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You're being brigaded/downvoted, but to answer your question - the real reason there's manufactured outrage over this killing in the US is that Khashoggi worked

You're being brigaded/downvoted, but to answer your question - the real reason there's manufactured outrage over this killing in the US is that Khashoggi worked for an influential US media company (WaPo). Otherwise, this is just a case of the Saudi administration 'taking care of' one of their own who turned against them. For the last few years, the Saudi regime has been kidnapping and imprisoning others who have done the same, only with limited external reporting and even less outrage. BBC Newsnight had a fascinating report in this about a year ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2KYQWPUbG4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2KYQWPUbG4 https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-40926963 https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-40926963 [transcript]

Aqueous 8y ago
Another significant reason for the (non-manufactured) outrage is that the man who ordered the murder, Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman (a.k.a. MBS) is much, much too close with Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of the current President of the U.S and a senior White House official. There are questions about Kushner's connection to this killing, whether he and Trump could have stopped it but chose not to (because they have been in possession of intelligence that warned them it was going to happen), or worse, whether, in fact, they deliberately allowed the killing to happen. These questions are still unanswered. This isn't about America's selective attention or double standards. Dictators and despots in foreign countries feel free to murder journalists from the US media because Trump has given them, either implicitly or worse, permission to do so.
- yourbandsucks 8y ago
  Yeah, but that's not really news. We had Bush holding hands with Saudi royal family members shortly after 19 Saudis perpetrated 9/11. Trump and his family are hucksters so of course they're looking for a Saudi money angle. It's not particularly notable compared to the overall pattern, just an instance.

Aqueous 8y ago

Another significant reason for the (non-manufactured) outrage is that the man who ordered the murder, Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman (a.k.a. MBS) is much, much too close with Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of the current President of the U.S and a senior White House official. There are questions about Kushner's connection to this killing, whether he and Trump could have stopped it but chose not to (because they have been in possession of intelligence that warned them it was going to happen), or worse, whether, in fact, they deliberately allowed the killing to happen. These questions are still unanswered. This isn't about America's selective attention or double standards. Dictators and despots in foreign countries feel free to murder journalists from the US media because Trump has given them, either implicitly or worse, permission to do so.

yourbandsucks 8y ago
Yeah, but that's not really news. We had Bush holding hands with Saudi royal family members shortly after 19 Saudis perpetrated 9/11. Trump and his family are hucksters so of course they're looking for a Saudi money angle. It's not particularly notable compared to the overall pattern, just an instance.