There doesn't seem to be much mystery about it Outwood. But just what does the rest of the world do about it, that's the question. The Donald is threatening retribution, that will be 'interesting'.
How does a journalist enter the Saudi consulate in Istanbul witnessed by CCTV and then mysteriously vanish? If there are recordings of his interrogation and torture these need to be disclosed.
There doesn't seem to be much mystery about it Outwood. But just what does the rest of the world do about it, that's the question. The Donald is threatening retribution, that will be 'interesting'.
Well the Donald won’t cancel any arms contracts. He could announce a ban on Christians wanting to travel to Mecca or Medina. Oh but wait the Saudis have already done that!
I think the Donald might be more subtle than many imagine. Let's see how long this idiot running Saudi Arabia lasts, there are no doubt many in Riyadh would be glad to see the back of him, maybe they just need a bit of a push from the USA to act.
And then the radical Muslims step in and another hot waterbed of terrorism erupts.
If you can go to bed with a nutter who has murdered his relation by artillery fire and poisoned his brother (North Korea) then when is it a hanging offence for another country who kills a dissident?
Russia poisons its ex-citizens abroad. Are we seeking the downfall of Putin?
I am by no means condoning Saudi Arabia who rule by getting ride of dissidents but with all the radicals including Boko Haram running around kidnapping and killing children and anyone Christian there does seem to be a need for a scale of response rather than always taking the high moral ground against whatever wrong is shown up in the press at any one time.
Why rail against the "wrong of the day" but do nothing for the wrong being done all the time?
I guess its all part of the one minute "expertise" being beamed at us in world wide news today.
The world is a complex and often quite evil place where the "truth" is rarely available.
Mohammad Bin Salman was in all likelihood telephoned from Istanbul.
Script probably went something like this, "Boss, we have the troublemaker Jamal Khashoggi in the Embassy".
Boss: "End the problem".
Two acid baths later - problem solved and the silence emanating from 10 Downing Street is deafening.
Well for a start Sinkov there could be an official condemning the murder, then financial sanctions, expulsion of diplomats, freezing assets etc because that is what this government would have been all too quick to do if the reporter had disappeared inside the Russian embassy.
It is commonly known as hypocrisy.
I want the Cabinet to condemn these radical, medieval, murdering Islamic thugs, cancel all arms contracts and chuck the lot of them out of London. I want all assets frozen, all planes grounded, immediate sanctions imposed and the Foreign Office to close down our Saudi Embassy. I want all Saudi diplomats expelled today, I want all bank accounts of every Saudi domiciled here frozen and their Embassy boarded up.
Then again, I want Burnley to win the English Premier League and that ain't going to happen either.