US institute criticizes Washington for not punishing bin Salman for the killing of Khashoggi and the war in Yemen

The Quincy Institute has strongly criticized Washington for not punishing the administration of US President Joe Biden and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, three years after the incident and the numerous other crimes committed by Saudi forces and their agents in Yemen.
Three years after Saudi government agents killed Khashoggi at their consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, by order of bin Salman, the United States has not held the Saudi leadership accountable for this crime and the many other crimes committed by its forces and proxies in Yemen, the institute said.
“We were reminded of this when Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, traveled to Saudi Arabia on Monday where he met bin Salman in Neom,” the institute added.
The institute highlighted that while Biden is not as enthusiastic about the Saudi relationship as his predecessor Donald Trump was, the promised “recalibration” of the relationship was minor and the changes were mostly cosmetic.
According to the institute, the Saudi leadership assumes that it can act with impunity because Washington refuses to punish them no matter what they do.