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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Jared was one of the leading voices in the Trump admin advocating to keep sanctions and other punishments light for crown prince MbS (aka prince bone spurs) who ordered the killing of dissident Virginia based journalist Khasoggi.  that is part of the return on their $2bn investment [/quote]

I love how human rights violations by KSA only became a concern when a prominent guy who worked for Jeff Bezos got into trouble. KSA has been an very, very ugly place for as long as the U.S. has been friendly with it. And its monarchy has worked hand-in-glove with the American ruling class.

I'll say it again: if you are disturbed by this chain of events, you have to acknowledge that this was just the latest in a long line of similar relations between powerful Americans and the Saudi Royals.[/quote]

So much whataboutism. A crown prince ordered a hit on a journalist critical of his reign and Jared Kushner was his chief apologist and gets a $2bn investment out of it and for you that’s “business as usual.”  No it is not and it’s something worthy of a banana republic, not America [/quote]

You are clearly guilty of WTFism with your silly analysis, but I am in no way guilty of 'whataboutism'.

Javanka's scummy deal is minor variation on a decades old problem that has done serious damage to this country AND propped up the Al-Sauds AND kept Salafist terrorism active. Our ruling class has spent decades coddling terrible, terrible behavior by the Saudi royals. Behavior that includes many, many executions and chronically bad treatment of women+minorities among others. But those deals have meant that Javanka won't get touched, because to do so would be to call out so many other power players that effectively it would be a suicide bomb let off by Javanka's putative opponents.

If Javanka's sweetheart deal bothers you, you should embrace what I'm saying and not play your masters' game of pretending that this stuff is some great anomaly.[/quote]

There is a huge difference between the US turning a blind eye to human rights abuses because we want/need the government’s help in dealing with some foreign policy issue and doing so because the policymakers are getting a guaranteed $25 million/year payoff.

Lots of people are guilty of bad policy, and sure some people trade on their prior government service through lobbying or corporate board seats but Jared is a truly corrupt POS. [/quote]

+1. The USA has turned a blind eye to many Saudi abuses because it needed the saudis as “Allies” in the war on terror.  That’s far different from selling your country’s best interests out to line your own pockets.  [/quote]

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