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Re: Ties to Saudi Prince Weigh on SoftBank Fund’s Future

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Post by mandeepj » Sun, Oct 21, 2018, 11:33 PM UTC

raincom wrote: post #7

mandeepj wrote: post #6

Not sure why Kashoggi went to a Saudi consulate in Turkey but not here in US.

Very good question. I heard that a Saudi consulate in DC asked him to go to Turkey. Khashoggi should not have gone to any Saudi consulate at all--of course, this is something one learns after the fact. But he should have known better that Saudi is not some random Western country.

> I heard that a Saudi consulate in DC asked him to go to Turkey

Thanks for answering my question. Seems like he fell into a trap.

Re: Ties to Saudi Prince Weigh on SoftBank Fund’s Future

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Post by wodenokoto » Mon, Oct 22, 2018, 5:55 AM UTC

raincom wrote: post #7

mandeepj wrote: post #6

Not sure why Kashoggi went to a Saudi consulate in Turkey but not here in US.

Very good question. I heard that a Saudi consulate in DC asked him to go to Turkey. Khashoggi should not have gone to any Saudi consulate at all--of course, this is something one learns after the fact. But he should have known better that Saudi is not some random Western country.

Given that he was a journalist and had his Iwatch recording, maybe he underestimated the severity of the situation, and simply expected to get a story about unfairness he would survive to tell.

Re: Ties to Saudi Prince Weigh on SoftBank Fund’s Future

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Post by nonce725 » Mon, Oct 22, 2018, 12:08 PM UTC

User23 wrote: post #5

empath75 wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah as awful as what happened to Kashoggi is, Saudi Arabia was been savagely murdering people for decades and nobody blinked. It’s not just the Turks— this whole thing is an internal power struggle over dynastic succession with hundreds of billions of dollars at stake. Nobody making a stink about this in Congress gives a solitary shit about press freedom in Saudi Arabia. I guarantee there is some money being funnele…

It's understandable, but not admirable, that the media only cares when it's someone they identify with.

I wouldn't call in "only cares" but certainly "rallies around" more than usual.

Homicides in the general population happen regularly and are taken seriously, but if a cop is murdered? That's next-level enforcement.

Humans naturally band together to protect a tribe they're a part of. Modern tribes revolve around work.