who better to ask than barham salih, the president of iraq.ent salih, lovely to have you again. >> thank you for having me, fareed. >> president biden going to saudi arabia, almost shaking hands with mbs, fist bumping. was it the right thing to do to mend fences? >> obviously saudi arabia is a very important country in the middle east, and the united states is also a major global power, and this relationship needed to be brought to a better standing, and i'm sure this is an opportunity to speak to the issues. >> you know -- you're very well schooled in the ways of the west, the values of the west. a lot of people feel that, you know, mbs, because of the murder of khashoggi and things like that, that biden shouldn't have done this, that, you know, it was compromising american human rights. what do you say to those people? >> look. at the end of the day, nations act upon their issues. i think human rights remain a very important aspect to any nation. at the end of the day, there's a much, much bigger story that is out there, and saudi arabia is