{"id":2781,"date":"2016-06-09T01:47:29","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T01:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/2781-68-of-americans-think-us-should-stop-supporting-saudi-arabia\/"},"modified":"2016-06-09T01:47:29","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T01:47:29","slug":"68-of-americans-think-us-should-stop-supporting-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/2781-68-of-americans-think-us-should-stop-supporting-saudi-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"68% of Americans think US should stop supporting Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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\u2019t finance terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019t finance terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Poll participants voiced their opinion about the future of US policies towards the Saudis.<\/p>\n<p>As many as 68 percent said a strict \u2018no\u2019 to full or partial US support of Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>Twelve percent said the Saudis should still be a US ally, while 20 percent said they \u201cdidn\u2019t know\u201d what policy to back.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, former Pentagon official Michael Maloof told RT there is a reason for ongoing US support of Saudi Arabia, and it is the \u2018moderate rebel forces\u2019 in Syria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWashington is bowing to Saudi Arabia, because these groups are members of the opposition that the Saudis put up to represent the opposition in Geneva,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>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. 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