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The video itself has become a litmus test in the media so it's definitely relevant. The media are particularly obsessed with whether or not Trump has seen the t

• codezero 8y ago
  I kind of get your point - if his view is different only because he hasn’t seen the tape that is interesting. This suggests the tape is the only evidence of wrongdoing? I thought there was sigint showing calls being made to and from the embassy from MBS, and other corroborating evidence, and the tape was meant to be the smoking gun. Maybe I’m just brainwashed. I think my take is something horrific happened and someone should be answering for it, we rarely have a smoking gun and still need to make decisions based on the information we have, it’s odd to me that this thread kind of is telling me, or I’m way misinterpreting things (possibly!), that the tape’s existence brings everything we know into doubt because it could be faked and we should pretend nothing happened, or just let the Saudis tend their own house, ignoring our shared economic and military ties.