Re:US says Saudi prince approved Khashoggi killing
by zikzak on Friday February 26, 2021 @02:26PM
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Surely, some of it was also political theatre to give the US administration a win in the region (Mission Accomplished, all over again) in exchange for the sale of advanced weapons systems. Just my two cents.
Re:US says Saudi prince approved Khashoggi killing
by duxup on Friday February 26, 2021 @02:29PM
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Maybe but despite the fact that they might celebrate it... I really doubt the value of "hey someone opened up diplomatic relations with Israel" is all that valuable to a given US politician... same goes with the state that chose to do so.
I think whatever horse trading happened behind the scenes was likely more valuable than PR.
Re:US says Saudi prince approved Khashoggi killing
by zikzak on Sunday February 28, 2021 @12:38PM
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I don't disagree on the reality, I am just saying that in my personal reading of various subreddits, forums, etc. I have seen countless posts and pundits saying what a great Job Trump and Kushner did on these agreements. It was clearly being used to show off their accomplishments in the region, real or not.
As alliances shift in the middle east it's not surprising that Israel would be involved. Relations / tensions are pretty wild in the Middle East. I think 'unlikely' alliances are almost inevitable, and maybe not as unlikely as we think. There area lot of strangely conflicting incentives out there.