US-Saudi Forum Hails 'Investment,' Ignores Bone Saws
When The Hill promotes "US-Saudi Investment Forum" coverage, it's a testament to the selective amnesia required for modern geopolitics. This isn't merely about forging economic ties; it's about legitimizing a regime with a well-documented human rights record. The same Saudi government, for example, which oversaw the brutal murder and dismemberment of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 (a fact
conveniently scrubbed from the forum's talking points), is now heralded as an investment partner. The Biden administration, despite campaign trail promises of making Saudi Arabia a "pariah," has continued to approve significant arms sales, including a $650 million sale to Saudi Arabia in 2021. So, as Trump waxes poetic on 'investment,' it's worth asking: at what moral cost? The Hill's dutiful
transcription of public remarks without historical context serves less as journalism and more as a PR firm's output. How many alleged journalists need to be dismembered before a 'forum' is called what it is: a transactional whitewash?