Biden freed as much Saudi oil as he freed U.S. prisoners held there: zilch!

"How in God's name did your guys get him to fit inside that suitcase?"

The fist bump so-called President Biden did with Muhammed bin Salman [aka Muhammed bone-Sawman] was stupid, uncalled for and insensitive, and that was a really bad visual for him. The lack of accomplishing an oil deal, for which he went to Saudi Arabia, was also not a good look. But it was Biden's impotence or imperviousness toward the two American "hostages" in the kingdom, and his failure to even address the situation, that has angered two families of the prisoners. [H/T New York  Post]

According to these families, there are at least four Americans jailed in Saudi Arabia, but the cases are not well-known as the families chose to work quietly with the US government ahead of Biden's begging visit. 

But like everything Biden pretends to do, nothing came out of his meeting and the families are now seeking to gain the public's attention about their loved ones languishing in jail.

“I’m not a [Donald] Trump person, nor a Biden person. But if Trump was the president, these people would be home … Trump would have got it done,” said  Ali al-Ahmed, whose cousin, Dr. Bader al-Ibrahim, is not allowed to leave Saudi Arabia despite facing no criminal charges.

Al-Ibrahim is an epidemiologist who was working in Saudi Arabia. He was jailed without charges from April 2019 to February 2021, and is a Shia Muslim, a minority sect of the religion of peace.

Al-Ahmed is a U.S.-based analyst of Saudi affairs and president of the Committee for American Hostages in Saudi Arabia. "We have a saying in our country . . . it is a big prison," he said. He showed The Post before-and-after photos illustrating his cousin's severe weight loss after nearly two years in jail.

The committee has identified two additional US citizens, Salah al-Haidar and Dr Walid Fatihi who cannot leave Saudi Arabia in one piece at this time. The fourth American, a 74-year-old, remains unnamed, at the request of his family in order to avoid angering the Saudi government. He has been in jail without charges since last November.

Biden's trip to the kingdom was meant to rehabilitate the relationship between the US and the Saudis after Biden called the country a "pariah state" after killing and dismembered a journalist at the Turkey consulate. Biden was in the kingdom to plead to the "Notorious MBS" to release more oil for the US because gas prices are rising faster than Hunter Biden when he's video recording with a prostitute.

“Biden didn’t move an inch for him,” said the relative of the 74-year-old who spoke with The Post on the condition of anonymity. Al-Ibrahim’s cousin Ali al-Ahmed claimed that former President Donald Trump would have been able to get the detainees home from Saudi Arabia, which of course is true.

The family member added that they had called the White House almost every day from late May until last week to try and speak with Stephanie Hallett, the NSC’s acting senior director for the Middle East and North Africa.

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The person said they were shocked when a White House switchboard operator asked at one point: “Why do you want to talk to someone who doesn’t want to talk to you?”

Al-Ahmed said he also left messages for Hallett but also was unable to connect with her.

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Samantha Power uses her power to unmask hundreds of Trumpers

Okay, here's what we know so far: Samantha Power is not a man nor does she "identify" as a man; she's a woman and is a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. 

She also is known to have 'unmasked' over 260 Americans last year--about one a working day--and even sought information in the days leading to President Trump's inauguration.

Two anonymous sources and my source who goes by the moniker Vinny Boombots, revealed this startling number and it leaves people scratching their heads as to what a UN ambassador needs with such information--unless she's also an undercover CIA operative [not of the "honey pot" kind] in addition to being an ambassador.

Power is to appear next month on Capitol Hill as she and other questionable leftists are to be scrutinized for their role in seeking the identities of Trump associates in intelligence reports. However, the interest in Power's actions is very high due to an apparent absence of a "need to know" status and the fact that she's probably a Commie sympathizer like her husband.

In a letter written July 27th to the Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) said the committee discovered "that one official, whose position had no apparent intelligence-related function, made hundreds of unmasking requests during the final year of the Obama Administration."

The "official" in question is widely believed to be 'Sam' Power. 

At a public congressional hearing this year, Trey Gowdy (R-SC) asked former CIA director and Hajj visitor John Brennan about unmasking, without mentioning Power by name or reputation.

Gowdy: Do you recall any U.S. ambassadors asking that names be unmasked?

Brennan: I don't know. Maybe it's ringing a vague bell but I'm not--I could not answer with any confidence.

Gowdy: On either January 19 or up till noon on January 20, did you make any unmasking requests?

Brennan: I do not believe I did.

Gowdy: So you did not make any requests on the last day that you were employed?

Brennan: No, I was not in the agency on the last day I was employed.

But realizing there might be a 'sign-in log' or video evidence of his having been there, he corrected the record, confirming he was at CIA headquarters on January 20.

Brennan: I went there to collect some final personal materials as well as to pay my last respects to a memorial wall. But I was there for a brief period of time and just to take care of some final--final things that were important to me.

Power's spokesperson had no comment on the number or timing of her requests. Her lawyer David Pressman stated previously that "While serving as our Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Power was also a member of the National Security Council responsible for advising the President on the full-range of threats confronting the United States. Any insinuation that Ambassador Power was involved in leaking classified information is absolutely false."

Yeah, sure. That's what they all say and he even gets paid to say it.

And what the hell is Power doing on the National Security Council concurrent to her ambassador position.

The sad truth is, however, nobody at the top is going to prison. Nobody. Not Hillary; not Power; not Rice; not Clapper. It's the way the system works for the elite, for those who make the laws they break, or the policies that don't actually effect them, like Obamacare.

What you see in the media is fluff.


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Tillerson wants Israel to give back some military aid

The Trump administration may force Israel to return $75 million in U.S. aid that was awarded to them by Congress after a hotly contested effort by the Obama administration to financially limit our U.S.-Israel military alliance.

You remember Obama--he was the former president who favored Islamic nations over Israel and was obviously anti-Zionist with the same fervor as Muslims across the globe. 

Taking back the money would be an incredibly stupid move on Trump's part because it would show our other allies we aren't trustworthy.  And the fact that Israel is the only civilized country in all the Middle East and one of our greatest allies would weaken our military influence in the region.

Congress allocated the additional $75 million last year, making the total aid package about $38 billion, despite Obama trying to restrict Israel from lobbying Congress for more funding for several key military undertakings.

Obama's last minute Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Israel didn't sit well with Congress. The MOU capped U.S. aid to Israel and included a provision barring Israel from requesting more financial assistance from Congress.

Now Trump is thinking about another pivot away from what he told his ardent supporters. He is considering forcing Israel to return the extra $75 million and be Obama-like by going along with the MOU.

Congress will, thankfully, fight him on this if he tries to "do an Obama."

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is said to be leading the effort to have Israel return the money. The anti-Zionist Tillerson argues that Israel must stick to the letter of Obama's MOU, despite objections by Congress.

Suddenly Trump has changed his tune about undoing the damage Obama did.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R- Ark.) had "strongly warned the State Department" earlier in the week "that such action would be unwise and invite unwanted conflict with Israel," a senior Congressional aide told the Washington Free Beacon.

If Congress allows Trump to get away with the Obama MOU, it would seriously limit their constitutional right to allocate U.S. aid dollars in whatever way they see fit in the future. In other words, the MOU is unconstitutional, like much of what Obama used his pen and phone to get passed.

Tillerson's State Department is engaged in a lobbying effort to convince the National Security Council (NSC) to allow it to request that Israel return the additional $75 million and remain in line with the Obama MOU.

And you thought Trump et al were Republicans.

Sen. Cotton and other lawmakers see this as reckless and unnecessary and would only increase tensions with Israel at a time of mutual cooperation on a range of key issues, such as the war against Islamic State, Iran and other terrorism in the Middle East.

Israel is surrounded by Islamic nations that want to see them destroyed. Obama wanted the Jewish State to return to their 1967 borders, which would have been suicidal, and besides, their present borders came from the spoils of war, a conflict they didn't start.

If the State Department chooses to demand Israel return the money, Congress is prepared to fight Tillerson on that issue.

Insiders told the Free Beacon that the State Department-led effort is an attempt to undermine Congress and derail the White House's strong working relationship with Israel.

According to multiple sources, Tillerson's State Department has become a sore spot in the administration an that Foggy Bottom is perceived as being in "open war" with the White House on a range of major issues, including the U.S.-Israel relationship, Iran and other matters.

If Trump keeps Tillerson on as Secretary of State, things will only get worse in the Middle East, especially for the Jews.

"This is a transparent attempt by career staffers in the State Department to f**k with the Israelis and derail the efforts of Congressional Republicans and President Trump to rebuild the U.S.-Israel relationship," a veteran congressional advisor who works extensively on Israel said. "There's no reason to push for the Israelis to return the money, unless you're trying to drive a wedge between Israel and Congress, which is exactly what this is--it won't work."

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) held up passage of the 2016 MOU over disagreements with Obama's restriction of Israel lobbying Congress for increased funding. He said in a statement that "Congress is not a party to this agreement nor is this agreement binding on future congresses." He added, "Congress has an independent duty to make a decision about the proper level of support for Israel or our other allies. To suggest this (agreement) will bind future presidents and congresses for the next decade is constitutionally flawed and impractical."

It was Graham who saw this as an effort to trample on Congress' right to allocate taxpayer funds and he worked to ensure Israel received the additional $75 million. 

So now you know where Tillerson stands on Israel-- the same place where his Middle East buddies from back in his ExxonMobil days stand.



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McMaster says Israel is an "illegitimate' 'Occupying Power'

U.S. National Security Advisor and blatant anti-Semitic H.R. McMaster has done his best to get rid of the pro-Israel people at the National Security Council, according to three White House and defense officials, speaking to Conservative Review (CR).

Caroline Glick, an Israeli journalist born in the USA, detailed the volatile allegations between McMaster and Israel. She wrote:

Many of you will remember that a few days before Trump's visit to Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his advisers were blindsided when the Americans suddenly told them that no Israeli official was allowed to accompany Trump to the Western Wall. What hasn't been reported is that it was McMaster who pressured Trump to agree not to let Netanyahu accompany him to the Western Wall. At the time, I and other reporters were led to believe that this was the decision of rogue anti-Israel officers at the US consulate in Jerusalem. But it wasn't. It was McMaster.

And even that, it works out, wasn't sufficient for McMaster. He pressured Trump to cancel his visit to the Wall and only visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial--a la the Islamists who insist that the only reason Israel exists is European guilt over the Holocaust. 

Since McMaster headed the NSC, seven staunchly pro-Israel people were purged: Steve Bannon, Ezra Cohen-Watnick, Derek Harvey, K.T. McFarland, Rich Higgins, Adam Lovinger and Tera Dahl.

A senior West Wing official told CR that "McMaster constantly refers to the existence of a Palestinian state before 1947," and he also describes Israel as an "illegitimate," "occupying power."

McMaster apparently has not read the Old Testament nor understands the origins of Palestine. Sadly, he is not alone.

Bibi Netanyahu & Caroline Glick

There was never a Palestine state. The name "Palestine" is derived from the Hebrew word "peleshet" used to refer to the ancient enemies of the Jews, the Philistines, an Aegean people closely related to the Greeks. They have no connection ethnically, linguistically or historically with Arabia. 

In the Second Century, the Romans defeated the Jews and named the land Palaestina in an attempt to minimize Jewish identification with the land of Israel.

Until 1948, the term "Palestinian" referred to the Jews in the land.

Further indications that Caroline Glick has McMaster's number is the fact that he shut down a joint U.S.-Israel project to fight Hezbollah's move to help Iran. It was led by former NSC Middle East director Derek Harvey.

After the Palestinian terrorists killed two Israeli police officers outside the as-Aqsa Mosque which resulted in Israel installing metal detectors, McMaster called Israel's attempt at protecting the holy site "just another excuse by the Israelis to repress the Arabs."

In May, McMaster refused to recognize that the Western Wall was part of Israel.

Holy crap!

One senior West Wing official said, "In advance of the president's trip to Israel, there was a lot of desire from within the Trump administration for [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu to join the president at the Western Wall. McMaster didn't even want [Trump] to go to the Western Wall. He only wanted the president to visit the Holocaust Museum.

On Wednesday, McMaster fired Ezra Cohen-Watnick, senior director for intelligence at the NSC.

Even from the time McMaster was at Central Command (CENTCOM) he has shown himself to be pro-Arab, anti-Israel. He sees Israel as the enemy and he also backs Obama's pro-Iran deal.

In fact, according to Daniel Horowitz of CR, McMaster is on the opposite side of every one of Trump's campaign promises involving Isral and the Arab world, and now he's "purging all of Trump's own loyalists on the National Security Council and it's not like he's keeping some of the establishment Republicans; there are Democrats there.

I don't know why Trump put McMaster in the position he's in. I don't know why McMaster is even in the Trump administration. His negative views on Israel and the fact that he looks the other way when it comes to Iran's constant and blatant violations of the deal Obama struck with the terrorist nation, is a serious, disturbing threat to our national security.

McMaster really needs to go. I know the Palestinian Authority would love to have him on board.

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