GOP Chair: Minding Khashoggi 'Inappropriate'... for Now
When Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) requested to display a large photo of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi during Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's visit, GOP chair Sen. Jim Risch objected, calling it 'inappropriate.' This isn't just about decorum; it's about erasing inconvenient truths for geopolitical convenience. MBS, according to U.S. intelligence, directly approved Khashoggi’s gruesome 2018
assassination inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, yet he’s still welcomed to Washington as a key partner for... stability? (Unless that stability means not asking embarrassing questions about dismembered journalists.) The Hill frames this as a minor procedural spat, but it highlights a broader pattern: human rights violations become 'inappropriate' topics when arms deals and oil interests are
on the table. One might wonder if the 'appropriate' time to remember state-sponsored murder is ever, or if our allies are simply immune to accountability when they're rich enough.