Counter-terror expert: Obama let Saudis escape responsibility
President claims he 'cleared the air' with Wahhabi nation over 9/11 charge
Published: 8 hours ago
White House officials claimed President Obama “cleared the air” when he met with King Salman on his visit this week to Saudi Arabia.
Yet the real future of the relationship remains murky, as controversy grows in the United States over Saudi Arabia’s possible support for the 9/11 hijackers and officials in each nation challenge the usefulness of their supposed “ally.”
In a recent interview, former Saudi Intelligence Chief Prince Turk Al-Faisal questioned the “steadfastness” of American leadership as well as his country’s “dependence” on the United States, suggesting the relationship is something “we have to recalibrate.”
The resulting uncertainty was on full display when Obama received a noticeably cool welcome to Saudi Arabia, with neither the king nor any other high-ranking member of the royal family greeting the president at the airport. Instead, a relatively low official was dispatched in what several media outlets reported as a deliberate snub.
Read more at
http://www.wnd.com/2016/04/counter-terror-expert-obama-let-saudis-escape-responsibility/#gwxLVfJazlKL5exw.99
