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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump Pal Tom Barrack Defends Khashoggi Murder
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-pal-tom-barrack-defends-khashoggi-murderBy Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo
"SNIP....
Asked about Khashoggis murder, Barrack said whatever happened in Saudi Arabia, the atrocities in America are equal, or worse
Barrack went on to argue that Western criticism of Khashoggis murder was part of a history of high-handed misunderstanding by the Western powers tracing back to the Sykes-Picot agreement, the secret protocol by which Britain and France agreed to carve up thee Arab Middle East in the aftermath of World War I.
The atrocities in any autocratic country are dictated by the rule of law, Gulf News reporter Ed Clowes quoted Barrack as saying. So for us to dictate what we think is the moral code there, when we have a young man and regime that is trying to push themselves in to 2030, I think is a mistake.
Barrack is a longtime friend and confidante of President Trump and played a key role both in his 2016 campaign and the Trump-Russia scandal that grew in its aftermath. It was Barrrack who helped usher Paul Manafort into the campaign in early 2016. Barrack was back in the news last week for his role as chairman of the Trump inaugural committee, which is now the subject of a federal probe.
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Trump Pal Tom Barrack Defends Khashoggi Murder (Original Post)
applegrove
Feb 2019
OP
We'll survive, but it will take years to undo the damage that Trumpco has done and to
Arkansas Granny
Feb 2019
#6
Sykes-Picot, is this a joke? I think the murder of Khashoggi had nothing to do with that.
rusty quoin
Feb 2019
#3
Activating white liberal feelings of guilt to shut people up. And doing it abroad
applegrove
Feb 2019
#4
applegrove
(118,920 posts)1. They are rolling back human rights like they have done with environmental
and other regulations.
calimary
(81,605 posts)2. I hope we can survive this.
Arkansas Granny
(31,543 posts)6. We'll survive, but it will take years to undo the damage that Trumpco has done and to
regain respect from our allies around the world. Our adversaries couldn't have asked for a better ally than Trump.
rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)3. Sykes-Picot, is this a joke? I think the murder of Khashoggi had nothing to do with that.
applegrove
(118,920 posts)4. Activating white liberal feelings of guilt to shut people up. And doing it abroad
in a way that connects to ME grievances.
BootinUp
(47,221 posts)5. That's rich. Nt
Dorian Gray
(13,535 posts)7. Tom Barrack
can go to hell....
Murder enabling asshole.