Saudi journalist killed and hacked inside Saudi embassy in Istanbul

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Larger forces are at work, here, Atlas. Trump's sticking with the Saudi's has the superficial appeal of benefitting the U.S. in terms of military sales, oil, and containing the aims and intents of a dangerous Muslim state (Iran). Whether or not doing so will actually achieve these aims or whether Trump even thinks that they will is irrelevant. These themes sell well to Trump's political base and improve his chances both of achieving things while in office as well as being re-elected in 2020. It's not about human rights or truth or anything noble. It's not even about Saudi Arabia. It's about Trump, and how he can use a relationship with Saudi Arabia to his advantage. So crying about human rights, or the truth, or about Saudi Arabia, in hopes that it will result in a change of policy in the U.S. and the Trump administration is misguided.