> I'm not sure that more nefarious aims need to be posited than simple avarice. Without making any comment on the issue of Saudi money, I take issue with the r

> I'm not sure that more nefarious aims need to be posited than simple avarice. Without making any comment on the issue of Saudi money, I take issue with the reasoning there. That's effectively saying "there is a simple potential explanation, therefore there's no need to investigate". It's not like being simple therefore means it is the correct explanation, not does it mean that other potential explanations are therefore wrong or invalid.