Newsweek: MBS 'From Pariah to Partner' After Journalist Murder
Newsweek’s opinion piece heralds MBS's transformation from 'pariah to partner,' a diplomatic whitewash so thorough it practically leaves a shine on the Khashoggi crime scene. This 'opinion' conveniently forgets the CIA's assessment concluding MBS approved Jamal Khashoggi's 2018 murder, a finding that briefly made him a 'pariah.' Biden himself promised to make Saudi Arabia a 'pariah' during his
campaign, only to fist-bump MBS in 2022. The media's selective amnesia on human rights abuses—whether in Yemen, in Saudi prisons, or in a Turkish consulate—is truly breathtaking when strategic alliances are involved. How many journalists need to be dismembered and exiled before the label 'pariah' actually sticks? Apparently, the price tag for 'partner' status includes ignoring mass atrocities and
continued suppression of dissent. One might wonder if the 'opinion' piece authors received any compensation for their rehabilitation efforts.