68% of Americans think US should stop supporting Saudi Arabia
The latest poll by the Sputnik media outlet has revealed that the majority of Americans 68% believe the US should stop supporting Saudi Arabia until its authorities can prove they don’t finance terrorism.
The latest poll by the Sputnik media outlet has revealed that the majority of Americans 68% believe the US should stop supporting Saudi Arabia until its authorities can prove they don’t finance terrorism.
The survey showed respondents a leaked memo from Hillary Clinton stating that Saudi donors were also the source of funding for Sunni terrorist cells all over the world.
Poll participants voiced their opinion about the future of US policies towards the Saudis.
As many as 68 percent said a strict ‘no’ to full or partial US support of Saudi Arabia.
Twelve percent said the Saudis should still be a US ally, while 20 percent said they “didn’t know” what policy to back.
On Monday, former Pentagon official Michael Maloof told RT there is a reason for ongoing US support of Saudi Arabia, and it is the ‘moderate rebel forces’ in Syria.
“Washington is bowing to Saudi Arabia, because these groups are members of the opposition that the Saudis put up to represent the opposition in Geneva,” he said.
US support continues despite widely known Saudi human rights violations in all spheres of life: only a few days ago, activists voiced concern over the fate of a teenager put behind bars for participating in anti-government demonstrations. The boy has been held in prison since 2014, with no charges leveled against him.
