U.S., Saudi Ties Could Face Changes with Kerry

[UpInArms]

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=reutersEdge&storyID=5623377

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When John Kerry is president, decades-old ties with Saudi Arabia could be in for an overhaul as he combats terrorism and reduces U.S. dependence on Mideast oil, according to a senior foreign policy adviser to the Democratic candidate.

In an interview with Reuters, Rand Beers said U.S.- Saudi relations, badly battered since the Sept 11, 2001 attacks were launched by Saudi-born militants, must be renegotiated.

"For years and years our relations with Saudi Arabia have been colored by a combination of questions about oil and stability. And while those are both still obvious concerns, I think the United States and Saudi Arabia need to sit down in a frank dialogue at the most senior levels and talk about what the future looks like," he said during the interview on Wednesday afternoon.

In Kerry's speeches and the Democratic Party platform that is due to be approved this weekend in Miami, the emerging tougher line is articulated.

Kerry in May proposed a plan for oil independence from the Middle East in 10 years and said if Americans are serious about this, "then we can finally be serious about confronting the role of Saudi Arabia in financing and providing ideological support of al Qaeda and other terrorist groups."

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[DAGDA56]

1. "A vote for Bush is a vote for the Saudis"...ok, a bit simplistic,,,

...but it would hurt the head of the local freeper.

[truthisfreedom]

2. logically, a vote for bush is a vote for saudi militants, then.

hmm. interesting.

[goforit]

3. Well......I don't think so! ..(Skull n boners are a tight group)

The connections will still be there, but not as deep.

[Massacure]

4. Kerry plans to make us independant of Middle-East oil

Perhaps once he does that an oil embargo would be in order?