Dear MEL Topic Readers,
U.S. and Saudi
Arabia, trapped in a bad marriage
These two
countries share almost nothing to share. Not only the basic human and historic backgrounds
such as race, religion, language, history and cultures, but also social system and
practices such as governance, politics, human rights, judicial system and
military.
To make this
bilateral relations chiller, they are now competing in the oil market. Are
these two states still, if ever, called allies?
Saudi still
plays important roles to keep the stability in the Arabian Peninsula and help
show US’s military supremacy in the region, even though no high ranking
officials or royal family members, not to mention the king or crown prince, welcomed
the president of the United States of America in the airport.
Will their
relationship change in the foreseeable future?
Enjoy reading
and learning what Saudi means to the U.S.
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