Anonymous wrote:What is our President going to do about it?
Anonymous wrote:It seems to be unfolding that the Trump IC had intercepts that Khashoggi was in danger at the hands of the Saudi's and didn't do anything.
And now Trump and the Administration are playing dumb with reporters on the world stage.
I fear that this Administration is complicit in the brutal death of Khashoggi and there will likely be no reprucussion from at home or abroad.
The rise of the authoritarian state in the US.
Journalists be damned. Truth be damned.
Anonymous wrote:jsteele wrote:Anonymous wrote:Here is the CNN idiot Nic Robertson saying Khashoggi came from "humble roots." What? This is the nephew of Adnan Khashoggi, mind you. This shows you the level of ignorance among the "experts" on Saudi Arabia. Sure. Khashoggi from humble roots. And I'm a beauty queen!
https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/08/middleeast/jamal-khashoggi-knew-what-crossing-bin-salman-could-mean-intl/index.html
"Humble roots" is a relative term when it comes to Saudi Arabia. Nic Robertson knows the Middle East very well.
I lived in the Gulf for close to ten years. Even from a detached layman's perspective, it's staggering what the "experts" often get wrong about ME politics and family dynamics (the Gulf, for most practical purposes, is a series of family and tribal rivalries). If by humble roots you mean he wasn't of the house of Saud, fair enough, but that's not what humble means to people in the Western world.
jsteele wrote:Anonymous wrote:Here is the CNN idiot Nic Robertson saying Khashoggi came from "humble roots." What? This is the nephew of Adnan Khashoggi, mind you. This shows you the level of ignorance among the "experts" on Saudi Arabia. Sure. Khashoggi from humble roots. And I'm a beauty queen!
https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/08/middleeast/jamal-khashoggi-knew-what-crossing-bin-salman-could-mean-intl/index.html
"Humble roots" is a relative term when it comes to Saudi Arabia. Nic Robertson knows the Middle East very well.
jsteele wrote:Anonymous wrote:It's fun to read how it's all Trump's fault.
The journalist is alive. Sorry.
Why are you sorry he is alive? For that matter, what evidence do you have that he is alive? Have we really reached the point that being pro-Trump means that you have to deny any world event that might make him look bad?
Anonymous wrote:It's fun to read how it's all Trump's fault.
The journalist is alive. Sorry.
Anonymous wrote:It's fun to read how it's all Trump's fault.
The journalist is alive. Sorry.
Anonymous wrote:The DC establishment has coddled the Saudis for a long time. Will they continue to do so?
Anonymous wrote:I keep thinking about the briefcase full of intelligence Kushner gave the Saudi crown prince when he visited KSA. That led directly to the imprisonment of many Saudi reformers. I hope kushner feels some sense of responsibility for what happened
Anonymous wrote:Saudi Arabia is just a horrible country right now