✍️From Me:
Jamal Khashoggi accused MBS of muzzling the press. He wielded his pen to advocate for a world where Saudis could enjoy some of the freedoms he'd found in America. For THAT, he was slaughtered.
7 yrs later, 🇺🇸 is in peril...
Thx, @thedangerousones.com.
https://open.substack.com/pub/thedangerousones/p/a-pen-a-prince-and-a-president?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=5q16b2
Jamal Khashoggi accused MBS of muzzling the press. He wielded his pen to advocate for a world where Saudis could enjoy some of the freedoms he'd found in America. For THAT, he was slaughtered.
7 yrs later, 🇺🇸 is in peril...
Thx, @thedangerousones.com.
https://open.substack.com/pub/thedangerousones/p/a-pen-a-prince-and-a-president?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=5q16b2
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What's most striking to me, actually, was her voice in the near aftermath. As a journalist herself, she refused to be silenced.
The pendulum will swing the other way - some day.
Sadly, MBS international image rehabilitation started with a visit from President Joe Biden. In that case, security concerns reigned, not personal greed
While President Biden issued sanctions and stated that he pointed a finger at the royals for Jamal's death during his private audience with them, that fist bump wasn't a good look.
Not to muzzle it