Trump Stands With Saudis Despite Khashoggi Killing

[diehard]

Send me a copy. I have plenty of associates over in Fayetteville that can break it down in detail. Even if it were in Farsi. My oldest son could do it too. Me? Not so much. Always used indiges for translators to get it right.

[bottlebass]

Could probably just get google translate to do it or ask Siri, might be easier.

[howeda7]

Could probably just get google translate to do it or ask Siri, might be easier.

Does Google Translate work on WebTV?

[justthefacts]

Today was deadline for Trump admin. to provide Congress answers on whether MBS played role in Khashoggi killing. A senior administration official says: "The President maintains his discretion to decline to act on congressional committee requests when appropriate."

— Kevin Liptak (@Kevinliptakcnn) February 8, 2019

[howeda7]

Today was deadline for Trump admin. to provide Congress answers on whether MBS played role in Khashoggi killing. A senior administration official says: "The President maintains his discretion to decline to act on congressional committee requests when appropriate."

— Kevin Liptak (@Kevinliptakcnn) February 8, 2019

Of course. Some rumors that the Saudi thing is tied into the AMI/Bezos scandal.

[Costa Rican Gopher]

Today was deadline for Trump admin. to provide Congress answers on whether MBS played role in Khashoggi killing. A senior administration official says: "The President maintains his discretion to decline to act on congressional committee requests when appropriate."

— Kevin Liptak (@Kevinliptakcnn) February 8, 2019

A smart statesman would help MBS & use the killing of this spy, as leverage in matters important to our national interests.

[justthefacts]

A smart statesman would help MBS & use the killing of this spy, as leverage in matters important to our national interests.

It's weird that it's always the correct 19 dimensional chess move to treat our NATO allies like enemies and brutal dictators like friends.

I do like how you call him a spy. I can't imagine how far in the bag you have to be for Trump to swallow Saudi propaganda that fully.

[Costa Rican Gopher]

It's weird that it's always the correct 19 dimensional chess move to treat our NATO allies like enemies and brutal dictators like friends.

I do like how you call him a spy. I can't imagine how far in the bag you have to be for Trump to swallow Saudi propaganda that fully.

Spare me your fake moral concern. You pick and choose when to have a conscious based on your tribalism. The old guard Saudis lost the civil war & MBS won. That's a good thing, imo. Some of the possible benefits include the opportunity to crack down on Al Queda & Isis, since the old Saudi regime facilitated their existence. We also have the opportunity to use the Saudis to help us keep Iran in check. Trump has talked about the Saudis spending their own money, to create humanitarian zones for the Syrian refugees and an Arab military force that could step in and police the ME, so the US could come home. As an a classical liberal, those things matter to me. The only pausible reason the left is now against working toward peace in the ME, is because Trump is leading the fight.

As for calling Khashoggi a spy, you win. We'll call him an 'intelligence asset' instead. Can we agree on that description? The Saudis would call him a 'traitor', obviously. He was a Saudi intel asset who'd flipped and was working for the Saudis enemy Qatar. He was being paid and instructed to spread anti-Saudi propaganda in the US media. We've seen the documentation. No one debates that point.