International norms are exactly the problem when you're talking about a country like Saudi Arabia. The normal thinking is, so long as they are a cooperative US

International norms are exactly the problem when you're talking about a country like Saudi Arabia. The normal thinking is, so long as they are a cooperative US ally, so long as they aren't communists, any kind of barbarism goes. I think the norm in this scenario is, people pretend to be shocked that the regime that stones women to death also murders well-connected journalists, then we return to routine normality.