Agnostic.com

3 2

Why Does Pompeo Pretend US Intelligence Hasn’t Told Trump What Happened in Khashoggi Case?

On Thursday morning, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, after meeting with President Donald Trump, said that before deciding on how to respond to the crisis, the United States will give Saudi Arabia a few more days to “conduct a complete, thorough investigation” into the disappearance—and likely murder—of Jamal Khashoggi, a journalist and American resident. This was consistent with the easy-on-Riyadh line that Trump and Pompeo had been taking. On Wednesday, Pompeo told reporters that he was waiting for the Saudis—who already apparently lied about the case earlier when they insisted that Khashoggi had left their consulate in Istanbul—to do their thing: “We’re going to give them the space to complete their investigations of this incident, and when they issue their reports, we’ll form our judgment.” And Trump—who initially cautioned against blaming the Saudis for Khashoggi’s disappearance—has also indicated that he is content to sit back and wait for information from the Saudis before reaching any conclusions.

All this give-the-Saudis-a-chance talk ignores a key player in the case: US intelligence. ...

[motherjones.com]

Umbral 8 Oct 18
Share

Enjoy being online again!

Welcome to the community of good people who base their values on evidence and appreciate civil discourse - the social network you will enjoy.

Create your free account

3 comments

Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.

1

Interesting conversation here: [theintercept.com]

How Israel, Saudi Arabia, Iran and the USA all fit together. Trumps's stated plan is to establish tough sanctions on Iran is going to be all messed up if USA's relationship with Saudi Arabia sours, because this would disrupt the supple of oil to the world, which is why Trump is giving SA the time to come up with a feasible defense.

Saudi Arabia and Israel want the USA to go to war with Iran, both these nations want the USA to lead the war, and they want it to be Trump's idea. Trump wants to do anything which is opposite of Obama..

cava Level 7 Oct 18, 2018
2

Everything is about money with these souless fucks.

2

I'm not sure if we knew in advance what was going to happen but rest assured we are treading lightly on all Khashoggi murder reports because the US wants this huge armament sale that is coming up with the Saudis.

You can include a link to this post in your posts and comments by including the text q:203871
Agnostic does not evaluate or guarantee the accuracy of any content. Read full disclaimer.