US-Saudi Embrace: From 9/11 Outrage to Red-Carpet Welcome
When The Hill highlights a 9/11 victim’s son calling a Trump-Saudi meeting a “disgusting display,” it's a touching human-interest angle that simultaneously sidesteps the systemic issue. The same US establishment that condemned Saudi Arabia after 9/11, with 15 of 19 hijackers being Saudi nationals, has continued to sell them billions in arms. Remember HR 815, the recent supplementary aid package?
It included a substantial allocation of military hardware, much of which will end up in the hands of regimes like Saudi Arabia, regardless of their human rights record or historical role in international incidents. The media frames this as a Trump-specific scandal, conveniently overlooking decades of bipartisan cozying up to the Saudi monarchy. From Biden’s own controversial fist-bump with MBS to
the consistent weapons sales under multiple administrations, the 'disgusting display' isn't an anomaly, it’s the standard operating procedure for US foreign policy. The outrage only seems to surface when it's politically convenient, leaving one to wonder: how many red-carpet welcomes does it take before accountability becomes more than a talking point?