Khashoggi murder: Trump has emboldened MBS to act with impunity

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  1. Stonewall Jackson

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    So what would you do........send the FBI to Istanbul to take charge of the investigation over the Turks.........your hatred of Trump and being continually butthurt over Hillary losing really skews your ability to have a grip on reality........sad
     
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    First of all, U.S liberals" values do not equate American values.This case just exposes how hypocritical U S liberals are.Saudis have been bombing funerals,weddings, schools etc...long before Trump took over.You were quiet.How is killing one journalist worse than blowing up the bus full of school children into pieces?Trump bashing is more important. Are you prepared to pay 400 USD per barrel?

    https://www.realclearpolitics.com/v...ul_saudis_threatening_trump_with_400_oil.html
     
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    My friend, emotional I’m not, cool as a cucumber I always am. Frustrated is for the other guy :)
     
  4. Stonewall Jackson

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    Their ‘American Values’ revolve around hating/blaming Trump for anything that they think can be blamed on Trump.......none of them screaming about this case gave a **** when North Korea took a real American citizen hostage under Obama........and essentially beat him to death for a couple years before returning him to his parents to die
     
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    Perhaps Muhammed Bone Saw has done us a favor. He tore off the mantle of Saudi respectability and revealed their very dark side. Much of the world is properly appalled at the incident. Who knows, maybe our congress may even do something about it. Right.

    The idea of Saudi Arabia being our ally gives well informed people a gagging laugh. There are only two reasons to love the Saudis, their oil and they buy stuff. Oil purchases have gone to a trickle and Trump's ballyhooed $110 billion "contract" is neither a contract nor Trump's. It is a Memo of Intention (MOI) worked out with the Obama administration. Poof! There goes another lie.

    The idea that the arabs will suddenly scrap their spare parts and munition stores and start buying Mig's and Russian or Chinese missiles is pretty funny to folks in the Mil/Aero industry. Migs are drones to our aging F-15's, much less F-22's. When the spares run out so does the Saudi military.

    Wean from their oil and take their money. Don't for god's sake, start pouring money in the other direction.
     
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    He's a Saudi citizen, a Saudi journalist and a columnist for an American newspaper.
     
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    And Kim 'loves' Trump so he's a 'good guy'.
     
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    Whataboutism being the best you can muster is Black Dolphin failure looming. Try harder.

    Yippa.
     
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    juxtaposition

    [juhk-stuh-puh-zish-uh n]

    noun : 1. An act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
     
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    It never ceases to amaze me that he left refuses to hold Hillary Clinton responsible for what she does yet holds Donald Trump responsible for what the rest of the world does.
     
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    All I can "know" is what the media are currently reporting, and not just in the US, right? And for right now, clearly everyone on the planet is watching as several investigatory agencies work. Right? How do you get to presume to know the outcome?
     
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    Would you like to make a gentleman's bet on the outcome? Don't be naive.
     
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    My hope is that if something illegal happened, that those responsible will be held accountable for their actions.
     
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    Hey look! KSA has admitted that Khashoggi is dead at their hands. Of course they say it was just a heated argument. Followed by dismemberment. Guess you buy that excuse.
     
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    How can you doubt it? The Sauds had even flown in a 15 man debating team, complete with a coroner packing his own bone saw. (They're real sticklers for the rules on raising hands)
     
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