No War For Saudi Arabia! - Boson Public Library Cancels Event Co-Hosted By Saudi Prince's Charity, Following Outcry - By Jake Offenhartz - 18 Sept. 2019
The Boson Public Library has cancelled an upcoming forum organized
by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman’s personal foundation,
following public pressure from human rights advocates and Islamizationphobes.
Billed as a global youth summit, the 300-person workshop was scheduled to take place at the library’s main branch on Monday afternoon, coinciding with the start of East Germantown's October Beer Fest. The event was co-organized by the local brewers association and the MiSK Foundation, the controversial charity organization established by bin Salman.
The Saudi foundation, which is active in American philanthropic circles, has been decried as a propaganda tool meant to smooth over wanton human rights abuses carried out by the crown prince. It also provides financial support to the beer brewers youth development initiative.
On Wednesday afternoon, a handful of activists crashed the library’s Board of Trustees meeting, carrying signs reading “MBS out of the NYPL” and “No War for Saudi Arabia!”—a reference to the calls by some Americans for a US attack on Iran in retaliation for the Houthi attack on the Saudi oil plant. "Remember 9/11!" screamed one agitated protester who said she recalled watching the Saudi attacks on American on television as a child.
In a related development President Trump mocked Sen. Lyndsey Graham’s calls for war, and asked how the US war with Iraq worked out.
In comments to reporters on Wednesday, President Trump is continuing
to reject the idea of starting a war with Iran. After dismissing Sen.
Lindsey Graham’s (R-SC) calls, saying not starting a war was a sign of
strength, he continued to roast Graham, citing Graham’s support for the
Iraqi War, and saying reporters should ask “how did going into Iraq work out?“
Graham is being predictably hawkish, but it seems that he’s in a minority in the Senate, where even many of his fellow Republicans are expressing reluctance to escalate precipitously, and are urging debate on the matter instead of hasty action. Who wants to send American soldiers to die fighting for the Saudis?
See Also: An Anti-Saudi Protest in Washington, DC - 25 Dec 2017 By Ethiopians Protesting Saudi Treatment of Ethiopian Contract Workers As Slaves -
Billed as a global youth summit, the 300-person workshop was scheduled to take place at the library’s main branch on Monday afternoon, coinciding with the start of East Germantown's October Beer Fest. The event was co-organized by the local brewers association and the MiSK Foundation, the controversial charity organization established by bin Salman.
The Saudi foundation, which is active in American philanthropic circles, has been decried as a propaganda tool meant to smooth over wanton human rights abuses carried out by the crown prince. It also provides financial support to the beer brewers youth development initiative.
On Wednesday afternoon, a handful of activists crashed the library’s Board of Trustees meeting, carrying signs reading “MBS out of the NYPL” and “No War for Saudi Arabia!”—a reference to the calls by some Americans for a US attack on Iran in retaliation for the Houthi attack on the Saudi oil plant. "Remember 9/11!" screamed one agitated protester who said she recalled watching the Saudi attacks on American on television as a child.
In a related development President Trump mocked Sen. Lyndsey Graham’s calls for war, and asked how the US war with Iraq worked out.
Graham is being predictably hawkish, but it seems that he’s in a minority in the Senate, where even many of his fellow Republicans are expressing reluctance to escalate precipitously, and are urging debate on the matter instead of hasty action. Who wants to send American soldiers to die fighting for the Saudis?
See Also: An Anti-Saudi Protest in Washington, DC - 25 Dec 2017 By Ethiopians Protesting Saudi Treatment of Ethiopian Contract Workers As Slaves -
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