US Officials Suddenly Care About Trump's Saudi Calls While Selling Arms
The Hill dutifully reports Alexander Vindman's demand for the release of Trump's call with MBS after the Khashoggi murder, suggesting it would 'shock' the public. ( The Hill ). Shocking, indeed, if anyone still believes official US foreign policy isn't a complex dance with illiberal petro-states. We're asked to clutch our pearls at an alleged cover-up while the US continues to sell billions in
weaponry to Saudi Arabia, a regime noted for many human rights violations both before and after Khashoggi's assassination. Perhaps the real shock would be a transcript where Washington doesn't prioritize arms sales and geopolitical convenience over human rights, regardless of who's in the Oval Office. One might wonder if the outrage over a presidential phone call is, in fact, a carefully
orchestrated distraction from the ongoing, profitable silence surrounding actual state-sanctioned murder when it serves 'strategic interests.'