Huckabee: America Enslaved to Saudi Oil

[katty]

Huckabee: America Enslaved to Saudi Oil

more: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20071125/D8T4T9E80.html

WASHINGTON (AP) - Consumers are financing both sides in the war on terror because of the actions of U.S. ally Saudi Arabia, Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee said Sunday.

The former Arkansas governor made the comments following what he suggested was a muted response by the Bush administration to a Saudi court's sentence of six months in jail and 200 lashes for a woman who was gang raped.

"The United States has been far too involved in sort of looking the other way, not only at the atrocities of human rights and violation of women," Huckabee said on CNN's "Late Edition."

"Every time we put our credit card in the gas pump, we're paying so that the Saudis get rich - filthy, obscenely rich, and that money then ends up going to funding madrassas," schools "that train the terrorists," said Huckabee. "America has allowed itself to become enslaved to Saudi oil. It's absurd. It's embarrassing."

[aquart]

1. Delicious.

[Kolesar]

2. The same story appeared in LBN

Some discussion here :hi::http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3077175

[yurbud]

3. kick

[TwilightGardener]

4. Good thing he wants to keep waging "theologic war" in the Middle East--this

guy is a manipulative, pandering fuck, but DU eats it up. ALL the Repub candidates have been decrying our dependence on Saudi/foreign oil, in case anyone hasn't noticed. Huckster isn't "brave" or "special". Just an asshole.

[tom_paine]

5. No, America is enslaved to Bushies, who are enslaved to the Saudis

or at least, enchanted with them and their autocratic form of government where they don't have a Liberal Problem.

Funny thing is, Huckabee is more enslaved to the Bushies than most Imperial Subjects.