tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19217611.post1178190646807959011..comments2024-03-28T09:13:04.373-04:00Comments on KIKO'S HOUSE: Why The Jamal Khashoggi Scandal Will Sink Into Saudi Sands Without A TraceShaun Mullenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964214385216513188noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19217611.post-54285101836123111692018-10-15T15:11:57.060-04:002018-10-15T15:11:57.060-04:00A reader at a London-based website where I also po...A reader at a London-based website where I also posted this piece makes the following prediction:<br /><br /><i>At some point Saudi Arabia will announce that it has captured, convicted and executed the killers of Jamal Khashoggi. Pictures of the assassins being beheaded will be distributed to the media and a payment made to his family. Trump will say justice was done. The end.</i> Shaun Mullenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14964214385216513188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19217611.post-10582143947573533032018-10-15T06:19:51.917-04:002018-10-15T06:19:51.917-04:00Nice weave of seemingly disparate elements. NOTHIN...Nice weave of seemingly disparate elements. NOTHING is disparate in this freak show; Kevin Bacon is too many degrees separated, but everyone else seems to be closer. HCCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19217611.post-17742241035354594952018-10-14T08:35:49.587-04:002018-10-14T08:35:49.587-04:00Gack! This recurring cast of grinning villains. Ar...Gack! This recurring cast of grinning villains. Are we living The Divine Comedy or a Fellini movie? A Vonnegut novel?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19217611.post-52311325983524790852018-10-13T23:15:56.013-04:002018-10-13T23:15:56.013-04:00Thanks for another good summation of a complicated...Thanks for another good summation of a complicated issue, Shaun.Dan Leohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01603402268945559679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19217611.post-89385553560495903742018-10-13T16:30:48.897-04:002018-10-13T16:30:48.897-04:00I think confidence in MBS has been shaken. He may ...I think confidence in MBS has been shaken. He may seem too hotheaded to continue as heir apparent. Trump will make sure the U.S. response is tepid, at best. But if enough big business leaders pull away from the kingdom, that may doom MBS. In a way, that's too bad because intellectually he seemed to appreciate the need to modernize -- but he's proving himself to be a thug.Bscharlotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06667913621618808338noreply@blogger.com