Luis:
NYT opinion piece supports Trumps response on the Khashoggi murder by prioritizing geopolitical investments in middle east even as some senators from both parties demand moral clarification on this fundamental violation of human rights. All of this after the CIA director revealed the existence of a wiretapped call between Prince Mohammed and his brother Khaled bin Salman in which he gave instructions to “silence Jamal Khashoggi as soon as possible.” In light of the dominant populist wave in US guess which narrative will win out…..
On the strategic questions that matter in the Middle East, the president is cleareyed.
Phil takeaway.
The first article is yet another voyage to nowhere with Vladimir and Estragon.
“‘Maybe he did and maybe he didn’t’ won’t cut it”
“Oil prices getting lower. Great! Like a big Tax Cut for America and the World. Enjoy! $54, was just $82. Thank you to Saudi Arabia, but let’s go lower!”
The second made me belly laugh even more. My favourite line:
The Saudis are not the moral equivalents of Iranians and the Russians.
Really? I had no idea.
From the comment section:
Times Pick
Glad to see NY Times printing a different point of view. Trump has acknowledged that the highest leader of Saudi Arabia has power to commit a gruesome murder and get away with it, because they buy our weapons by the billions.
Trump is a proud sell-out and has no shame in admitting that America is great because we sell killing machines and not because of what America stands for.
Trump has finally shown us and the world what America stands for and we deserve this president. He’s not any different from presidents of the past. He’s just lifted the veil from the mirror and we’re disgusted by what we see, not recognizing ourselves.
This is what America is: a marketer of murder. The guns and murder within our borders reflect what we peddle outside them.