prevents women from leaving the their home country without being accompanied by a male mataram or guardian it is a country which bans the walking of pet cats and dogs in public there is gender apartheid it bans women from driving and i think a lot more can be done to increase american concern and pressure for improvements in saudi human rights well hot on the heels of this american support for the saudi regime is a flashpoint in the latest edition of artie's cross-talk to grapple with that and whether rand soft power is driving its influence in the region. you know one house except reality in that in iran you have elections mr ahmadinejad for various reasons is because very popular just a couple of days ago when he went to the city store. and you know he stole the election that's why they were. there you were you would say that. he would. go around here and i'm from the day you go right ahead. ok you let the tides wash over for a second look at each truth that most of the arab world is totalitarian saudi arabia jordan egypt because we the west support them we want them to be totalitarian w