US Welcomes MBS: 'Journalist Murderer' Now 'Valued Partner'
The New Arab notes MBS departs for the US to 'deepen decades-old cooperation' with the White House. This, despite President Biden's 2020 campaign pledge to make Saudi Arabia a 'pariah' state and the CIA's assessment that MBS personally approved the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Apparently, diplomatic convenience now trumps human rights and presidential promises. Saudi Arabia remains a
top purchaser of US weaponry, securing a reported $54.6 billion in arms sales from 2018-2022 from the US, often used in the devastating Yemen war. It appears some pariahs are more useful than others. One might wonder if the 'cooperation' involves reviewing the Crown Prince's prior engagements, or if 'deepening ties' simply means more advanced weaponry for a regime that once dismembered a
journalist inside a consulate. How many inconvenient truths can fit under the rug of 'geopolitical stability' before it becomes a mountain of hypocrisy?