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That seems to be the reason for the USA backing the authoritarian rule there (as well as in other Arab countries).
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Thanks it was honestly kinda a rhetorical question since I figured the alliance seemed to be strategic. It’s the old idealist in me but I hate seeing us allied with governments like this one and then decrying other governments. It makes us out to be hypocrites.