A new bill was introduced by Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) which, if passed, would remove all US troops from Saudi Arabia within 30 days. The resolution is related to the low price of oil, and the struggle for US companies, particularly in Louisiana, to compete.
The troop pullout is meant to punish the Saudis over failure to cut oil production. The bill also aims to impose tariffs on countries that are continuing to buy oil from Saudi Arabia, to try to make US oil more competitive.
This is the second anti-Saudi resolution introduced in the Senate related to oil prices, and while they seem unlikely to pass for now, they may reflect another round of frustration at Saudi policies running afoul of US interests.
The Cassidy bill does not cover US Patriot missiles or THAAD deployments in the region, and there is no date for the bill to be taken up, with the Senate out at least until April 20 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Will NEVER PASS.
The US is controlled by Saudi Money and they will NEVER let such a bill pass.
Israel and Saudi Arabia are the REAL owners of America – the supposed “land of the free”
It’s a New World Order! Off with their heads!
But if the Saudis had cut oil production you wouldn’t have heard a peep out of this guy. Doesn’t sound like his intentions are about anything but the price of oil. Who cares though if it still removes the troops. Maybe the host governments of other countries where we have troops will piss us off and we’ll leave them all.
Ha, ha, not gonna happen.
I love Trump But the U.S foreign policies seem to be almost as ridiculiously stupid as they were before Trump .
Suadi Arabia should complain that the United States produces to much wheat corn and soybean that are hurting Suadia Arabia’s opportunity to grow corn in the desert with irrigation . The U.S. oil does not come bubbling out of the ground . The United States doesn’t need to be the world biggest oil producer .Leave the hard to get oil in the ground . We should stop pumping the oil because we can’t get enough money for our oil .Not try to get Russia and Saudia Arabia to stop pumping .
You are just being logical — and think in the terms of national interest, applying market logic and allowing others in the global market to act rationally.
We do not function in that universe. We have produced oil and gas by burning capital and destroying vast swatches of our soil. Doable, one can produce gold from metal with enough money. How was that supposed to work? Easy, take one after the other large producer off the market — bad Iran, Libya, Iraq, Venezuela. Hope they crack — and we get our hands on REAL oil. In the meantime — force allies to help us crack the targets, or else they will be buying our expensive oil. Since it did not go to plan — then Russia is to be prevented from selling to Europe, and now — as the global demand cratered, the fury has no bounds.
The real untold story is the attempted coup in Riyadh, and fingers were pointed to US. The object was to return Mohammed Bin Nayef, former Minister of the Interior, and Crown Prince, the chief ISIS financier, ousted in June 2017. The new Crown Prince could do nothing right — and attempt was made to restore MBN. But he was arrested, and furious Saudis came to an understanding with Russia to stop propping up oil market.
No matter what US does — it will not change the price of oil. The collapse of financial largesse for fracked oil, combined with long term market decline, favors only buyers with real industries. Leisure industry will be hit hard, and may not recover for a while. Impeding loss of middle class income will slash demand for air travel and cruise industry.
Politicians are throwing out balloons— to see if Saudis can be bought off. This has always worked — not any more is my guess. US will not be trusted again with Kingdom’s security. The largest customer is China. And China cannot be broken — Trump tried and lost. And China did not use even a fraction of its leverage. US overreached with Saudis, endangered their internal balance, used its coffers and religious establishment to prop up iIslamic militants, and bring it into financial squeeze. MBS stopped funding militants, and diversified political alliances. But trying to topple him by various means, including the helpless “sacrificial animal”, Kashoggi.
Now, it is late. US will have to make substantial changes to get some trust back.
But it will not sell fracking oil — now sitting in US reserves. Preventing us to buy cheap oil and store it!
But our war/finance economy has hit a major snag.
Saudis never wanted troops. They accepted . Saudis quietly asked Russia to join investigation into bombing Saudi oil facilities.
The US surely does not want a mullah in power in Saudi Arabia ?
Probably couldn’t be worse than the monarchy they have now.
Past production cuts by the Saudis were done in a world in which the US remained a net importer. Now, the US wants Saudis to cut while the US net exports to fill the market niche given up by the Saudis. That is a very different thing to ask. It isn’t likely to happen that way.
Not to worry, spanky will shuffle the troops around, claiming withdrawal, while the deployment totals go up, you know, like his buisness accounting.
The US should remove its troops from all the countries it has them in. The world would be much better off.
The soldier removal (if happened) will be a short boat ride from kingdom to Qatar or Bahrain for temporary settlement waiting for the reverse command…!
The reason for the bill is to support oil prices. Not because our troops in Saudi Arabia have nothing whatsoever to do with national defense, and do not belong there.