Western governments cannot have it both ways

by confuzzled dude Mon Jun 05, 2017 7:46 pm

The US, British and French governments can no longer credibly claim to be serious about fighting terrorism or religious extremism while cozying up to what is a medieval kleptocracy in Riyadh.

Just days prior to this terrorist attack in London it was reported that a UK government inquiry into the role of Saudi money in funding terrorism is likely to be shelved, due to the sensitive nature of its findings. The report was originally commissioned at the behest of the Liberal Democrats, while in coalition government with the Tories back in 2015. It was sanctioned by then Prime Minister David Cameron in return for Lib Dem parliamentary support for British airstrikes in Syria. Given that the British government just signed £3.5 billion (US$4.51 billion) worth of arms export licenses to Saudi Arabia, the suppression of the report's findings is nothing short of a scandal.

Western governments cannot have it both ways; they cannot expect to defeat terrorism and protect their citizens while continuing to refuse to grasp the issue by its roots. The world is dealing with a malignant ideology, one that whether associated with Daesh, Nusra, or Saudi Arabia is the same. That this ideology has grown in traction in recent years is now self-evident, thus begging the question: what are we going to do about it?

https://sputniknews.com/analysis/201706041054301107-london-terror-attack-saudi-arabia-wahhabism/

by Hellsangel Mon Jun 05, 2017 8:06 pm

Sputnik News, Comrade?

by Hellsangel Mon Jun 05, 2017 8:11 pm

Also on Sputnik News.

https://sputniknews.com/columnists/201705111053513634-american-paranoia-deserves-russian-mockery/

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