Justin’s note: Jamal Khashoggi’s murder has taken the world by storm.
Khashoggi, as I’m sure you’ve heard, was a Saudi journalist. He lived in the United States, worked for The Washington Post, and was highly critical of the Saudi regime.
Last month, Khashoggi walked into the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey… and never walked out. The story is that he was tortured and murdered by 15 Saudis before his body was dissolved in acid.
You can see why this is such a big scandal. But maybe it shouldn’t be…
I say this because of a recent conversation I had with Doug Casey. Below, you’ll find a transcript. We hope you enjoy.
Justin: Doug, what do you make of the Khashoggi story? Is this as big of a deal as the media is making it out to be?
Doug: Okay, let’s consider what’s supposed to have happened. There’s a journalist who was apparently quite wired with the Saudi Royal Family. He’s been saying some things that they don’t like while living in the United States. He goes into the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul and never walks out.
Now, the story is that a hit team was flown in from Saudi Arabia. They tortured him, chopped him up, and disappeared his body in suitcases.
Of course, this is grizzly stuff; gentlemen aren’t supposed to dismember other gentlemen. But governments do this type of thing all the time. Hearing about it makes me feel like Inspector Renault in Casablanca: “Gambling at Rick’s? I’m shocked! Shocked!”
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How is this any worse than what the U.S. government has done by sending people off to black sites to be tortured, and for all we know, killed? Or what other governments do on a daily basis? Why is this such a…