Saudi Arabia, a key Gulf ally, suspended the U.S. military’s ability to use its bases and airspace to carry out the operation, sources say.
Donald Trump’s abrupt reversal on his plan to help ships go through the Strait of Hormuz came after a key Gulf ally suspended the U.S. military’s ability to use its bases and airspace to carry out the operation, according to two U.S. officials.
Trump surprised Gulf allies by announcing “Project Freedom” on social media Sunday afternoon, the officials said, angering leadership in Saudi Arabia. In response, the Kingdom informed the U.S. it would not allow the U.S. military to fly aircraft from Prince Sultan Airbase southeast of Riyadh or fly through Saudi airspace to support the effort, the officials said.
People keep saying this as if we’ve all got a lever we could pull to get him out of office and just…aren’t doing it. No, there’s no direct way to make it happen. There’s no meaningful opposition party, and no way to remove a president from office without one. The indirect ways to do it–namely, protest and primary challenges–well, a lot of us are doing that. And those who are and aren’t protesting are held back by needing to work in an economic system that ties our healthcare to our employment.
The problem can’t be solved in just a few months. This is a coordinated assault against liberty that began decades ago; it’d take a few years to sort out even if the entire middle and lower class was in agreement, and a sizable undereducated, propagandized population in the lower class is going to take some time to get on board.
“Wake up” and do what? Take up arms? That’s a pipe dream sold by the NRA to keep conservatives buying guns. So what are we supposed to do that we’re not already doing?
Getting ready, I suppose. We need an actual grassroots movement with commitment and organization. General strike seems about all that’s left to us
But again, a general strike is something out of reach of most Americans, who live paycheck-to-paycheck and could be fired (and thus denied healthcare) at any moment.
This.
Your system is so fucked. In a parliamentary democracy the members of the legislature for his own party would have seen his approval ratings, realised what that’ll mean for their own electoral chances and ousted him by now.
No argument there. But we can’t even get the man out of office right now; how likely is it that we’re going to change the whole system in light of that?