THE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF MR. KHASHOGGI. NOT SO "MYSTERIOUS"! 

For several days now, I’ve sat back and watched the story of Mr. Khashoggi swirl around and around. Is he dead? Is he alive? Did the Saudi’s have him killed? Was he chopped up, the part the press loves, and moved out by car? But then, I happened to catch MSNBC talking about this story. He was a great journalist and a speaker of the truth. He was just an all around great guy, at least that’s the picture MSNBC painted. The other thing I noticed, as has been the trend with the liberal press, according to MSNBC, Prince Mohammed bin Salman is guilty of murder! Yep, MSNBC need not wait for any actual, criminal investigation, once again, someone is guilty based on what others have “said”. The hell with due process, get the story out there and make sure you can turn this into, “ Why doesn’t President Trump do something”? or…… “ Everyone knows MBS and Trump are close”! Yep…………to the Western, Liberal Media, this story is nothing more than yet another opportunity to attack the President of the United States. Find a guy who knew Mr. Khashoggi, get him on the set and have him tell your audience what a great guy he was, that’s the goal here and to hell with real journalism. So, that’s it? A really nice guy was just ruthlessly hunted down and chopped up for talking bad about the future King of Saudi? That’s all there is to it? Let’s put some thick skin on and take a look at the situation.

Who was Mr. Khashoggi:

            Was Jamal tied to the Muslim Brotherhood? Yes. Had Jamal been a member of the intelligence service for Saudi and perhaps others? Yes. Did his family have a, let’s say, interesting history? Look up Adnan Khashoggi for starters. Was he seen as part of a power struggle in Saudi and not just a “ Journalist”? Did he hitch his wagon to the wrong horse? Yes. Was he seen to have “interest” in the Arab Spring? Yes.

            Mr. Khashoggi is no normal citizen and no normal Journalist. Does that mean he deserved to be killed? No. Does that mean other things may have been going on with him that nobody, but the IC may know about? Yes? Mr. Khashoggi made decisions in his life, decisions that would determine the course and length of that life. Does this sound insensitive and cold? If so, I’m sorry, but anyone that plays in that world has made a decision to live in that world.

Espionage:  

            The West grabs the story of Mr. Khashoggi as if some simple man was snatched off the streets and ruthlessly murdered. To the Teletubbies of the world, it’s appalling, shocking. To the groups who are always looking for the political angle, it’s an opportunity. To some other group, it’s a warning. Look, it’s a big mean world out there and has been for thousands of years. Was this act something that is worthy of nations destroying relationships over? If you truly think that, than you have no idea how the world works. Has Mr. Khashoggi made the world forget the Alexander Litvinenko, Sergei Skripal, Kim Jong-nam, or how about Boris Nemtsov?

The case of Mr. Khashoggi is not going to change the relationships between Turkey, Saudi or the US. In the ugly world of international Espionage, and that’s what I think this is, bad things happen, and this was, if true, another in a long line of, bad things. Does it potentially speak to the character of the future King of Saudi? Does it indicate the ongoing power struggle inside the Kingdom?  A much larger game is being played out here and will continue to do so. Mr. Khashoggi, will not be the last despicable event. Oh, by the way. Has everyone forgotten the story of Mr. Meng and the INTERPOL event? Mr. Khashoggi made choices in life. The Teletubby leaders of the world will look at this event and say, “ OH MY”. The Predatory leaders of the world like Putin, Xi, Erdogan will look on and say, “Hmmm.. can we gain something out of this event or is it nothing to us”? But once again, back in the good old USA, the story becomes, how The Donald has screwed this up. How he is Buddies with the guy who they claim had a poor little Journalist chopped up and shipped out. Yep, it’s not about Mr. Khashoggi and it’s not about who he was. It’s about attacking their number one target, the President of the US. If they could tie Trump to this event, even if they had to make up a story once again, they would. Mr. Khashoggi may be sleeping with the fishes, but the world moves on and everyone that can manipulate this event will give it their best shot. Get the Widow on the set!