On the heels of his return from a meeting with Saudi Arabian officials about the disappearance, and alleged murder, of Washington Post writer Jamal Khashoggi, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reminded reporters of the U.S.’s “important counterterrorism” partnership with the kingdom.
Pompeo: Saudi Arabia and the U.S. have a longstanding "strategic" relationship pic.twitter.com/t7cpNg1egV
— TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) October 18, 2018
The comments follow reports that Pompeo was harsh with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in their private discussions and warned that President Trump may be forced to retaliate with sanctions if Turkish officials’ were correct that Saudis killed Khashoggi.
This will not end well. The optics internally in Saudi Arabia must be horrible…MSB will come to regret that…the opposition will be encouraged by this…
“…on both the supply and the demand side,” he added under his breath.
What would you call slowly murdering a critic with a bonesaw except terrorism?
Counterterrorism ally my ass.
Good to know a murderous, torture regime is an ‘Important Counterterrorism Partner’ of ours.
Pomoeo, methinks you are just a Trump whore at this point.