The United States government should sever all economic ties to the kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia is a threat to the United States of America. If we stop them today, they won't be a threat tomorrow. There are reasons socially, economically, and politically to why this bill is great to the United States. 1. Socially, this bill has a profound impact on the way the United States is seen in the international world. 2. Economically, this bill has a profound impact on the national debt of the United States and has a deep impact in the long run of the United States. 3. Politically, this bill has a positive effect on the United States. With this bill, not only will the United States have one less enemy but it will also have one less enemy in the crucial area of the middle east. Moving to my first contention. According to hrw.org (HUMANS RIGHTS WATCH), Saudi Arabia has 24 pages, each with 10 articles, meaning that the Human Rights Watch has 240 human rights violations on Saudi Arabia so far, and still counting. "The authorities used a wide range of repressive measures to suppress freedom of expression and other legitimate activities. Hundreds of people were arrested as suspected terrorists. "--Amnesty International What this means is that the United States is supporting a regime of anti-democracy and anti-freedom. This is something that the United States strives to become. How can it support something so against its ideals? This isn't the only thing, however, that can benefit the United States with the passage of this bill. When it is passed, this bill not only will help the struggling people of Saudi Arabia against a tyrannical government, but it will also help the country of the United States as a whole. Because one person looked, we found an extremely large chunk of oil reserves in the Bakken formation in 1974. -Bakken formation was found in 1974 -200,000 square miles || GIANT a lot of oil is there The finding of this created an oil boom The resulting sudden boom has reduced unemployment to 3.5% and given the state of North Dakota a billion-dollar budget surplus Npr.org (National Public Radio) Green River Foundation(kinda like the bakken formation) has the potential to be AMAZING It is estimated that this one area in Colorado has larger oil reserves than Saudi Arabia. Think of how many jobs will be created and how stimulated the economy will become Politically, this bill has an enormously positive effect on the United States. The fact that oil is the main export of Saudi Arabia and the fact that they are our enemies would create one less enemy that the United States has to deal with. According to the organization FLAME 80% of the prisoners held at Guant"namo are Saudis analysts agree that the Saudis need the U.S. as their customer much more than we need them as a supplier How are they enemies? A poll released by Zogby International found that 87 percent of Saudis have an unfavorable view of the United States. As Gerardo Joffe(president of the organization of "Facts And Logic about The Middle East" has said "Given its totalitarian policies, its open support of terrorism, and the anti-American, anti-Israel vitriol spewing daily from its state-sponsored press and religious institutions, the U.S. must reconsider its relationship with Saudi Arabia. It"s time to acknowledge that the Saudis are effectively waging a war against us " that they are behaving like enemies " Good luck and thanks!