19 Mar 2024


Press TV - Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has become a liability to the United States but Washington is not in a position to take action against him, an American analyst says.

Keith Preston, director of the Attackthesystem.org, said Washington was feeling embarrassed by bin Salmans actions but couldnt do anything about it.

The American government is currently in a very difficult situation because the Saudi Arabian government is a staunch ally of the United States and it is obvious that the Trump administration wants to maintain that relationship, Preston told Press TV.

US President Donald Trump has so far resisted growing calls from both sides of the isle in Congress for a strong response to the Saudi regimes murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggis murder, arguing that doing so would endanger deep financial and political ties between the two sides and push Riyadh towards Russia.

Trumps reluctance to go after Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, despite growing evidence pointing to his role, became clearer after he undermined a CIA assessment that the prince was indeed aware of the murder.

The biggest reason is the risk that losing Saudi Arabias services would pose to Israel, Trump has admitted.

Israel would be in big trouble without Saudi Arabia, Trump said after a Thanksgiving Day telephone call with military personnel from his Mar-a-Lago resort home in Florida.

If you look at Israel, Israel would be in big trouble without Saudi Arabia, he added. So what does that mean, Israel is going to leave? You want Israel to leave? We have a very strong ally in Saudi Arabia.

Preston said the Tel Aviv regime was in fact part of a triangular relationship between Washington and Riyadh.

The media factor

The American media viewed Khashoggis murder as an attack by Riyadh against their interests and that is why two months later, the topic keeps getting major coverage, Preston argued.

The media companies are also some of the most powerful interests in the United States, he said, adding the media have grown into an important part of the American elite.

Preston said the medias retaliatory attacks against Saudi Arabia have paved the way for a wider coverage of the Saudi-led war on Yemen for the first time.

Concluding his remarks, Preston said the princes policies had even overshadowed the ongoing Group 20 summit in Argentina.

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