This past week, Al Jazeera presenter Mehdi Hasan sat down with Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the UN. He asked him a very pointed question regarding why he supports democracy in Syria but not in Saudi Arabia.
It’s a great question, and let’s just say the answer was not at all convincing.
Too much media these days merely serves as public relations for the status quo. What Mr. Hasan does in this interview is exactly what journalists are supposed to be doing, but very rarely do in these United States:
Speak truth to power
Al Jazeera: “Why Support Democracy in Syria but Not Saudi Arabia?”
Saudi ambassador: “Because they must do as we say, not as we do. You silly little man.”
Shiite and Sunni. Another far off civil, and religious, war spreading across many lands we have no business in.
Answer: Yemen has untapped oil and Saudi is trying to crush
the people so the Saudis can come in and take it.