The Western governments insist that they abide by principles of international law, democracy, human rights, and respect for national sovereignty, but its actions often belie its words. With the Western support for Saudi Arabia’s monarchy and their unjust opposition to the democratic Islamic Republic of Iran, a stark example of Western hypocrisy is being displayed.
Saudi Arabia is one of a handful of Middle East anachronisms: a family-based monarchy that believes it sits at the right hand of God. The Saud clan that rules in Saudi is both insular and fanatic. It is devoted to the Wahhabi sect of Sunni Islam, the most strict and intolerant manifestation of the religion.
It should be noted that Saudi Arabia is the only country on Earth named after a family: the adjective "Saudi" indicates its belonging to the House of Saud.
Except for the religious details, there is really not much difference between the respective outlooks of a Wahhabi true believer, a hard-core Christian fundamentalist, and the Jewish extremists in Israel.
The Saudis are proselytizers who spend huge sums every year supporting fanatical preachers pushing their message in far-flung parts of the world. The Saudi army is equipped with more advanced American weapons than they know what to do with, portraying another indication of their fanaticism.
In 2011, the Saudi monarchy, backed-up with Western powers, came to support another Middle East anachronism, the Al-Khalifa family monarchy in Bahrain. The Al-Khalifa were in trouble because for decades they had been systematically oppressing the majority of their people until, in the atmosphere of the Islamic Awakening, the Bahraini opposition decided to stand up and demand a bit of democracy for their homeland.
When the Bahraini security forced, mostly imported from Pakistan, could not handle the evolving situation, the Al-Khalifa called in US-armed Saudi troops to put an end to any hopes of a better, more democratic Bahrain. Even though the Saudi incursion violated the U.S. Arms Export Control Act, there was no protest from Washington.
In the meantime, the Saudi regime has also been busy funneling money and weapons to the terrorist groups in places like Iraq and Syria.
There have been repeated protests about this sort of Saudi behavior. The Russians have complained about it in relation to Syria, and the Iraqi government has directly accused the Saudis of sponsoring terrorism in their country. Has this given any pause to the zealots in Riyadh? No, it has not, because, like the Zionists, they claim that they have God on their side and, ultimately know, Washington D.C. as well.
Lack of U.S. Response
As far as Washington is concerned, the oil that comes out of Saudi to the US and its allies is more important than the human right issue and the ideology of democracy.
Thus, despite some complaining, the US acquiesces to the behavior of the Saudi fanatics, just as it does with the Zionists.
This means that Washington can sanction the Russians for protecting their security interests and the Russian-speaking population in the Crimea. They can sanction the Iranians for developing righteous nuclear energy. And, they can acquiesce to the utter destitution of 1.76 million Gazans. But you will hear no talk of sanctions due to Saudi dictatorship or its sponsorship of terrorism.
At present the Saudis and Zionists are acting in unison on a range of issues such as support for Bahrain's dictatorship. This makes them close bedfellows. What can they possibly have in common?
Well, besides adhering to arrogant and aggressive notions of manifest destiny, they both fear democracy in the Middle East. And, believe it or not, we can make the duo into a trio by adding the US and the Western governments in whole. Why should these governments fear democracy? It’s really very simple.
What often happens when there are free and fair elections in that region of the world?
One gets leaders and governments that are (1) almost by definition wary of monarchies and other forms of dictatorship, (2) anti-American, because Washington is an historic supporter of West Asia dictators, (3) pro-Muslim, but not receptive to the strict Wahhabi or Takfiri style, and (4 ) more active in their support for the Palestinian people.
Well, Iran would be a good example for the answer.
Iran finds huge attendance in presidential elections, where almost 85 % of Iranians participated in their presidential election in 2009. In contrast Saudi Arabia has never witnessed any kind of elections since its foundation.
As a matter of fact some people who are unaware of the ruling system in Saudi were asking, why was King Salman chosen to rule the country since he is 79 years old with Alzheimer? The answer simply was, it was his turn.
Saudi Arabia is known for its dozens of executions every year, the practice of granting male family members power over whether women can travel, become educated, the effective ban on women driving, the jailing of human rights activists, and the use of pliable statutes against "sowing discord" and "inciting public opinion against the state" to silence internal critics.
So if we want to simply categorize the types extreme ruling systems in the area, we have the fanatics: the military style in Egypt, the extreme Takfiri religious style in the monarchy of Saudi, and an aggressive mixture of the two in Israeli Regime.
On the other side, we have the democratic Islamic Iran,
What about the West? Well, their style is to arm fanatics and dictators and then preach democracy. The game is known as, hypocrisy. The disconnection between the Western governments' rhetoric of steadfast support for human rights and its tendency to turn a blind eye to misbehavior by friends and allies such as Saudi Arabia, and harshly sanction the democratic Iran, hardly needs to be pointed out.
The Western governments insist that they abide by principles of international law, democracy, human rights, and respect for national sovereignty, but its actions often belie its words. With the Western support for Saudi Arabia’s monarchy and their unjust opposition to the democratic Islamic Republic of Iran, a stark example of Western hypocrisy is being displayed.
Saudi Arabia is one of a handful of Middle East anachronisms: a family-based monarchy that believes it sits at the right hand of God. The Saud clan that rules in Saudi is both insular and fanatic. It is devoted to the Wahhabi sect of Sunni Islam, the most strict and intolerant manifestation of the religion.
It should be noted that Saudi Arabia is the only country on Earth named after a family: the adjective "Saudi" indicates its belonging to the House of Saud.
Except for the religious details, there is really not much difference between the respective outlooks of a Wahhabi true believer, a hard-core Christian fundamentalist, and the Jewish extremists in Israel.
The Saudis are proselytizers who spend huge sums every year supporting fanatical preachers pushing their message in far-flung parts of the world. The Saudi army is equipped with more advanced American weapons than they know what to do with, portraying another indication of their fanaticism.
In 2011, the Saudi monarchy, backed-up with Western powers, came to support another Middle East anachronism, the Al-Khalifa family monarchy in Bahrain. The Al-Khalifa were in trouble because for decades they had been systematically oppressing the majority of their people until, in the atmosphere of the Islamic Awakening, the Bahraini opposition decided to stand up and demand a bit of democracy for their homeland.
When the Bahraini security forced, mostly imported from Pakistan, could not handle the evolving situation, the Al-Khalifa called in US-armed Saudi troops to put an end to any hopes of a better, more democratic Bahrain. Even though the Saudi incursion violated the U.S. Arms Export Control Act, there was no protest from Washington.
In the meantime, the Saudi regime has also been busy funneling money and weapons to the terrorist groups in places like Iraq and Syria.
There have been repeated protests about this sort of Saudi behavior. The Russians have complained about it in relation to Syria, and the Iraqi government has directly accused the Saudis of sponsoring terrorism in their country. Has this given any pause to the zealots in Riyadh? No, it has not, because, like the Zionists, they claim that they have God on their side and, ultimately know, Washington D.C. as well.
Lack of U.S. Response
As far as Washington is concerned, the oil that comes out of Saudi to the US and its allies is more important than the human right issue and the ideology of democracy.
Thus, despite some complaining, the US acquiesces to the behavior of the Saudi fanatics, just as it does with the Zionists.
This means that Washington can sanction the Russians for protecting their security interests and the Russian-speaking population in the Crimea. They can sanction the Iranians for developing righteous nuclear energy. And, they can acquiesce to the utter destitution of 1.76 million Gazans. But you will hear no talk of sanctions due to Saudi dictatorship or its sponsorship of terrorism.
At present the Saudis and Zionists are acting in unison on a range of issues such as support for Bahrain's dictatorship. This makes them close bedfellows. What can they possibly have in common?
Well, besides adhering to arrogant and aggressive notions of manifest destiny, they both fear democracy in the Middle East. And, believe it or not, we can make the duo into a trio by adding the US and the Western governments in whole. Why should these governments fear democracy? It’s really very simple.
What often happens when there are free and fair elections in that region of the world?
One gets leaders and governments that are (1) almost by definition wary of monarchies and other forms of dictatorship, (2) anti-American, because Washington is an historic supporter of West Asia dictators, (3) pro-Muslim, but not receptive to the strict Wahhabi or Takfiri style, and (4 ) more active in their support for the Palestinian people.
Well, Iran would be a good example for the answer.
Iran finds huge attendance in presidential elections, where almost 85 % of Iranians participated in their presidential election in 2009. In contrast Saudi Arabia has never witnessed any kind of elections since its foundation.
As a matter of fact some people who are unaware of the ruling system in Saudi were asking, why was King Salman chosen to rule the country since he is 79 years old with Alzheimer? The answer simply was, it was his turn.
Saudi Arabia is known for its dozens of executions every year, the practice of granting male family members power over whether women can travel, become educated, the effective ban on women driving, the jailing of human rights activists, and the use of pliable statutes against "sowing discord" and "inciting public opinion against the state" to silence internal critics.
So if we want to simply categorize the types extreme ruling systems in the area, we have the fanatics: the military style in Egypt, the extreme Takfiri religious style in the monarchy of Saudi, and an aggressive mixture of the two in Israeli Regime.
On the other side, we have the democratic Islamic Iran,
What about the West? Well, their style is to arm fanatics and dictators and then preach democracy. The game is known as, hypocrisy. The disconnection between the Western governments' rhetoric of steadfast support for human rights and its tendency to turn a blind eye to misbehavior by friends and allies such as Saudi Arabia, and harshly sanction the democratic Iran, hardly needs to be pointed out.
