I always feel a great deal of sympathy for the people that are being ruled by authoritarian regimes.
What can we do about this? Do we pass a law, do we stop buying Saudi oil?
I always go to Louis Brandeis, who probably about a century ago said that the solution for mis and disinformation is not censorship, but mor...
Part of the problem is, what could they really do about it.
The solution here is more speech, not censorship, not enforced silence.
It seems like our Federal Government is probably doing more covering up for the Saudis than the Saudis are doing for themselves.
I think the overall solution here is a free press that holds everybody accountable.
I find the Saudi Arabian human rights abuses abhorrent, as I think we all do.
If people are not willing to invest in your country, you are doing something wrong with your economy.
Our government is not being honest. They are not being transparent.