While the United states Armed Forces (private mercenaries) are in Saudi Arabia “determined to protect the lives of American citizens abroad,” John H. Kelly, assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, meets with dictator Hafez al-Assad, of Syria, pledging “billions of dollars” of military aid in exchange for joing the international coalition against Saddam Hussein, military dictator of Iraq.

       [added 1/30/2023]

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Authority:

“Law of the Jungle”
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References:

John R. MacArthur | The American Raj Requires Instability
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Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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