The United States is an accomplice to Saudi Arabia’s crimes around the world and will never punish the kingdom over its international violations, an American academic says, rejecting President Donald Trump’s pledges to hold Riyadh accountable for the mysterious disappearance of anti-Riyadh journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Khashoggi went missing after entering the Saudi consulate in the Turkish city of Istanbul on October. Various intelligence sources in the US and Turkey say he was tortured and murdered at the complex under direct order from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Trump has pledged to “punish” Saudis if it turns out that they killed Khashoggi. However, he has also made it clear that he won’t move away from the strategic Middle East ally and risk billions of dollars in weapons deals with Riyadh.
Speaking to Press TV on Wednesday, Dr. Dennis Etler, a scholar and political analyst in California, said Trump would let MBS get…