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Biden meekly gives Saudi crown prince 'one free murder' pass on Khashoggi
Posted on 3/2/21 at 7:21 am
Posted on 3/2/21 at 7:21 am
In 2019, then-presidential candidate Joe Biden said this: "Jamal Khashoggi was, in fact, murdered and dismembered, and I believe on the order of the crown prince. And I would make it very clear we were not going to, in fact, sell more weapons to them, we were going to, in fact, make them pay the price and make them, in fact, the pariah that they are. There's very little social redeeming value of the — in the present government in Saudi Arabia ... they have to be held accountable."
Fast forward to late February 2021, when the Biden administration released an intelligence report on the matter. It declared that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the brutal assassination of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.
According to a New York Times report on Friday, Team Biden decided that, when push came to shove, there would no price for the Saudis to pay, as Biden had promised; no accountability for the pariah in any meaningful capacity. "A consensus developed inside the White House that the price of that breach, in Saudi cooperation on counterterrorism and in confronting Iran, was simply too high," the Times report reads.
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This sentiment was echoed by White House press secretary Jen Psaki, who word-saladed the administration's position by saying the administration will keep accountability as an "option" down the road, just in case the Saudi prince, commonly known as MBS, decides to whack another journalist who is critical of him.
"Our administration is focused on recalibrating the relationship," Psaki said. "And certainly there are areas where we will express concerns and leave open the option of accountability."
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Fast forward to late February 2021, when the Biden administration released an intelligence report on the matter. It declared that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the brutal assassination of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.
According to a New York Times report on Friday, Team Biden decided that, when push came to shove, there would no price for the Saudis to pay, as Biden had promised; no accountability for the pariah in any meaningful capacity. "A consensus developed inside the White House that the price of that breach, in Saudi cooperation on counterterrorism and in confronting Iran, was simply too high," the Times report reads.
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This sentiment was echoed by White House press secretary Jen Psaki, who word-saladed the administration's position by saying the administration will keep accountability as an "option" down the road, just in case the Saudi prince, commonly known as MBS, decides to whack another journalist who is critical of him.
"Our administration is focused on recalibrating the relationship," Psaki said. "And certainly there are areas where we will express concerns and leave open the option of accountability."
LINK
Posted on 3/2/21 at 7:22 am to Jbird
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leave open the option of accountability.
I’m sure Saudi Arabia will circle back with us on that
Posted on 3/2/21 at 7:23 am to Jbird
Regardless what happened, they shouldn't even be spending time on this.
Posted on 3/2/21 at 7:24 am to momentoftruth87
quote:The Turnip in Chief seemed to think so a few months ago.
Regardless what happened, they shouldn't even be spending time on this.
Posted on 3/2/21 at 7:25 am to Jbird
These are the same people that wanted Trump impeached over this.
Posted on 3/2/21 at 7:27 am to Jbird
Saudi CP to Joe: "Hey Joe, get off my back or we jack you up on oil and ruin your honeymoon".
Joe: "Yes, Sir...you've got it. When can I send Hunter by to pick up my 'Big Guy' check"?
Watching the Left squirm over the coming months will be almost as much fun as watching Trump roast them at the Rallies.
Joe: "Yes, Sir...you've got it. When can I send Hunter by to pick up my 'Big Guy' check"?
Watching the Left squirm over the coming months will be almost as much fun as watching Trump roast them at the Rallies.
Posted on 3/2/21 at 7:32 am to Jbird
Everyone knew that nothing would come of this. It was just another intellectually dishonest projection of the media during the Trump Administration.
Posted on 3/2/21 at 7:33 am to Jbird
I truly don't give a shite about this Jamaal Kashoggi guy. But I can tell that since the beginning the media (and the cabal who runs it) have tried to make it a big deal. The whole thing reeks of CIA involvement. Anytime the media tells me I should give a shite about something I know that I don't give a shite about, I'm thinking CIA.
Posted on 3/2/21 at 7:34 am to Jbird
Our nation’s military and economic alliance with the House of Saud — vis-à-vis the Petrodollar Pact — is the wellspring of the current crisis. The Petrodollar Pact is ultimately the funding mechanism of the Welfare/Warfare State.
This ultimately is why a vote in this UniParty® charade is simply a vote for competing factions in the Deep State. Presidents come and go but the ruling apparatus of the Deep State rules in perpetuity.
This ultimately is why a vote in this UniParty® charade is simply a vote for competing factions in the Deep State. Presidents come and go but the ruling apparatus of the Deep State rules in perpetuity.
This post was edited on 3/2/21 at 7:35 am
Posted on 3/2/21 at 7:35 am to Jbird
accountability is an option?
No wonder the media has gone to shite, it was an option
No wonder the media has gone to shite, it was an option
Posted on 3/2/21 at 7:38 am to lowhound
quote:Best part of the entire article.
accountability is an option?
Posted on 3/2/21 at 7:47 am to momentoftruth87
Especially since Joe is not the legitimate President
Posted on 3/2/21 at 7:48 am to RCDfan1950
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Watching the Left squirm over the coming months will be almost as much fun as watching Trump roast them at the Rallies.
You have to have some semblance of shame to be able to squirm. These people don't give a frick about a double standard.
Posted on 3/2/21 at 7:51 am to Jbird
Imagine if we gave as much concern to murdered American jounos as we did the Khashoggi fellow.
Daniel Pearl's widow must be so proud to see all this worry about some foreign journo while we did nothing about her husband.
Daniel Pearl's widow must be so proud to see all this worry about some foreign journo while we did nothing about her husband.
Posted on 3/2/21 at 7:53 am to Mid Iowa Tiger
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Imagine if we gave as much concern to murdered American jounos as we did the Khashoggi fellow.
The journalism watchdog group Reporters without Borders on Monday filed a criminal complaint in Germany against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and other officials over the murder of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the detention of other journalists.
Reporters without Borders (RSF) filed the complaint with the German Public Prosecutor General of the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe, addressing the Khashoggi murder and 34 other reporters, 33 of whom are still being jailed, according to an announcement from the group.
The complaint addresses the 35 specific cases and accuses bin Salman and other officials of “multiple counts of crimes against humanity, including willful killing, torture, sexual violence and coercion, enforced disappearance, unlawful deprivation of physical liberty, and persecution.” LINK
Posted on 3/2/21 at 7:54 am to Jbird
Saudi needs to be held accountable.
China just has different priorities than we do, so we have to just understand their need for concentration camps.
China just has different priorities than we do, so we have to just understand their need for concentration camps.
Posted on 3/2/21 at 7:58 am to LSUnation78
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China just has different priorities than we do, so we have to just understand their need for concentration camps.
Posted on 3/2/21 at 7:58 am to SECSolomonGrundy
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But I can tell that since the beginning the media (and the cabal who runs it) have tried to make it a big deal.
You can damn well bet that the MSM's guttural fear of the Khashoggi assassination comes from a realization that for 'Journalists' who play with fire...WILL get burned. Sooner or later.
The MSM damn well knows that they have totally abandoned honest reportage and have been carrying the "fundamental change" (Democratic Authoritarian Socialism) water for decades. And now that they are all in on a stolen election and radical imposition of authoritarian, dictatorial Leftist policy...it's just a matter of time before THEY become legit targets for counter-revolutionary opposition. Khashoggi style.
The ugly truth of the matter is if the MSM propaganda power is taken off the political table...the whole dynamic changes. And power goes back to the People, as opposed to the DC Deep State Globalist Authoritarians.
A single strike on a high profile 'Journalist' in this Nation, will send shockwaves into the complicit MSM. Top to bottom. And there are activist/strategist people out there a LOT smarter than me who know this. Push will quickly move to shove. Therein the 'fence' in DC; and the handpicked soldiers (perceived 'Jackboots', from the Right) to cover for the Deep State Politicos. Impossible to protect all the 'Journalists'; therein the palpable fear from the MSM. Justified. It's coming. And we'll all pay dearly.
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