The anti-MBS movement is still being promoted by the disaffected princes and Saudi Islamic fundamentalists who don't agree with his reforms.
MBS is an unsavory character, but it is like picking out the good and bad guys in Mafia families. Khashoggi was bumped off because "business is business." He was not an American or even a green card holder. MBS saw him as a threat to his survival. Killing him in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul sent a message to the princes and mullahs that opposing him could be dangerous to one's health no matter where you are.
Our relationship with the Saudis is more important than some familial feud. If we used the criterion that we won't deal with regimes that kill or jail the opposition, then we would be left with a handful of countries. It's a jungle out there.
One of my favorite shows.....”It’s a jungle out there”.
MONK!
Anyway, I knew right from the start that the Saudi assassination of that “journalist” was fake. And the way the Democrats were riled and tried to get President Trump to react and kill a few more people.
I ask my famous question once again.....
WHERE ARE THE REPUBLICANS! They knew nothing about any of this.
Oh, and that post about Marco Rubio.....there you go.
a Republican and he’s on the wrong side.
Brilliant post and I verified almost everything that you say I just didn’t include it and everything because it was already pretty long.
but you’re right there .
I think what may have happened is the interrogation of khashoggi got way out of hand and he had thought he was with a group that wanted to take out MBS which is why he had no security so it all fell apart for him and things went too far.
in Saudi Arabia this is what can happen.