This is why I hate these fucking worms. "Was he a member of the Muslim Brotherhood?"

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

WTF is wrong with these people? Is there a point where one says. "You know. I've made enough money. I think I can stop selling whatever piece of my so called soul that still remains..."

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https://www.mediamatters.org/video/2018/10/17/former-us-ambassador-saudi-arabia-corrects-fox-host-after-attempted-smear-jamal-khashoggi/221712

ROBERT W. JORDAN (FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR TO SAUDI ARABIA): We need to find out how much Crown Prince Salman -- Mohammad bin Salman actually knew about this. I don't fully buy into the notion that if he didn't know about it, it's OK. It's not OK. This was a team of assassins, this was a forensic doctor who was part of the team, bringing along with him a bone saw. They were only in the [Saudi Arabian] consulate for two hours. That is not the kind of lengthy interrogation you would expect under peaceable terms. So, I think this, pretty clearly, was a hit squad that came in, many of whom have been documented to have close ties to Crown Prince Mohamed. So I think we've got to get to the bottom of that.

And, if Mohamed, for some odd reason, didn't know about it ahead of time, then you have to ask the question, how much is he actually in control of the kingdom? This would have been a major decision by their government, and one that I can't imagine he would not have been closely attached to.

MARIA BARTIROMO (HOST): So, they were only in there for two hours, that's an important point that you raise. Tell me a little about Jamal Khashoggi, if you know anything about him. There's sort of a debate on who he was. Was he an activist or a journalist? Was he a member of the Muslim Brotherhood? What's your take?

JORDAN: I knew him and met with him a number of times when I was ambassador. He was a peaceful individual. Never someone who would foment activist dissent in a violent way. He was not a threat to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He had opinions, which he expressed, some of which were critical of the human rights violations that I think we've all criticized within Saudi Arabia. At the same time, he was complimentary, from time to time, of some of the reforms that this new crown prince had been undertaking. So, it's a mixed message there. Certainly not someone who was an activist in the sense of trying to bring down the regime or foment revolution.

And then there's this fucking beauty:

https://www.mediaite.com/online/conservative-wh-reporter-rails-against-jamal-khashoggi-suggests-he-was-murdered-because-hes-a-radical-activist/

[mobeau69]

1. Maria Buttaroma never got hired for her brain.

[PSPS]

2. She works for Fox. What did you expect? (Prince Al-Waleed has 6% ownership of 21st Century Fox)

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

3. My expectations for these people are lower than crocodile piss, let's not get it twisted. But I

still like to point it out. What's more interesting is that Al-Waleed is in the outs with Bonesaw Bin Salman.

[gratuitous]

4. Despite Bartiromo's loaded question

It appears that Jordan actually imparted some useful information, and presented one or two points: If MbS knew about or ordered the hit, that's a problem. But if "for some odd reason," MbS didn't know nothin' about nothin', "how much is he actually in control"? That's a firecracker of a question.