Elections..
There is to be a general election in Saudi Arabia in the near future. Nothing surprising there you might think, one of the dominant states in the middle east holding an election. I mean we have just had the mother of all elections in Iraq where anyone who was old enough to vote was eligible to vote to as to produce an elected government that could take Iraq forward to the next level of democracy. So why should elections in Saudi Arabia be any different? well only around a quarter of the population are eligible to vote, men. Women do not have the vote in Saudi elections. Will America call into question the ethics of such an election? will there be outcry from the President at this in that shouldn't everyone have the right to vote, will these elections be considered free and democratic, of course they will, this is Saudi Arabia we are talking about, not that I have anything against Saudi Arabia not at all, but standards Mr President are standards and what you consider should be imposed in one country surely you should make sure are followed through in others, oh whoops I forgot, oil. The fact that Saudi Arabia has Trillions of dollars invested in US companies, and UK companies for that matter just so that I cannot be labelled with being biased, the fact that it holds some of the largest oil fields in the world, the fact that Mr Bush senior and a lot of business associates of the US administration have business relationships with Saudi Companies has nothing to do with the silence that will come from Washington, oh no whats good enough for one needn't necessarily good for the other, especially when they are our friends.
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