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A Saudi Arabian journalist and Washington Post columnist entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2nd — then was never seen again. Now, the Saudi’s are finding themselves locked in a diplomatic rift with the US, the UK, France, and Germany.

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In print, journalist Jamal Khashoggi had been fair but critical of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. So, naturally, the Crown Prince was consulted about Khashoggi’s strange disappearance when he went missing 2 weeks ago. Initially, spokesmen for bin Salman denied any knowledge or involvement in Khashoggi’s disappearance. Now, they are ready to admit that he is indeed dead — and that his death was accidental and due to an interrogation gone wrong.

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On October 2nd, surveillance video showed Khashoggi entering the consulate as his girlfriend waited outside for him.  Regrettably, there was no footage of him ever leaving the government property.  According to Turkish officials in Istanbul, Khashoggi was abducted, interrogated, then killed by Saudi security officials loyal to the crown prince and his body was chopped up into little pieces.

If the 33-year-old royal did, in fact, order the death of the Washington Post columnist, his standing among the west is now all but shattered.  His standing among western countries EXCEPT for the US, that is.

Initially, Donald Trump talked tough by saying that if the Saudi’s were involved in the death they would pay for their transgressions.  Now, he is walking back those words by strangely defending the Saudi’s.

“Here we go again with, you know, you’re guilty until proven innocent,” Trump told The Associated Press. “I don’t like that.  We just went through that with Justice Kavanaugh, and he was innocent all the way as far as I’m concerned,” he added.

So, why the defense amid all but an admission of guilt?

Khashoggi has been on bin Salman’s bad side since reporting critical information about the crown prince that he would have rather kept private. However, isn’t that exactly what Donald Trump has done with American journalists?

SaudiThe crown prince wanted only positive news reported about him. Donald Trump only wants positive news reported about him. The crown prince made threats against Khashoggi and others who were critical toward him. Donald Trump has demonized the media and allowed his followers to make threats toward American journalists who are critical toward “The Donald.”

Mohammed bin Salman had Khashoggi killed. Could Trump’s rhetoric toward what he calls the “fake news” end with the same fate for some American journalist at the hands of a Trump loyalist?

In response to the government murder, US Attorney General Jeff Sessions had this to say:

“The world will be diminished if journalists aren’t able to go and travel and to report honestly conditions in differing countries. Or people in their own country can’t report on corruption or crime or misconduct in their countries. So I think it can even separate countries from a civilized community.”

Perhaps it’s time for Trump and his people to take heed to these words and practice what they preach.


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Truthiz1

Was hoping you cover this story DJ. And you nailed it.

Honestly, my immediate thought – when I first saw the video of Khashoggi entering the consulate – was….

What an extremely risky move on Jamal Khashoggi’s part (going there for whatever reason) given his *problematic* history with Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Saudi Arabia and “authoritarian rule” go hand-in-hand. An authoritarian leader ordering the killing of his “enemy” is all in a days work. The notion that Khashoggi’s murder was carried out by some rogue group – and bin Salman had no prior knowledge of it whatsoever – is absolutely ludicrous.

Which brings us to the response to all this by the little *authoritarian wannbe* currently occupying the White House.

Truthiz1

“But now M.B.S.’s government also has Jamal’s blood on its hands. Should we all overlook that as President Trump is doing? We must not, and, in fact, we cannot.” – Thomas L. Friedman, NYTimes Opinion Columnist,

Um…needless to say, Trump and his administration have NO clue as to how to handle this bloody mess We (the U.S.) find ourselves mired in so they’ll just muddle through hoping to get past this nightmare as fast as possible without the world noticing just how craven and woefully incompetent the Trump administration is.

So just how low will our standing in the world have fallen by the time this embarrassing farce of a presidency is over? Pretty.Darn.Low.

“But you can’t fix stupid. And when your ally does something as sick and as stupid as the Saudis apparently did in Istanbul, there is just no easy fix.” – Thomas L. Friedman

Truthiz1

Mohammed bin Salman had Khashoggi killed. Could Trump’s rhetoric toward what he calls the “fake news” end with the same fate for some American journalist at the hands of a Trump loyalist? […]- DJ

Yes.

Mr.BD

I want to say too thank you DJ for covering this story. You hit it out the park as usual. Like my buddy Truth says all the time Trump is a wanna be alpha male. He talks tough but when it comes down to it he is a cream puff. This Saudi dictator killed a United States citizen over free speech and all Trump can do is make up excuses and defend him? Plus he is also still trying to settle old scores by bringing up the whole Kavanaugh thing. No Trump this is not a joke. Also DJ made a excellent point. Trump is doing the same thing the Saudi prince does. They both down play the media for selfish reasons. Trump has so many people hating the media one of them could end up killed one day too. This is a big mess and I want to see… Read more »

Truthiz1

Trump could never be an “Alpha” BD. It’s that natural *thing* within that you either have….OR you don’t.

I would post it’s that LACKING within Trump that’s made him the nasty creature he became. Poor fella.

By now it’s obvious to the World that he lacks Courage. Class. Intelligence, Civility and an actual ability to give a d*mn about Truth and facts or about anyone but himself. If he wasn’t so dangerous, and in the White House, one could almost feel sorry for the man. Almost.

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