The Malevolent Hypocrisy of Selective Sanctions

http://www.counterpunch.org/2018/11/09/the-malevolent-hypocrisy-of-selective-sanctions/
Date Written:  2018-11-09
Publisher:  CounterPunch
Year Published:  2018
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX23060

A look at why the US government is steadfast in its support of the Saudi dictatorship no matter what criminal excesses may be perpetrated by the Riyadh regime, while on the other hand it is determined to punish other countries like Cuba and Venezuela with severe economic sanctions.

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The State Department goes into a little more detail about the Saudi regime, recording that there are numerous human rights violations, including "unlawful killings, executions for other than the most serious offenses and without requisite due process; torture; arbitrary arrest and detention, including of lawyers, human rights activists, and anti-government reformists; political prisoners; and arbitrary interference with privacy."

So what about Mr Bolton's much-valued "independence and liberty" in Saudi Arabia? Why are there no US sanctions on the Riyadh Regime?