Saudi King Has to Pardon Rape Victim to Keep Her Out of Jail; and These Are Our Allies

Word of a pardon for a rape victim--convicted of "being alone with a man" not her relative--may disappoint those locally who believe that any woman walking around our own city neighborhoods at night deserves to be raped.

Now why are we supporting the Saudis in the Middle East again? Was it become of their progressive, democratic society?