This story out of the UK is underscoring why the oil industry is utterly corrupted and why political bribery is the status quo, especially after the stunning revelations from the Republicans pay-for-play K-street Project; this story just shows how grotesque the situation has become, internationally now.
The corruption is so pervasive that it is a national security threat because it is Saudi Arabia that is source of the corruption, home to most of the 9/11 terrorists.
Saudi Arabia is threatening to suspend diplomatic ties with Britain unless Downing Street intervenes to block an investigation into a £60m “slush fund” allegedly set up for some members of its royal family.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/...
So, these arrogant oil industry assholes think they are above the law yet again, this time the suppliers, the oligarchists, who think that they deserve special treatment or else they will take their business elsewhere.
Now where would they have gotten the idea that they could get away with that?
Maybe because a dozen or so of the attackers of America on 9/11 were from Saudi Arabia and investigations were similarly stymied?
Maybe because they have the whole planet by the balls with their concentration of oil, the foul substance that causes American rightists to go and commit war crimes in Iraq, far from where terrorists resided or planned the attacks on America?
But this story gets even more vile; these assholes require GOLDEN cars to do business with them:
The Saudis are furious about the criminal investigation by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) into allegations that BAE Systems, Britain’s biggest defence company, set up the “slush fund” to support the extravagant lifestyle of members of the Saudi royal family.
The payments, in the form of lavish holidays, a fleet of luxury cars including a gold Rolls-Royce, rented apartments and other perks, are alleged to have been paid to ensure the Saudis continued to buy from BAE under the so-called Al-Yamamah deal, rather than going to another country. Al-Yamamah is the biggest defence contract in British history and has kept BAE in business for 20 years.
Another case of the corrupting influence of the Military Industrial Complex, i.e. the Republican Party.