SAUDI ARABIA & THE DISAPPEARANCE OF JOURNALIST JAMAL KHASHOGGI

[HairOfTheDog]

It's not like he was an "ambassador" or anything.

The ambassador position of both relevant countries is vacant. The positions in both Saudi Arabia and Turkey are not filled and they are not the only countries that we no longer have ambassadors in.

It's really discouraging that the U.S. does not have ambassadors even in these two key countries nearly two years into the administration.

I don't know if it would have made a difference in terms of Khashoggi's disappearance and presumed murder, but it may have helped deter it or at least provided an American on-the-ground and in-the-know within Turkey to assist in the investigation.

Instead, the diplomatic channel provided by an ambassador is non-existent and that's a problem for the U.S. on several fronts, in my opinion.