Body parts on the Bosporus....

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1. good essay...

bits and pieces for those w/o NYT's access...

Trump has relegated human rights to a non-issue in his foreign policy. He has embraced autocrats. He has insulted journalists like Khashoggi who speak truth to power. Beyond himself and money, Trump has no serious interests.

Khashoggi’s disappearance is now Exhibit A in the price of Trump’s values-free foreign policy, his cavalier contempt for the core American values at the heart of America’s alliances.

Lindsey Graham... said that, “If you’re an ally of the U.S. because we have strategic interests,” that does not mean you have “a blank check to do anything you would like.”
...Except that right now you do.

It’s time to call in every Saudi chip. The United States has plenty, including arms sales. They should be stopped until we know how Khashoggi disappeared in his own consulate.