The ongoing atrocities by Saudi Arabia and its "coalition partners" in Yemen reflect powerfully -- and horribly -- on both the U.S. and U.K. That's true not only because those two countries in general are among the closest allies of the Saudi regime, but also because they are specifically lavishing Saudi despots with the very arms and intelligence being used to kill large numbers of Yemeni civilians.
The American and British governments have long been overflowing with loyalists to the Saudi regime (recall how President Obama literally terminated a state visit to India [where he ironically spent his time "lecturing India on religious tolerance and women's rights"] in order to fly to Riyadh to pay homage to the Saudi King upon his death, along with top officials from both parties).One of those many Saudi regime loyalists, conservative British MP Daniel Kawczynski, appeared on BBC's Newsnight program on Friday night and was mercilessly grilled by host James O'Brien about support for the Saudi war in Yemen by both the British government and the country's private-sector weapons manufacturers.
The BBC deserves all sorts of criticisms, but this interview was a master class in how journalists should interview politicians and others who wield power. The whole interview (video below) is well worth watching, as O'Brien repeatedly demands that Kawczynski address the war crimes being committed by the Saudi regime he supports. But I want to focus on one point in particular.
After noting that the BBC has reported on Houthi violence, O'Brien explains this crucial point about his focus on Saudi crimes:
4
4
4
