Want to Punish Saudi Arabia? Cut Off Its Weapons Supply
It&#x27;s funny how this article views weapons and equipment deals with Saudi Arabia as a service the West is making for SA when in fact, that&#x27;s just:<p>1. Securing the supply lines of the West and the stability of the world economy.<p>2. SA playing nice with Western powers and thanking them for their support. Not the other way around. The regional enemies of SA are Iran and Yemen. They have a strong behind-the-scenes intelligence relationship with Israel. They would do fine with Russian or Chinese weapons. Hell, they have enough money to kick-off their own military industrial complex.<p>I don&#x27;t think the details of the arms deal are public but I suspect a lot of the money goes into &quot;maintenance&quot; from the weapons suppliers, not in technology transfer. They remain a vassal state to the US.<p>Their domestic human rights situation is despicable and disgusting, and I hate to find myself defending SA but the fake outrage over their foreign policy is highly irritating. They are no worse <i>in that respect</i> than any other country in the world, in fact the scale of their direct malfeasance is mostly regional. Countries with global reach have done worse in my eyes.