> What the fuck?! Sooner we can decouple from that regime the better in my book.
"The Saudis, a despotic, murderous regime who... er, what's that? Gas prices are where? The Saudis, a heroic, brave people, living in a wonderful country with a deep culture of..."
"Yeah, hey, buddy, pal, MBS-o, think you could maybe squeak out a couple more MBPD? Elections coming up and... oh... really? Few hundred thousand, tops? Well, I guess, see what you can do... thanks!"
I find it super fascination that this guy, as a strategic partner, is at the same time:
1) Completely out of his f---ing mind!
2) Indisputably important and in control.
3) Remarkably easy to please.
Now, sure, I could be wrong about any of these -- my sources of information are almost exclusively the US/EU press, which are not free of bias and might hold a globally minority definition of "truth."
But when you consider what's at stake, and which other famous defenders of Human Rights we're in bed with, I honestly can't understand why we (US/EU) are not working more actively with the most transparent one.
“Abouammo was arrested in Seattle, Washington, on Nov. 5, 2019, and made his initial federal court appearance in Seattle at 2:00 p.m.on Nov. 6, 2019” [1]. He is the one they left behind.
"The Saudis, a despotic, murderous regime who... er, what's that? Gas prices are where? The Saudis, a heroic, brave people, living in a wonderful country with a deep culture of..."
"Yeah, hey, buddy, pal, MBS-o, think you could maybe squeak out a couple more MBPD? Elections coming up and... oh... really? Few hundred thousand, tops? Well, I guess, see what you can do... thanks!"
sigh :(