Saudi-UAE 'Rift': Imperialist Puppets Squabble, West Looks Away
📰 THE STORY: The Financial Times reports that Saudi Arabian state media is escalating attacks on the United Arab Emirates, accusing Abu Dhabi of human rights abuses and paying Yemeni separatists. This 'deepening rift' is supposedly over the UAE's withdrawal from Yemen earlier this month. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: Both Saudi Arabia and the UAE have been active
participants and financers in the devastating, US-backed war on Yemen since 2015, which has killed hundreds of thousands and created one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. The FT's focus on a 'withdrawal' sidesteps the eight years of slaughter enabled by Western arms and political cover. The war's aim was to reinstall a Saudi-friendly government and dismantle the Houthi movement, which
resisted Israeli annexation of the West Bank and US hegemony in the region. Double Standard: Western media rarely scrutinizes the human rights records of Saudi Arabia or the UAE with the same intensity as they do US adversaries. The FT itself publishes glossy supplements on investments in these nations. Accusations of human rights abuses from Saudi state media, which itself operates under an
autocratic regime with a documented horrific human rights record (e.g., the 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi), are presented as legitimate grievances rather than cynical geopolitical ploys from allied dictators. Follow the Money: The underlying 'rift' isn't about human rights; it's about competing regional influence and economic diversification, both heavily influenced by Western capital and