The problem is that the Saudi “government” is essentially comprised of competing factions of slave owning inbred cousins.
So saying the Saudi government was involved isn’t as clear cut as it sounds for the purpose of adjudicating any “punishment”.
Now, if KSA wasn’t the lynchpin of America’s Middle Eastern security apparatus, and viewed as integral to the entire American imperial project, then the US Security State’s response would have likely been much different.
Not some evidence, clear and convincing evidence.
The problem is that the Saudi “government” is essentially comprised of competing factions of slave owning inbred cousins.
So saying the Saudi government was involved isn’t as clear cut as it sounds for the purpose of adjudicating any “punishment”.
Now, if KSA wasn’t the lynchpin of America’s Middle Eastern security apparatus, and viewed as integral to the entire American imperial project, then the US Security State’s response would have likely been much different.