And it's not just the President...U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hailed Abdullah as “a man of wisdom and vision” and a “revered leader.”Apparently, Kerry has never met an oligarch he didn't revere. A little digging reveals a harsher truth...
Let's ask someone who ought to know.Abdullah, like other Saudi royals, had numerous wives — at least seven, and perhaps as many as 30. One of these wives, Alanoud Al-Fayez, claims her four daughters’ supposed incarceration, which has gone on for some 13 years, was both a mark of Abdullah’s vindictive streak and intolerance of his daughters’ modern, independent upbringing. She says the four have been locked away for more than a decade, subject to abuse and deprivation.Even that won't stop Barack Obama from rushing to the Muslim Holy Land to pay his respects.
Maybe he can share a prayer rug with Justin Trudeau.
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Yet another huge boner from the Lord Grantham of international relations.