Good that we have sanctions against a country that invades a neighbor (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabian%E2%80%93led_inte...), kills journalists and imprisons people for social media posts.
besides europe won't even enforce many restrictions on iran. no way would they get on board with saudi arabia (esp since it would likely mean open more broadly).
Absolutely, much of that shitshow in middle east is directly or indirectly thru the actions of US government
No it will not. It'll be a shit show. Does not mean you have the right to mess with them. Mind your own business. You have your own country to run.
> You're racist
stfu man, i can't even argue with you if you won't operate with a bare minimum of good faith.
In Iran specifically, Allies caused 2 great famines in Iran(1917-1919, 1942-1943); Reza Shah was deposed in 1941 by the allies; democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh was overthrown in 1953 by CIA/MI6; Germany built Iraq's chemical weapon program and to prevent an Iranian victory, the United States supported the Iraqi army in their use of chemical weapons.
How can operate I with a bare minimum of good faith with someone who denies oppression and injustice? You're just being called out.
The realpolitik answer is that Russia is (just barely) amenable to international control via sanctions. Saudi is not, owing to it's irreplaceable control over critical resources. And that sucks, and we should do something about it. But we can't do it now, sorry.
I'm not sure I understand the distinction. Russia is a larger producer of oil, and a substantially larger producer of energy products overall.
The problem is that (a) they have unlimited bribery funds, secure in Western banks and (b) the US has chosen to back them in their sectarian war against Iran and Iranian proxy forces in Yemen. The US can't even begin to exert pressure on Saudi until it stops arming them! At the very least pull the Patriot batteries and let Iran strike them. https://thehill.com/policy/defense/599065-us-transfers-patri...
Where did you see any mention of dropping sanctions on Russia? The post seem to advocate sanctions on Saudis. The US has oil. And yes Saudis are sensitive to sanctions. Not sanctioning Saudis just shows true colors to the rest of the world. See one day you are telling that some XYZ country is bad, bad, bad and the next day whatever bad they do is suddenly ok since it plays to your minute interests. I think that the reaction of any normal person would be something like fuck yourself and go preach your moral values to some other gullible idiots.
I do understand the danger though. There are currently whole bunch of not so unimportant countries like China, Russia, India etc. They lately seem to show various degrees of go fuck yourself attitude when it comes to sharing the agenda. of the West. Having Saudis join the block will not do the West any good.
No idea how to get out of this situation. However not selling them weapons should be a must.