Saudi journalist killed and hacked inside Saudi embassy in Istanbul

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I can only reiterate the fact that the US has no interest in supporting your enemies. We support reliable actors who wield institutional authority, our government isn't cutting billion dollar deals with your neighbor up the street (even though he's a superswell guy!).

A good look at the course of US foreign policy in the Middle East puts the lie to that idea. There is no consistent US position at all, just individuals looking at short term desires and acting on them (often without the knowledge or approval of Washington, or alternatively with the approval of one section of Washington against the hostility of another section).

Take Iran/Persia, in the 50's the US was willing to work with Mossadegh until the UK lead coup, afterwards they were friendly with the Shah (most of the time) for no good reason, going so far as to support him during the revolution, before (too late) throwing support behind tye reactionary ayatollahs. And after 1980 the policy has been all over the place often with the ambassador or oil interests sabotaging then current official policy for personal gain.

And Iraq is even worse when you look at it, Saddam went from enemy no.1 to best friend so often and so quick your head would spin.