Saudi Arabia acting as West’s Mideast bully boy: Analyst
Press TV has interviewed Marcus Papadopoulos, a publisher and editor of the Politics First, and Hamza al-Kamali, a Yemeni activist and former politician, to discuss the ongoing UN-brokered ceasefire in Yemen, which Saudi Arabia has breached several times since its introduction on April 10.
Papadopoulos says unconditional support from staunch Western allies such as the US, Britain and France allows Saudi Arabia to get away with its brutal military aggression against its southern neighbor.
“It (Saudi Arabia) has in effect invaded an independent, sovereign country and has committed terrible war crimes, according to the United Nations secretary general,” the analyst says.
He further describes Riyadh as a “bully boy” for the West and Washington in particular, which has received a blank check to do what it takes to preserve US and Western interests in the Middle East.
Papadopoulos says the ceasefire is not likely to hold as the “occupying” Saudi forces are not pulling back to their own country.
He then enumerates instances of Saudi Arabia’s human rights violations against its own citizens to conclude that Riyadh is trying to survive as a “barbaric dictatorship.”
Kamali, for his part, says Saudi Arabia is only one of the 10 countries conducting air raids and ground offensives against Yemen. He also claims the Saudi-led military aggression against Yemen has “legal” grounds.
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