04-09-2019, 08:27 PM
(04-09-2019, 08:09 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Solid post and I agree with the hypocrisy, but I'm not sure this is something that started with Trump:
But I do agree that I wish the current Admin would take a harder stance toward Saudi
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(04-09-2019, 08:09 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: *But that is nothing new with the US.
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Saudi buddies is hardly new to Trump.
Trump, Obama, Bush, Clintons... it really goes back. Oil and oil money buys a lot of forgiveness, forgetfulness, and friends.
I should clarify that when I said "this is nothing new with Trump" I was intending to say Trump isn't the first. It was a poorly worded sentiment, but we are all in agreement, here.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
