As usual, it takes PJMedia to set matters in context and ask a few tricky questions. Perhaps the trickiest comes down to this: "Why Would the Washington Post Hire Someone Like Jamal Khashoggi?" It's a fair question given that the Left-wing, up-market 'WaPo' which caters mainly to the 'metro-political' elites in Washington and constantly demands, in 'Lady Bracknell' style, decency and fairness and yet they hired a man well known for being a keen supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood which, as an organisation, would urge the slaughter of the entire non-Muslim world and a great many Muslims as well if they belonged to the wrong sect.
Khashoggi actually wrote this in the 'WaPo' just this year:
The United States’s aversion to the Muslim Brotherhood, which is more apparent in the current Trump administration, is the root of a predicament across the entire Arab world. The eradication of the Muslim Brotherhood is nothing less than an abolition of democracy and a guarantee that Arabs will continue living under authoritarian and corrupt regimes.
Meanwhile, in 2012 Mohammed Morsi, a Muslim Brotherhood candidate in Egypt wrote this:
The Qur’an is our constitution, the Prophet is our leader, jihad is our path [my emphasis] and death in the name of Allah is our goal …
Today we can establish Sharia law because our nation will acquire well-being only with Islam and Sharia. The Muslim Brothers and the Freedom and Justice Party will be the conductors of these goals.
That doesn't sound too kind and cuddly, does it? And nor does this:
Sharia law, once established, allows for the beating of disobedient women (Qur’an 4:34), the devaluation of women’s testimony (Qur’an 2:282), the devaluation of women’s inheritance rights (Qur’an 4:3), the taking of sex slaves (Qur’an 4:3, 4:24, 23:1-6, 33:50, and 70:30), the death penalty for leaving Islam (Qur’an 4:89), and much more that hardly provides for a “free society tolerant of all viewpoints.”
But the late and not very great Mr. Khashoggi thought it was 'right on' and presumably so did the gormless editorial board of the Washington Post. Did any of that justify Mr. Khashoggi's brutal murder? No, but it does mean that I will not waste any Kleenex tissues weeping for him!
No wasted Kleenex at all. The WaPo snapped him up before the NY Times could grab him.
Posted by: Whitewall | Tuesday, 23 October 2018 at 19:13
Well he will now know whether the 72 virgins exist or not. With a bit of luck they do and are all 7' tall, built like brick dunnies and aggressively gay.
Good luck with that Kash old chap.
Posted by: AussieD | Tuesday, 23 October 2018 at 21:54
So it's OK for the Saudi government to kill journalists they don't agree with as long as they're rotten guys?
Posted by: Bob | Tuesday, 23 October 2018 at 22:37
Seems like a bit of a mug to me. You knowingly walk into the den you die. BRITAIN getting out of the EU is more important.
Posted by: Jimmy Glesga | Tuesday, 23 October 2018 at 22:40
"The fate of Khashoggi has at least provoked global outrage, but it’s for all the wrong reasons. We are told he was a liberal, Saudi progressive voice fighting for freedom and democracy, and a martyr who paid the ultimate price for telling the truth to power. This is not just wrong, but distracts us from understanding what the incident tells us about the internal power dynamics of a kingdom going through an unprecedented period of upheaval. It is also the story of how one man got entangled in a Saudi ruling family that operates like the Mafia. Once you join, it’s for life, and if you try to leave, you become disposable."
https://spectator.us/2018/10/jamal-khashoggi/
Posted by: JK | Wednesday, 24 October 2018 at 02:28
As usual, Bob has got it almost right! It's OK for the Saudi government to kill journalists as long as they are Saudi citizens.
Posted by: backofanenvelope | Wednesday, 24 October 2018 at 09:58
There is a problem accessing D&N directly last night and this morning. I have to link through another blogger's roll? Going directly I get a warning screen that says 'unsafe'. Must be an exaggeration!
Posted by: Whitewall | Wednesday, 24 October 2018 at 11:50
I had that too Whitewall.
You using Google Chrome by any chance? The reason I ask is that I think Google is of the opinion David's a blight on all "the good people's intentions" if you know what I mean.
Try Mozilla if you continue experiencing problems.
Posted by: JK | Wednesday, 24 October 2018 at 12:21
Uhm David? Your IT staff where he can get into your site's configuration settings? Mozilla's messaging:
"The owner of www.duffandnonsense.typepad.com has configured their website improperly."
& Chrome messages:
"NET::ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID"
Looks from here like you mighta had a drive by ...
Posted by: JK | Wednesday, 24 October 2018 at 12:50
JK, yep I use Chrome. Sounds like a double team hit job.
Posted by: Whitewall | Wednesday, 24 October 2018 at 13:08
Yes, sorry everybody but there appear to be myriad problems today and quite where the emanate from I don't yet know. WATCH THIS SPACE!
Posted by: David Duff | Wednesday, 24 October 2018 at 15:27
"Thankfully, even in a cursed region like the Middle East, sending a government-sponsored hit squad to a foreign country to do away with an individual merely because he is expressing unwelcome opinions is considered sheer lunacy. However, bumping off political opponents, and especially those from Islamist groups, is as much a part of Arab culture as hummus and buggering boys."
https://spectator.us/mohammad-bin-salman-next/
Posted by: JK | Saturday, 03 November 2018 at 18:12