Why the US is ignoring four Saudi princesses being starved to death...

It’s a story straight out of a fairy tale. Four beautiful Princesses are being starved to death in a Royal Palace by their tyrannical father for the crime of advocating equal rights and better conditions for their people. The reason the United States and other Western nations will not force a “happily ever after” ending to this story rests on the fact the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is one of the strongest US allies in the region, despite the deplorable living conditions of its subjects. If the same situation was occurring in Syria to President Assad’s daughters, it is an almost certainty that the media would be covering the story in a way that advocated intervention. US Special Forces would be serving as the knights in subdued body armor. They would valiantly storm the Palace, slay the dragon, rescue the imprisoned princesses, place them on the throne, and justice would be restored in the Kingdom. This is not the narrative anyone should expect to hear from the US media about this situation. Western media will continue to ignore the plight of the princesses simply because to raise the issue of their imprisonment, raises the subject of why they were imprisoned to begin with. It certainly wouldn’t do well for the administration’s media lackeys to point out that the United States is propping up a regime that denies equal rights to women, and that the mere advocating of better conditions is punishable by imprisonment and starvation. That storyline just doesn’t fit well with the image of the land of the free that the media is intent on selling the American people. The story began 13 years ago when the Princesses reportedly advocated better living conditions for the people of the country and equal rights for women. Princesses Sahar, Maha, Hala and Jawaher Al Saud have been held captive ever since. Sometime within the last two months, King Abdullah and his sons reportedly cut off food and medicine deliveries to the women. For their part, the Princesses are maintaining their dignity and resistance to King Abdullah. In a recent video plea that has been taken as a call for an uprising, Princess Sahar states that victory is within their grasp. The video, uploaded from confinement in the Royal compound in Jeddah has made waves throughout the Middle East. It brought support from a Saudi Prince, currently living in Tehran, who defected from Saudi Arabia in 2013. He saluted the Princesses for their support of “the oppressed people of the city of Qatif.” Full story...

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