SAUDI ARABIA & THE DISAPPEARANCE OF JOURNALIST JAMAL KHASHOGGI

[Duchess]

It's fucked up alright.

It sends a strong message to dictators and autocrats that the U.S. is weak/dependent and will no longer take a stand against human rights offenses  unless that stand comes easy and cheap.

If MBS ordered a hit squad to grab up and/or take out Khashoggi (to which all circumstantial evidence now points), any adequately substantial retaliation by the U.S. isn't likely to come from our Commander In Chief.

There are some awful headlines this morning. What kind of sick sonofabitch provides cover for a murdering dictator?! The president of the United States, that's who. Jesus Christ. He's always been an international embarrassment but this takes it to a whole new level.