{"id":180282,"date":"2021-02-27T15:34:21","date_gmt":"2021-02-27T20:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=180282"},"modified":"2021-02-28T10:34:29","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T15:34:29","slug":"biden-fearing-saudi-arabia-wont-penalize-mbs-after-he-promised-during-election-that-he-would-hold-saudi-leaders-accountable-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-fearing-saudi-arabia-wont-penalize-mbs-after-he-promised-during-election-that-he-would-hold-saudi-leaders-accountable-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden, \u2018Fearing\u2019 Saudi Arabia, \u2018Won\u2019t Penalize\u2019 MBS After He Promised During Election That He Would Hold Saudi Leaders Accountable: Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-fearing-saudi-arabia-wont-penalize-mbs-after-he-promised-during-election-that-he-would-hold-saudi-leaders-accountable-reports%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=180282&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Biden-23-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Democrat President Joe Biden appears to be going back on a promise that he made during his presidential campaign following the release of a declassified report that alleges that Saudi Arabia\u2019s Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman (MBS) \u201capproved\u201d an operation that resulted in the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times reported late on Friday that Biden would not punish MBS because he was \u201cfearing\u201d what the consequences would be if he did so.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiden has decided that the price of directly penalizing Saudi Arabia\u2019s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, is too high, according to senior administration officials,\u201d The Times <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/vz0WL#selection-567.4-567.347\">reported<\/a>. \u201cBiden\u2019s aides said that as a practical matter, Prince Mohammed would not be invited to the United States anytime soon, and they denied that they were giving Saudi Arabia a pass, describing series of new actions on lower-level officials intended to penalize elite elements of the Saudi military and impose new deterrents to human rights abuses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During a Democrat primary debate in November 2019, Biden was asked by MSNBC\u2019s Andrea Mitchell if he would hold those responsible for Khashoggi\u2019s death responsible for what happened.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the exchange [<strong>emphasis added<\/strong>]:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>MITCHELL: Mr. Vice President, the CIA has concluded that the leader of Saudi Arabia directed the murder of U.S.-based journalist, Jamal Khashoggi. The state department also says the Saudi government is responsible for executing nonviolent offenders and for torture. President Trump has not punished senior Saudi leaders. Would you?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>BIDEN: <strong>Yes. And I said it at the time, Khashoggi was in fact murdered and dismembered, and I believe in the order of the Crown Prince.<\/strong> And I would make it very clear we were not going to in fact sell more weapons to them, we were going to in fact make them pay the price and make them in fact the pariah that they are. There\u2019s very little social redeeming value in the present government in Saudi Arabia. And I would also, as pointed out, I would end subsidies that we have, end the sale of material to the Saudis \u2014 where they\u2019re going in and murdering children and they\u2019re murdering innocent people, and so they have to be held accountable.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Vice President Joe Biden: I Would Punish Saudi Leaders For Jamal Khashoggi\u2019s Death | MSNBC\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xj69hcP85W4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>The intelligence <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dni.gov\/files\/ODNI\/documents\/assessments\/Assessment-Saudi-Gov-Role-in-JK-Death-20210226v2.pdf\">report<\/a> released by U.S. officials yesterday said that their assessment was based on MBS\u2019s \u201ccontrol of decision-making in the Kingdom, the direct involvement of a key adviser and members of Muhammed bin Salman\u2019s protective detail in the operation, and the Crown Prince\u2019s support for using violent measures to silence dissidents abroad, including Khashoggi.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Left-wing media personalities called out Biden, with New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/02\/26\/opinion\/sunday\/saudi-arabia-biden-khashoggi.html\">writing<\/a> that Biden \u201cappears ready to let the murderer walk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, hi, I see all you folks willing to look away from the brutal slaughter of a US resident and Washington Post columnist because you like this president and thus it doesn\u2019t bother you that Biden isn\u2019t punishing the Saudi Royal Prince responsible,\u201d CNN\u2019s Jake Tapper said. \u201cYou\u2019re wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yes, hi, I see all you folks willing to look away from the brutal slaughter of a US resident and Washington Post columnist because you like this president and thus it doesn\u2019t bother you that Biden isn\u2019t punishing the Saudi Royal Prince responsible. You\u2019re wrong.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jaketapper\/status\/1365466605430464513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden also reportedly ignored questions from reporters on Saturday morning about whether he would punish MBS.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">President Biden didn&#8217;t answer my question (or any others) this morning when speaking on the American Rescue Plan Act<\/p>\n<p>I asked if he will punish the Saudi crown prince for ordering the Khashoggi operation, per US report released yesterday <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Lx1V25xWpv\">pic.twitter.com\/Lx1V25xWpv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steven Nelson (@stevennelson10) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stevennelson10\/status\/1365698858769129476?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrat President Joe Biden appears to be going back on a promise that he made during his presidential campaign following the release of a declassified report that alleges that Saudi &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274372,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Biden-23-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden, \u2018Fearing\u2019 Saudi Arabia, \u2018Won\u2019t Penalize\u2019 MBS After He Promised During Election That He Would Hold Saudi Leaders Accountable: Reports","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Biden-23-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden, \u2018Fearing\u2019 Saudi Arabia, \u2018Won\u2019t Penalize\u2019 MBS After He Promised During Election That He Would Hold Saudi Leaders Accountable: Reports","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}