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Saudi Arabia isn’t the only nation to get a free pass from the U.S. The crown prince, however, was not on the list of those being sanctioned. Biden took a tougher line, approving the release of the intelligence report that blamed Crown Prince Mohammed for Khashoggi’s murder and sanctioning 76 lower-level Saudi officials. and is a crucial partner in the American pressure campaign on Iran. Trump and other White House officials reminded critics that Saudi Arabia buys billions of dollars in weapons from the U.S. Beyond revoking the visas of some Saudi officials implicated in Khashoggi’s death, Trump did nothing to punish the kingdom for Khashoggi’s torture, assassination and dismemberment. The Trump administration was reluctant to confront Saudi Arabia over the killing of Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist who lived in Virginia. president to shy away from taking a harsh stance on the Saudis.
A panoply of dictatorsīiden is not the only U.S. has to “engage directly with countries that can impact those outcomes.” And that means playing nice with the Saudis. As Biden noted in his op-ed, to counter “Russia’s aggression” and put America in a position to “outcompete China,” the U.S. Recent global developments - the war in Ukraine, fluctuating oil prices and ongoing inflation - underscore that reality. Like his predecessors, Biden is grappling with the geopolitical reality that Saudi Arabia is needed to achieve certain U.S. The Khashoggi affair highlights a persistent oddity in American foreign policy, one I observed in many years while working at the State Department and Department of Defense: selective morality in dealing with repressive regimes. The visit represents a reversal of rhetoric and policy for Biden, especially as the agenda includes a meeting with the crown prince accused of approving Khashoggi’s killing. partner of convenience - into a global “ pariah.” Back then, he said his administration would turn this repressive kingdom - a longtime U.S. But the tone was certainly softer than the criticism of Saudi Arabia that Biden leveled while on the 2020 presidential campaign trail.
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