Close friend Trump’s 'special treatment' to Saudi royals
Once upon a time, a tiger caught a mouse in the forest. The mouse began to shudder wondering when the tiger would eat it up for a small snack, much to its surprise, the tiger wanted to be friends with the mouse. The mouse couldn’t believe its fate. The tiger held the tiny mouse on his paw, and began speaking to him like a close friend. The mouse had no reason to disbelieve. After a while, the mouse began to strut its tiny body around, with the pride of being friends with the strongest animal in the surroundings. It also felt everyone would respect and fear him because he was close to the strongest animal in the area.
This is exactly how the rulers of Saudi Arabia are feeling after offering its unconditional friendship (and neck) to the USA. In a public meeting held on Wednesday, US President Donald Trump told the ruler of Saudi that his country was committed to protecting Saudi. “We are with you King Salman, if we don’t stand by you, your empire would not even survive beyond two weeks,” he has said. This kind created a picture that Saudi was a small tiny country which was owned and managed or colonialised by the US. Trump showed no respect to Saudi’s existence as independent country, its self-reliance and honesty. Had this been a private conversation, it would have had different undertones. But Trump showed immense callousness by declaring this in a public meeting. Saudi Kings who placed their self-respect at the feet of US, hoping to be protected by their ‘friend’ have been served a massive portion of humiliation.
Saudi Government has had to eat its share of humble pie for having prostrated before the rulers of Saudi, submitting their whole existence before them. King Salman or his most ‘progressive’ yet cruel son who boast of ‘finishing off’ Qatar or Yemen at the snap of a finger, have not given any response to Trump’s claims. Saudi government had given a rather haughty response calling it an ‘interference in their internal matters’ to Canada Foreign Affairs minister Chrystia Freeland’s tweet seeking the release of human rights activists and innocent citizens held in captive in Saudi, has hardly parted its lips to Trump’s claims. It had dismissed Canadian Ambassador in Saudi, and had withdrawn their Ambassador in Canada over this tweet. Flights between Canada and Saudi were cancelled and the government had instructed its students studying in Canadian colleges and universities had to choose some other country to continue their education. Even a small part of this massive bravado was not on display over Trump’s remarks.
Just last week, Trump had spoken at the United Nations Security Council meet and claimed that that they were protecting the OPEC nations for free and they were taking full advantage of that by selling oil at higher rates. He said this was inappropriate and they had to bring the rates down, along with paying for the security cover US and other nations were giving them. No self-respecting country would have been silent after this. Saudi has not told the US that it does not need it’s security cover anymore, and proceeded to make its own arrangements with all the wealth it possesses. This proves that Saudi and US do not share a bilateral relationship, rather a hierarchical one where US stands at a higher point. This may have hurt Saudi’s pride or embarrassed the nation, but the people of the nation are hardly surprised at this development. By now they know as clearly as Afghans, that friendship with the US is a web of lies and deceit.
They have seen the dual stand of America which boasts of world’s most secular and strongest democratic nation that destabilizes democracy world over. It has been inhuman in its approach to other nations. US has never cared to aid democracy in Arab nations, or advise governments to protect people’s basic human rights or their preferences. US has supported the inhuman feudal rulers of Arab nations who would quash anybody who speaks of space, freedom or democracy. America finishes any ruler of Saudi who does not prostrate before their mightiness. Who can forget the ends of authoritarian rulers like Saddam Hussein and Gaddafi? It is inducing internal anarchy into each Arab nation, ensuring that they crumble on their own weight.
Iraq and Libya have turned weak with time now. Qatar houses America’s biggest army base, has been facing sanctions and ban from Saudi, UAE and other ‘friends’ of the US. Saudi shares a peaceful relationship with Israel but is in war with neighbouring Yemen since ages now. Saudi royalty has been prostrating before America since many decades. Earlier they showed some embarrassment about this, but now that is gone and pride has taken its place. They are the court jesters of America now. Saudi has hardly considered any of America’s diktats and acted with seriousness. It never loses an opportunity to jail or turn the critics of America on its soil, invisible without trace. Saudi has been palming off a lot of logic and blaming Iran for all problems and soft-palming Israel on all given occasions.
Trump is the only tough challenge America is facing after Soviet Union collapsed. He is known for his loose, crass and irresponsible talk. He has been named in many sexual harassment issues. He is also facing charges of corruption, financial misappropriation and private espionage. Trump had spoken to Saudi kings in July, and had immediately tweeted that the country would produce 20 lakh barrel additional crude oil from the very next day. But Saudi apparently had given no such assurance. No nation would allow interference of another country in its production or turnovers. Saudi kept mum on this. A soft explanation came through. White House gave a clarification as well. And the matter ended till another complication began.
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UP man gets life term for electrocuting mentally challenged wife to death in Bareilly
Bareilly (UP) (PTI): A local court here has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for murdering his mentally challenged wife by repeatedly electrocuting her while she was tied to a cot, lawyers said on Thursday.
Additional district government counsel Harendra Singh Rathore said Additional Sessions Judge Avinash Kumar Singh on Wednesday convicted Vinod Kumar (45) for killing his wife, Satyavati, in Chaina village of Bareilly district and imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 on him.
According to the prosecution, he was allegedly frustrated with his wife Satyavati's mental illness and often assaulted her.
Rathore said the prosecution examined nine witnesses to establish the charges against him.
As per court records, on the night of May 1-2, 2022, when Satyavati was asleep, Vinod tied her hands and legs to a cot using ropes and then connected an aluminium cable to an electric board to repeatedly administer electric shocks to her.
"She writhed in pain, but the accused continued to electrocute her until she died," the prosecution said.
The court observed that the murder was carried out in an inhuman manner.
After committing the crime, the accused threw the rope and cable on the roof and left for work at a brick kiln around 2 am to create a false alibi.
He later tried to mislead the police and the victim's family by claiming that Satyavati, whose mental condition was unstable, had accidentally died by suicide after grabbing a live electric wire.
However, the victim's brother, Sanjeev, a resident of Shahjahanpur district, suspected foul play and lodged an FIR under sections 498A (husband subjecting wife to cruelty) and 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code at Nawabganj police station.
During the trial, the prosecution relied on the post-mortem report prepared by Dr Faraz Anwar, who stated that multiple electrocution marks found on different parts of the victim's body could not have been self-inflicted.
The police also recovered the rope and electric wire used in the crime on the accused's identification, officials said.
