{"id":385706,"date":"2018-11-19T17:12:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T16:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/saudis-see-us-response-to-khashoggi-killing-as-weakness\/"},"modified":"2018-11-19T17:12:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T16:12:00","slug":"saudis-see-us-response-to-khashoggi-killing-as-weakness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/saudis-see-us-response-to-khashoggi-killing-as-weakness\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudis See US Response To Khashoggi Killing As \u2018Weakness\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cAt the very least we need to quit selling arms to people who are lying to us\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Steve Watson<\/strong><br \/>Prison Planet.com<br \/>November 19, 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>Senator Rand Paul has warned President Trump that a more severe response is required to the murder of reporter Jamal Khashoggi, otherwise the Saudi regime will view the US as weak.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In an interview with CBS Sunday, Paul noted that sanctions are not strong enough.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to punish who ordered this, who\u2019s in charge, and really the only thing they understand over there is strength,\u201d Paul urged.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y_tXp4h1f_s\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think they will see sanctions as weakness on the part of the president and if the president wants to act strongly he should cut off the arms sale.\u201d the Senator continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe thing about sanctions is that I think sanctions are pretending to do something without really doing anything,\u201d Paul said on <em>Face the Nation<\/em>.<!-- [donotprint] --><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ppani\">\n<li>A d v e r t i s e m e n t<\/li>\n<li\/><\/ul>\n<p><!-- [\/donotprint] --><\/p>\n<p>Trump has opted to place sanctions against\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/u-s-announces-sanctions-on-saudis-over-khashoggi-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">17 Saudi Arabian individuals<\/a>\u00a0thought to be involved in the plot to kill Khashoggi.<\/p>\n<p>Paul, who sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, noted that \u201cMost of these people are in prison\u201d already.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe crown prince runs the country and we deal with him. If we put sanctions on people who are in prison. Are we really doing anything to punish them? They\u2019re already in prison.\u201d Paul exclaimed.<\/p>\n<p>Referring to the CIA\u2019s indication that it believes the crown prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing, Paul said \u201cI think the evidence is overwhelming that the crown prince was involved, so no, I don\u2019t think we can sweep this under the rug.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paul added that \u201cthe Saudis have been duplicitous since the very beginning. Do we need to do more? Yes, but at the very least we need to quit selling arms to people who are lying to us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Trump said Sunday that there will be a government report released on Tuesday assessing impact of the killing and options for&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/rand-paul-warns-trump-saudis-see-us-response-to-khashoggi-killing-as-weakness.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAt the very least we need to quit selling arms to people who are lying to us\u201d Steve WatsonPrison Planet.comNovember 19, 2018 Senator Rand Paul has warned President Trump that a more severe response is required to the murder of reporter Jamal Khashoggi, otherwise the Saudi regime will view the US as weak. 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