Thomas himself should be able to decide whether or not he recuses himself.

https://www.businessinsider.com/bid...thomas-recusal-january-6-related-cases-2022-3

 

[Lazaran]

Don't kid yourself. Democrats take the same dirty money that the Republicans take. They also are weak as fuck and twice as gullible when it comes to holding Republican Supreme Court judges responsible for unethical behavior and habitual lying in Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Citizens United and recent anti-abortion rulings were entirely predictable by the surrender monkey Democrats more interested in reaching across the aisle to appease filthy Republicans than protecting the Constitutional Rights of all voters in general and women of child bearing age in particular.

‘Dark money’ topped $1 billion in 2020, largely boosting Democrats​

The 2020 election saw more than $1 billion in “dark money” spending at the federal level, a massive sum driven by an explosion of secret donations boosting Democrats in a historically expensive cycle.

https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2021/03/one-billion-dark-money-2020-electioncycle/

Democrats topped GOP in raising, spending ‘dark money’ from undisclosed donors in 2020: report ​

Democrats reportedly outpaced Republicans in raising and spending so-called “dark money” from undisclosed donors in 2020, according to a new investigation from The New York Times.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campai...-spending-dark-money-from-undisclosed-donors/

U.S. oil majors pitch more campaign cash to Democrats as frack battle looms​

Chevron contributed roughly 28% of its political funds to Democratic candidates this cycle, from 26% in 2016. Exxon sent 41% of its contributions to Democratic candidates and parties, up from 32.6% in the last presidential election, the data showed.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-oil-donors-idUKKBN27116P

Justice Clarence Thomas Failed To Disclose That Citizens United Foundation Supported His 1991 Nomination To The Supreme Court And Spent More Than $100,000 On Advertisements Attacking Opposing Senators, says www.ProtectOurElections.org ​

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-rel...ors-says-wwwprotectourelection-116223469.html

Biden declines to call on Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from January 6-related cases after Ginni Thomas' texts raise ethics questions​

Biden's views align him with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy who also suggested that Thomas himself should be able to decide whether or not he recuses himself.

https://www.businessinsider.com/bid...thomas-recusal-january-6-related-cases-2022-3

Yeah, it's called covering your bases. But you're an idiot if you believe big oil (or Russia / Saudi Arabia) would rather have Democrats in control.

Are you new to politics???

 

[KeithD]

The Russians and Chinese obviously got the Red Tsunami memo and believed it.

 

[Lazaran]

The Russians and Chinese obviously got the Red Tsunami memo and believed it.

I'm guessing they believed they had caused enough economic pain on those soft Americans through their overt acts which inflated prices, that they didn't need to bother too much with a social media disinformation effort.

 

[BluesDriver66]

Yeah, it's called covering your bases. But you're an idiot if you believe big oil (or Russia / Saudi Arabia) would rather have Democrats in control.

Are you new to politics???

So appeasing Republicans and losing abortion rights is now a good thing? A successful strategy we'll call "covering your bases"?

Russia / Saudi Arabia don't give two squats who's in charge in America anymore than we care what Ayatollah is in charge in Iran or which Kim is in charge of North Korea. They have a policy for dealing with U.S. Not two different policies. One for Democrats. One for Republicans. Those are two of the shittiest countries on Earth and will do shitty things no matter who is in charge. You really think SA prefers Reagan over Carter or Bush over Clinton? You really think Putin loves Trump over Clinton? Putin loves stirring up shit. He's going to stir up shit no matter who is in charge.

All these leaders are dirty. Pretending like any of these fuckers are pure, innocent, and only make their decisions based on their oath of office and what is good for the nation, regardless of any personal compensation they may receive from some of the most sick fuck, murderous, dictators to ever live, only makes you look gullible and naive.

Cash Flowed to Clinton Foundation Amid Russian Uranium Deal​

And shortly after the Russians announced their intention to acquire a majority stake in Uranium One, Mr. Clinton received $500,000 for a Moscow speech from a Russian investment bank with links to the Kremlin that was promoting Uranium One stock.

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/...s-pressed-for-control-of-uranium-company.html

Why Did the Saudi Regime and Other Gulf Tyrannies Donate Millions to the Clinton Foundation?​

The claim that this is all just about trying to help people in need should not even pass a laugh test, let alone rational scrutiny. To see how true that is, just look at who some of the biggest donors are. Although it did not give while she was secretary of state, the Saudi regime by itself has donated between $10 million and $25 million to the Clinton Foundation, with donations coming as late as 2014, as she prepared her presidential run. A group called “Friends of Saudi Arabia,” co-founded “by a Saudi Prince,” gave an additional amount between $1 million and $5 million. The Clinton Foundation says that between $1 million and $5 million was also donated by “the State of Qatar,” the United Arab Emirates, and the government of Brunei. “The State of Kuwait” has donated between $5 million and $10 million.

https://theintercept.com/2016/08/25...es-donate-millions-to-the-clinton-foundation/

Before Giving Billions to Jared Kushner, Saudi Investment Fund Had Big Doubts​

ix months after leaving the White House, Jared Kushner secured a $2 billion investment from a fund led by the Saudi crown prince, a close ally during the Trump administration, despite objections from the fund’s advisers about the merits of the deal.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/10/us/jared-kushner-saudi-investment-fund.html

 

[Lazaran]

So appeasing Republicans and losing abortion rights is now a good thing? A successful strategy we'll call "covering your bases"?

Russia / Saudi Arabia don't give two squats who's in charge in America anymore than we care what Ayatollah is in charge in Iran or which KIm is in charge of North Korea. They have a policy for dealing with U.S. Not two different policies. One for Democrats. One for Republicans. Those are two of the shittiest countries on Earth and will do shitty things no matter who is in charge. You really think SA prefers Reagan over Carter or Bush over Clinton? You really think Putin loves Trump over Clinton? Putin loves stirring up shit. He's going to stir up shit no matter who is in charge.

All these leaders are dirty. Pretending like any of these fuckers are pure, innocent, and only make their decisions based on their oath of office and what is good for the nation, regardless of any personal compensation they may receive from some of the most sick fuck, murderous, dictators to ever live, only makes you look gullible and naive.

Cash Flowed to Clinton Foundation Amid Russian Uranium Deal​

And shortly after the Russians announced their intention to acquire a majority stake in Uranium One, Mr. Clinton received $500,000 for a Moscow speech from a Russian investment bank with links to the Kremlin that was promoting Uranium One stock.

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/...s-pressed-for-control-of-uranium-company.html

Why Did the Saudi Regime and Other Gulf Tyrannies Donate Millions to the Clinton Foundation?​

The claim that this is all just about trying to help people in need should not even pass a laugh test, let alone rational scrutiny. To see how true that is, just look at who some of the biggest donors are. Although it did not give while she was secretary of state, the Saudi regime by itself has donated between $10 million and $25 million to the Clinton Foundation, with donations coming as late as 2014, as she prepared her presidential run. A group called “Friends of Saudi Arabia,” co-founded “by a Saudi Prince,” gave an additional amount between $1 million and $5 million. The Clinton Foundation says that between $1 million and $5 million was also donated by “the State of Qatar,” the United Arab Emirates, and the government of Brunei. “The State of Kuwait” has donated between $5 million and $10 million.

https://theintercept.com/2016/08/25...es-donate-millions-to-the-clinton-foundation/

Before Giving Billions to Jared Kushner, Saudi Investment Fund Had Big Doubts​

ix months after leaving the White House, Jared Kushner secured a $2 billion investment from a fund led by the Saudi crown prince, a close ally during the Trump administration, despite objections from the fund’s advisers about the merits of the deal.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/10/us/jared-kushner-saudi-investment-fund.html

Are you slow???

 

[BluesDriver66]

Are you slow???

Hillary Clinton Likely to Increase Weapons Exports to Saudi Arabia​

When HRC was secretary of state, Obama brokered $30 billion more in arms deals than George W. Bush did in eight​

Recently declassified 9/11 documents directly linked the Saudi Arabian government to the Al Qaeda terrorists responsible for the September 11 attacks. Nevertheless, earlier this month, President Obama approved a weapons deal providing Saudi Arabia with over $1 billion in military equipment.

https://observer.com/2016/08/hillary-clinton-likely-to-increase-weapons-exports-to-saudi-arabia/

 

[Lazaran]

Hillary Clinton Likely to Increase Weapons Exports to Saudi Arabia​

When HRC was secretary of state, Obama brokered $30 billion more in arms deals than George W. Bush did in eight​

Recently declassified 9/11 documents directly linked the Saudi Arabian government to the Al Qaeda terrorists responsible for the September 11 attacks. Nevertheless, earlier this month, President Obama approved a weapons deal providing Saudi Arabia with over $1 billion in military equipment.

https://observer.com/2016/08/hillary-clinton-likely-to-increase-weapons-exports-to-saudi-arabia/

Again; are you slow???

Again again; are you new to politics???

 

[KeithD]

I'm guessing they believed they had caused enough economic pain on those soft Americans through their overt acts which inflated prices, that they didn't need to bother too much with a social media disinformation effort.

Both are having a bit of trouble with their own affairs at the moment.

 

[BluesDriver66]

Again; are you slow???

Again again; are you new to politics???

Biden admin approves potential multibillion-dollar arms sales to Saudi Arabia and UAE ​

The Biden administration on Tuesday approved and notified Congress of possible multibillion-dollar weapons sales to both Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/02/politics/us-saudi-uae-proposed-arms-deal

Saudi Arabia: Mass Execution of 81 Men​

Rampant Abuses in Criminal Justice System Make Fair Trials Highly Implausible

“Saudi Arabia’s mass execution of 81 men this weekend was a brutal show of its autocratic rule, and a justice system that puts the fairness of their trials and sentencing into serious doubt,” said Michael Page, deputy Middle East director at Human Rights Watch. “The shocking callousness of their treatment is compounded by the fact that many families found out about their loved ones’ deaths just like the rest of us, after the fact and through the media.”

https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/03/15/saudi-arabia-mass-execution-81-men

Saudi: executions in 2022 higher than 2020, 2021 combined ​

Saudi Arabia executed 120 people in the first six months of 2022, nearly double the number of those executed in the whole of last year despite promises by Riyadh to reduce the use of the death penalty, according to the European Saudi Organisation for Human Rights (ESOHR).


After a significant decline in 2020, 65 people were executed in 2021, and in just the first six months of this year, the number nearly doubled by June, with figures exceeding those for 2020 and 2021 combined.


The ESOHR stated: "If Saudi Arabia continues to execute people at the same pace during the second half of 2022, they will reach an unprecedented number of executions, exceeding the record high of 186 executions in 2019."

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220817-saudi-executions-in-2022-higher-than-2020-2021-combined/

 

[KeithD]

Yeah, any time in the last forty years I would have just cut Saudi Arabia off and arranged international ties without them.

 

[Lazaran]

Both are having a bit of trouble with their own affairs at the moment.

True, and a big part of that is because they underestimated President Biden, and his ability to form coalitions that blunted their aggressive ambitions / agendas.

To be fair, those fuckers caused a lot of pain here and abroad as well, but thanks to President Obama's demand for the strengthening of our financial system, we were able to absorb or mitigate much of the punishment, weathering a poorly managed pandemic, while maintaining the flexibility to support Ukraine and our other strategic / economic partners / Allies.

And yes, part of that meant tolerating the actions of the Saudis, Turkey, Mexico, Poland, India, and Israel. But If ever there was a time to keep our eyes on the ball (China and Russia), it was the last two years, after traitor Trump undermined our security by crippling our foreign service.

Depending on the timing of positive developments in Ukraine, I expect Saudi Arabia will be "dealt with". And the recent overtures to Maduro and Venezuela sends a signal to the Saudis as well.

Right now, careful, calibrated diplomacy is critical.

I'm confident the right people are leading the effort.

 

[BluesDriver66]

Depending on the timing of positive developments in Ukraine, I expect Saudi Arabia will be "dealt with". And the recent overtures to Maduro and Venezuela sends a signal to the Saudis as well.

Yeah, right. By doing what they always do? Bowing to these murderous fucks like a little bitch doing a curtsy for the Queen? A U.S. President should never bow their head to any fucking member of any royalty or religious leader. Especially murderous dictators like the Saudis. It's fucking disgusting.

Report: In New Memoir, Jared Kushner Says He Wasn’t Willing to Turn His Back on Saudi Prince Over One Measly Murder-by-Bone Saw​

He’s also pinkie-promised that the $2 billion investment he got from the kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund had nothing to do with sweeping the killing under the rug.

it’s probably his close personal relationship with Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman that rankles the most. That largely has to do with the fact that MBS approved the kidnapping and dismemberment of one of his critics—U.S. resident Jamal Khashoggi—and rather than have his father-in-law condemn the guy, Kushner reportedly went to bat for him with Donald Trump, which resulted in the prince literally getting away with murder.

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/07/jared-kushner-memoir-saudi-prince-bone-saw-murder

Khashoggi murdered, cut into pieces on Saudi Crown Prince's orders: Report​

Dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi was lured to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October 2018, then killed and cut into pieces. A US intellegence report now says the murder was 'approved' by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.​

https://www.indiatoday.in/world/sto...ist-jamal-khashoggi-report-1773609-2021-02-26

 

[Lazaran]

Yeah, right. By doing what they always do? Bowing to these murderous fucks like a little bitch doing a curtsy for the Queen? A U.S. President should never bow their head to any fucking member of any royalty or religious leader. Especially murderous dictators like the Saudis. It's fucking disgusting.

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Report: In New Memoir, Jared Kushner Says He Wasn’t Willing to Turn His Back on Saudi Prince Over One Measly Murder-by-Bone Saw​

He’s also pinkie-promised that the $2 billion investment he got from the kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund had nothing to do with sweeping the killing under the rug.

it’s probably his close personal relationship with Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman that rankles the most. That largely has to do with the fact that MBS approved the kidnapping and dismemberment of one of his critics—U.S. resident Jamal Khashoggi—and rather than have his father-in-law condemn the guy, Kushner reportedly went to bat for him with Donald Trump, which resulted in the prince literally getting away with murder.

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/07/jared-kushner-memoir-saudi-prince-bone-saw-murder

Khashoggi murdered, cut into pieces on Saudi Crown Prince's orders: Report​

Dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi was lured to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October 2018, then killed and cut into pieces. A US intellegence report now says the murder was 'approved' by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.​

https://www.indiatoday.in/world/sto...ist-jamal-khashoggi-report-1773609-2021-02-26

You appear to be as naive and intransigent about the realities of national security and foreign policy as you are about the realities of passing legislation.

Serious question: How old are you?

 

[Dribble]

I wouldn't say they have stopped...just more directed

 

[BluesDriver66]

You appear to be as naive and intransigent about the realities of national security and foreign policy as you are about the realities of passing legislation.

Serious question: How old are you?

Older than the children these sick fucks murder through beheadings.


Saudi Arabia: Juvenile offender beheaded

Amnesty International is outraged at the recent beheading of a child offender in Saudi Arabia. According to press
reports, the execution took place in the city of Taif on 21 July 2007.
Dhahian Rakan al-Sibai'i was sentenced to death for a murder he allegedly committed when he was just 15 years old.

Due to the strict secrecy of the criminal justice system, it is not possible to know how many juvenile offenders have
been put to death in Saudi Arabia, but according to a media report, over 100 juvenile offenders are said to be on death
row.

https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/mde230312007en.pdf


Joint Statement by President Bush and Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah

Today, we renewed our personal friendship and that between our nations. In our meeting we agreed that momentous changes in the world call on us to forge a new relationship between our two countries -- a strengthened partnership that builds on our past partnership, meets today's challenges, and embraces the opportunities our nations will face in the next sixty years.

https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2005/04/20050425-8.html

 

[Lazaran]

Older than the children these sick fucks murder through beheadings.


Saudi Arabia: Juvenile offender beheaded

Amnesty International is outraged at the recent beheading of a child offender in Saudi Arabia. According to press
reports, the execution took place in the city of Taif on 21 July 2007.
Dhahian Rakan al-Sibai'i was sentenced to death for a murder he allegedly committed when he was just 15 years old.

Due to the strict secrecy of the criminal justice system, it is not possible to know how many juvenile offenders have
been put to death in Saudi Arabia, but according to a media report, over 100 juvenile offenders are said to be on death
row.

https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/mde230312007en.pdf


Joint Statement by President Bush and Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah

Today, we renewed our personal friendship and that between our nations. In our meeting we agreed that momentous changes in the world call on us to forge a new relationship between our two countries -- a strengthened partnership that builds on our past partnership, meets today's challenges, and embraces the opportunities our nations will face in the next sixty years.

https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2005/04/20050425-8.html

Situational awareness and the ability to compartmentalize.

Both are required when it comes to successfully executing foreign and domestic policy.

Recall if you can, how America allied with Russia to defeat the Axis powers in WWII.

Foreign and domestic policy will never achieve the purity you demand.

Keep dreaming tho.

 

[BluesDriver66]

Situational awareness and the ability to compartmentalize.

Both are required when it comes to successfully executing foreign and domestic policy.

Recall if you can, how America allied with Russia to defeat the Axis powers in WWII.

Foreign and domestic policy will never achieve the purity you demand.

Keep dreaming tho.

I guess that makes sense if you're Henry Kissinger on bath salts. Reality check. First of all WWII is over. There is no modern day comparison. Secondly Russia did not participate in an attack on U.S. soil murdering 3,000 American civilians. Thirdly you'd have to be a brain dead idiot to in any way consider our relationship with the murderous, psychopathic thugs that is Saudi Arabia, "successfully executing foreign and domestic policy."

9/11 and the Saudi Connection​

Of the 19 Al Qaeda terrorists who hijacked four U.S. commercial airliners on the morning of September 11, 2001, 15 were citizens of Saudi Arabia — and of course, Osama bin Laden was a member of one of Saudi Arabia’s wealthiest families.

Two decades later, however, glimpses of material that have become public provide mounting evidence that senior Saudi officials, including one diplomat in the Saudi Embassy in Washington, may in fact have indirectly provided assistance for two of the Al Qaeda hijackers, Khalid al-Mihdhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi, who were the first of the hijackers to arrive in the United States in 2000 and lived for about a year and a half in San Diego beforehand.

the evidence indicates that the two hijackers had received logistical and financial support from a handful of people inside the United States with connections to Saudi Arabia, including a man in California whose family received tens of thousands of dollars from the wife of the Saudi ambassador to the United States.

https://theintercept.com/2021/09/11/september-11-saudi-arabia/

Biden Declassifies Secret FBI Report Detailing Saudi Nationals' Connections To 9/11​

The Biden administration has declassified a 16-page FBI report tying 9/11 hijackers to Saudi nationals living in the United States. The document, written in 2016, summarized an FBI investigation into those ties called Operation ENCORE.


The partially redacted report shows a closer relationship than had been previously known between two Saudis in particular — including one with diplomatic status — and some of the hijackers. Families of the 9/11 victims have long sought after the report, which painted a starkly different portrait than the one described by the 9/11 Commission Report in 2004.

https://www.npr.org/2021/09/12/1036...t-detailing-saudi-nationals-connections-to-9-

 

[Lazaran]

I guess that makes sense if you're Henry Kissinger on bath salts. Reality check. First of all WWII is over. There is no modern day comparison. Secondly Russia did not participate in an attack on U.S. soil murdering 3,000 American civilians. Thirdly you'd have to be a brain dead idiot to in any way consider our relationship with the murderous, psychopathic thugs that is Saudi Arabia, "successfully executing foreign and domestic policy."

9/11 and the Saudi Connection​

Of the 19 Al Qaeda terrorists who hijacked four U.S. commercial airliners on the morning of September 11, 2001, 15 were citizens of Saudi Arabia — and of course, Osama bin Laden was a member of one of Saudi Arabia’s wealthiest families.

Two decades later, however, glimpses of material that have become public provide mounting evidence that senior Saudi officials, including one diplomat in the Saudi Embassy in Washington, may in fact have indirectly provided assistance for two of the Al Qaeda hijackers, Khalid al-Mihdhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi, who were the first of the hijackers to arrive in the United States in 2000 and lived for about a year and a half in San Diego beforehand.

the evidence indicates that the two hijackers had received logistical and financial support from a handful of people inside the United States with connections to Saudi Arabia, including a man in California whose family received tens of thousands of dollars from the wife of the Saudi ambassador to the United States.

https://theintercept.com/2021/09/11/september-11-saudi-arabia/

Biden Declassifies Secret FBI Report Detailing Saudi Nationals' Connections To 9/11​

The Biden administration has declassified a 16-page FBI report tying 9/11 hijackers to Saudi nationals living in the United States. The document, written in 2016, summarized an FBI investigation into those ties called Operation ENCORE.


The partially redacted report shows a closer relationship than had been previously known between two Saudis in particular — including one with diplomatic status — and some of the hijackers. Families of the 9/11 victims have long sought after the report, which painted a starkly different portrait than the one described by the 9/11 Commission Report in 2004.

https://www.npr.org/2021/09/12/1036...t-detailing-saudi-nationals-connections-to-9-

That ^ confirms my suspicions. You're a naive political neophyte.

Or a Russian operative.

*nods*

 

[BluesDriver66]

That ^ confirms my suspicions. You're a naive political neophyte.

Or a Russian operative.

*nods*

When all else fails you resort to baseless conspiracy theories and salacious gossip? That's weak dude. All I've done is posted factual news from mainstream news sources. All you've posted is your subjective and dopey opinions about me personally.

I will continue to champion human rights and oppose the state sponsored beheading of men, women, and children. You can continue to enable and make excuses for the murderous, blood thirsty, dictators in Saudi Arabia that make Charles Manson look like a Boy Scout.

 

[BluesDriver66]

Speaking of...

Overt vs Covert Foreign Interference.​

Saudi Arabia ramped up multi-million foreign influence operation after Khashoggi’s death​

Foreign influence and lobbying spending targeting the United States on behalf of Saudi Arabia’s interests has grown precipitously in the year since the death of Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul.


Some firms attempted to publicly distance themselves from Saudi Arabia due to the controversy over Khashoggi and mounting allegations of human rights abuses. But other foreign agents and lobbyists capitalized on the opportunity to try to help improve the country’s reputation on the global stage.


Saudi Arabian interests reported spending just over $16 million on foreign influence operations from October 2, 2017, until October 2, 2018, according to OpenSecrets’ analysis. In the year since Khashoggi’s death, Saudi interests have poured more than $27 million into influence operations disclosed in Foreign Agent Registration Act filings in OpenSecrets’ Foreign Lobby Watch database.

https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2019/10/saudi-arabia-ramped-up-foreign-influence-after-khashoggi/

 

[Lazaran]

No insults or conspiracies.

Just an objective observation and an educated guess.

You're attempts to deflect attention away from the OP's main point relating to Russian and Corporate efforts to artificially elevate inflation in the U.S. and other Democracies to hurt Democratic leaders is noted.

But do carry on like Saudi Arabia is currently the primary bad actor that the United States should be focused on. It's mildly entertaining.