(Commentary) Victor Davis Hanson - The House of Saud resembles an Ottoman sultanate staffed by some 7,000 privileged royal cousins. The more favored are ensconced in plush multi-million dollar palaces and maintain luxury estates abroad. When the UN Committee Against Torture asked the Saudis to curtail flogging and amputations, they answered that such punishments have been an integral part of Islamic law "for 1,400 years" and simply "cannot be changed."
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