The recent attack on the oil fields of Aramco, the largest oil company in Saudi Arabia, has left the United States unable to sit still. The outside world not only thinks that the United States will further protect the local power in the future, but also may help Saudi Arabia fight back.
However, uncle Mu believes that the United States will not go to war, but it still needs to be managed anyway.
Do some friends think why the United States should pay so much attention to Saudi Arabia? Even some human rights issues in Saudi Arabia are not criticized?
In fact, the United States and Saudi Arabia are normal friends, and there is no special conspiracy theory in them. The United States supports and opposes Saudi Arabia.
Not only trump, but also George W. Bush, who was kind to Saudi Arabia, was also good friends with Saudi Arabia in those years, so he should be criticized.
The American character is not implicit at all. When friends have problems, they like to put them on the table. The American criticism of Saudi Arabia's human rights is the reason for westerners' character.
In addition, the United States regards itself as a defender of human rights. If it thinks it is better than anyone else, it will criticize everyone, and friends are no exception. Of course, I have to criticize Saudi Arabia, and I always criticize Saudi Arabia, which is very harsh.
Just as the United States and Europe are allies, but their differences are also obvious. Trump's open "war of words" with macron and Merkel is an example.
Our media also reported that the United States criticized Saudi Arabia:
The United States publishes a global human rights report every year. The criticism of Saudi Arabia has been quite severe for many years.
This is especially true of the report issued during the administration of George W. Bush in 2005.
Many people may think that George W. Bush is a Republican and should be more friendly to Saudi Arabia!
It is OK to be friendly, but if a friend does something wrong, the United States will attack him with an objective attitude and will not help his friends protect their weaknesses. This is also a feature of the United States.
Compared with previous years, the U.S. human rights report in 2005 has significantly upgraded its criticism of Saudi Arabia.
When reviewing relevant materials, uncle Mu found that in the part involving Saudi Arabia, the American report believed that "Saudi Arabia's record of abuse and human rights violations still far exceeds the progress made".
This is actually quite a severe attack. He also gave many examples. Uncle Mu will not list them one by one.
Of course, the United States will attack and criticize Saudi Arabia in its annual human rights report, and call on Saudi Arabia to more respect and protect human rights.
For example, the 2017 U.S. human rights report not only criticized Saudi Arabia for arbitrarily arresting suspects and even a large number of royal family members, but also criticized Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen, saying that Saudi Arabia violated the human rights of Yemeni civilians.
Even trump himself directly said that Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and other countries support terrorist organizations. This situation must change.
Not only for Saudi Arabia, but also for Israel and the United States. In 2014, the Gaza conflict resulted in the death of hundreds of Gazans. The US human rights report criticized Israel for using excessive force. Although Israel was dissatisfied, the Americans scolded and scolded, and the report was still issued when it was due.
Both Saudi Arabia and Israel attacked human rights, not to mention Iran and other countries.
Therefore, the views of the so-called human rights defender of the United States should be comprehensive and not generalize.
In addition, the United States has also encouraged the development of human rights construction in Saudi Arabia through contact and stimulation.
We all know that after the Saudi prince Salman came to power, he reformed many bad policies and gave women the right to drive. This is the result of the United States' promotion behind it. Otherwise, in the view of the older generation of Saudis, these measures need to be taken later.
The reason why the United States strongly supports the post-80s crown prince Salman is to ask him to make achievements in improving human rights as soon as possible, which is also good for the U.S. government.
Because the U.S. Congress pays much attention to Saudi Arabia's human rights, and the criticism is even louder.
If Saudi Arabia improves human rights, Congress will reduce its criticism of the US government's contact with the Saudi government.
However, Salman, on the one hand, improved women's human rights, but on the other hand, strengthened the crackdown on dissidents. For example, last year, the Saudi journalists were dismembered at the Saudi consulate in Turkey, which greatly reduced the image of Saudi Arabia.
Of course, the US government also criticizes Saudi Arabia, but as far as the human rights image of Saudi Arabia is damaged, it is obvious that the latter is more destructive.