{"product_id":"the-ties-that-blind-how-the-us-saudi-alliance-damages-liberty-and-security-9781948647397","title":"The Ties That Blind: How the U.S.-Saudi Alliance Damages Liberty and Security","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has cast a deep shadow over Washington's relationship with Saudi Arabia. The ever-changing story about how Khashoggi died undermines the Saudi government's already weak credibility and is illustrative of its extensive record of humans-rights abuses and outright war crimes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWashington's solicitous, even enabling, posture toward Saudi Arabia cannot disguise the fact that the Kingdom has never been a reliable U.S. ally. Unfortunately, U.S. leaders are far too willing to make moral compromises when security threats are modest. Abandoning essential moral standards and values for the defense of lesser interests is never justified. Yet that is precisely what the U.S. has done with Saudi Arabia for decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe chapters contained in \u003cem\u003eThe Ties That Blind\u003c\/em\u003e were first published in \u003cem\u003ePerilous Partners\u003c\/em\u003e (2015). Combined with a new introduction, this book documents the many instances in which U.S. and Saudi interests diverged, and shows that the case for terminating the toxic U.S.-Saudi alliance--indefensible on both strategic and moral grounds--is more clear and urgent than ever before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cato Institute\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/14\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948647397\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 118\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.28d","brand":"Ted Galen Carpenter, Malou Innocent","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36672676757660,"sku":"9781948647397","price":11.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e617aa0b-d714-441d-b228-9172ea46c149.jpg?v=1603928149","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-ties-that-blind-how-the-us-saudi-alliance-damages-liberty-and-security-9781948647397","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}