There are two stages of government in Saudi Arabia and each piss in the pot of the other. First there is the royal family that control international relations, sell the oil and keep the people's money for themselves. They are some of the richest people on earth. Secondly there is the religious leaders who control the population using Sharia Law to trample any hint of human rights under their feet. They rule very much as the Taliban did in Afghanistan. The royals agree to let the mullahs subjugate the people and the mullahs allow the royals to confiscate the national wealth.
The USA buys a lot of oil there and the big oil companies are entrenched in that system of corruption.
What I find strange is that the 911 terrorists were Saudis but the USA bombs the hell out of Iraq in retalliation.
Canada as well is at war in Afghanistan, and we say that we want to restore human rights and dignity to the population. We as a government also ignore the similar violations in Saudi Arabia. At this time there are two Canadian youths in Saudi jails waiting beheading, for defending themselves. The Canadian government doesn't have the balls to demand their immidiate release!