Ali Ahmed, a Saudi scholar who runs the Washington-based Institute for Gulf Affairs, has been studying Saudi textbooks since before the 9/11 attacks. Ahmed said that in meetings with State Department officials over the years, he has found a consistent reluctance to put pressure on the Saudi royal family about the problem. I wrote papers and offered advice. I provided them with the textbooks showing evidence that the Saudis have not done anything, he said, adding that several officials warned him his campaign could damage U.S.-Saudi relations. The U.S. confronts China and Russia about human rights, but I dont know why they cant tell the Saudis to clean up their act on this issue, he said. The U.S. is not a small country like Panama with no tools to force change. So either they are not serious or their policy is a failure here. If the U.S. wanted to bring some pressure, they can. They have not tried.
Posted on: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 13:52:57 +0000
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