now by william wexler, he's a senior director of the middle east programs at the american think tank. the atlantic council, mr. rector, it's good to have you with us tonight. do you agree with what we just heard of that report that you as president joe biden had no choice that he had to go to saudi arabia, that he had to greet the saudi crown prince. there was really no choice, i present about his making the right decision here at the united states and saudi arabia have too many interests and comma to, to allow their relationship to be strained for ever. the only question was when and in what context would a reset of the relationship of happens when we see now is president by then taking the step to reset the relationship a step that probably wouldn't have happened if not for the russian invasion of ukraine. the resulting sanctions and the, the amount of russian oil taken off the market. human rights groups are, are quick to say that there is really no difference between russian president vladimir putin and the saudi crown prince. of both of these men seemed to be accountable to no on

earlier i spoke to william wexler, he is a senior director of the middle east programs at the atlantic council. i asked him if he agreed that joe biden had no choice but to hold torps with the sold the crown prince. there was really no choice, huh. person about is making the right decision here at the united states and saudi arabia have too many interests and comma to, to allow their relationship to be strained forever. the only question was, when and in what context would a reset of the relationship of happens. what we see now is president biden taking the step to reset the relationship a step that probably wouldn't have happened if not for the russian invasion of ukraine, the resulting sanctions and the, the amount of russian oil taken off the markets. human rights groups are, are quick to say that there is really no difference between russian president vladimir putin and the saudi crown prince. a, both of these men seem to be accountable to no one. democracies are not working in their countries and they're both responsible for waging war against innocent civilians. so why is the u.

brent: earlier, i spoke to william wexler, a senior director of the middle east programs at the atlanticouncil. i asked him if he agreed that joe biden had no choice but to hold talks with the saudi crown prince. >> there was really no choice. president biden is making the right decision here. the u.s. and saudi arabia have too many interests in common to allow their relationship to be strange forever. the only question was, when, and in what context would a reset of the relationship happen? what we have seen no is president biden -- now is president biden taking steps to reset the relationship. that probably would not have happened if not for the russian invasion of ukraine, the resulting sanctions, and the amount of russian oil taken off the markets. brent: human rights groups are quick to say that there's really no difference between russian president putin and the saudi crown prince. both of these men seem to be accountable to no one. democracies are not working in their countries. and they are both responsible for waging wars against innocent civilians. why is the u.s. choosing to h