Washington – President Barack Obama expressed condolences on Thursday on the death of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah and saluted the late king’s commitment to close U.S.-Saudi ties.
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“As a leader, he was always candid and had the courage of his convictions,” Obama said in a statement. “One of those convictions was his steadfast and passionate belief in the importance of the U.S.-Saudi relationship as a force for stability and security in the Middle East and beyond.
“The closeness and strength of the partnership between our two countries is part of King Abdullah’s legacy,” the statement added.
Abdullah died early on Friday and his brother Salman became king, the royal court in the world’s top oil exporter and birthplace of Islam said in a statement carried by Saudi state television.
Obama said that as the two allies “worked together to confront many challenges, I always valued King Abdullah’s perspective and appreciated our genuine and warm friendship.”
Oh no! Whose hand could Obama kiss now?
You are thinking of George Bush (the Lesser) who was such a great friend of Fahad and Abdullah.
Rafuel, the “How can you possibly disagree with the black president (such as he is) if you are not a despicable racist” argument was entirely your idea. Chaim said nothing of the sort.
“I always valued King Abdullah’s perspective and appreciated our genuine and warm friendship.”
So Baraka Hussein admitted that he was friends with one of the main financiers of worldwide terrorism