In his latest Washington Post column David Ignatius remarks on the problem that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia poses for the Biden Administration:
The Biden administration wants to maintain a strategic partnership with Saudi Arabia, just as the Trump administration did. But any reset should address the broad bipartisan concern in Washington about Saudi human rights abuses. The bogus case against Aljabri’s children would be a good place to start.
The only problem I see is the vain attempt to have our cake and eat it too. Theocracies whether Muslim theocracies, Jewish theocracies, or Christian theocracies cannot be our friends. They can be our clients but not our allies or friends. Our interests are simply too disparate.
You know, the first thing I’d do if I wanted to be free to deal with Saudi Arabia as I saw fit, with no strategic concerns, is………………………….cancel the XL pipeline.
Saudi film critic:
https://dnyuz.com/2021/01/28/the-dark-reality-behind-saudi-arabias-utopian-dreams/