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originally posted by: MOMof3
a reply to: Disturbinatti
As long as congress releases the funds, he can do just about anything he wants.
originally posted by: MOMof3
a reply to: Disturbinatti
The president can't write new laws.
He has great freedom in foreign affairs to do with the military. He can write executive orders, orders is not same as a law.
All funding comes from Congress. Congress releases the funds where directed by the law.
originally posted by: Enderdog
a reply to: Disturbinatti
Seems to me that the changing of the line of succession a few days ago, in the House of Saud, coupled with rumored stepping down of the king, indicates some strong poker playing, going on in the background.
We hear on the news about these "weapons deals". But, that is so vague as to be almost meaningless. Moving money and treasury bonds and other financial instruments between nations, requires something of a public face. But, in the ME, the only "products" that can believably be exchanged at that level, are oil/natural gas and weapons.
It may just be as simple as putting a putting a semi-legitimate face on plain old ransoms and payoffs. At any rate, there is some serious Sun Tzu going on.