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Trump Stands Up for Saudi Arabian Values - By The NYT Editorial Board
He disregarded the C.I.A.s conclusions and American values in swallowing the Saudi version of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
By The Editorial Board
Nov. 20, 2018
President Trump confirmed the harshest caricatures drawn by Americas most cynical critics on Tuesday when he portrayed its central objectives in the world as panting after money and narrow self-interest.
Ignoring the findings of the C.I.A., Mr. Trump said in a muddled statement released by the White House that, in effect, no matter how wrong the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi, no matter where true responsibility lay, he would not stand up to the Saudi regime. He would not take any chance of risking its supplies of money, oil and help in the Middle East by holding the crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, accountable for the killing.
The president made clear his commitment to the use of the exclamation point, if not to truth and justice: It could very well be that the Crown Prince had knowledge of this tragic event maybe he did and maybe he didnt!
Mr. Khashoggi, a resident of Virginia though not an American citizen, was a columnist for an American newspaper, The Washington Post. It did not serve the safety of journalists or Americans abroad that President Trump could not summon even a modicum of lip service to condemn the abomination of dispatching a hit team equipped with a bone saw to throttle and dismember Mr. Khashoggi for daring to criticize the crown prince. The crown prince, who is 33, is an ally and kindred spirit to Mr. Trump and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
At the outset of his statement, Mr. Trump declared, The world is a very dangerous place! Indeed. He is making it more so by emboldening despots in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere. The killing, revealed in all its inhuman detail by a Turkish audio recording and followed by a stream of lies revising previous lies from the Saudi regime, seemed to reflect arrogance of a rising breed of autocratic rulers impervious to shame or moral judgment. Mr. Trump is confirming them in their impunity.
In simplistic and often inaccurate terms, the statement reflected Mr. Trumps view that all relationships are transactional, and that moral or human rights considerations must be sacrificed to a primitive understanding of American national interests or as he put it, America first! We may never know all of the facts surrounding the murder of Mr. Jamal Khashoggi, the president declared. In any case, our relationship is with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/20/opinion/trump-khashoggi-saudi-arabia-salman.html
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Trump Stands Up for Saudi Arabian Values - By The NYT Editorial Board (Original Post)
DonViejo
Nov 2018
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underpants
(182,826 posts)1. Your move, Senator Graham
to the whole thing
roscoeroscoe
(1,370 posts)2. Absolute trash
Not fit to lead.