what'd they do?

well I guess it doesn't actually matter

they murdered a journalist

The media are painting him as this messianic figure

he?she? I dunno, was in their country, and probably broke one of their laws

and so got their justice executed upon them

but he was friends with bin Laden, he was friends with Al-Quaeda and HAMAS operatives

so

I'm not too upset

just like I'd expect to happen if someone came over here and broke our laws

@Angus

he broke no laws

he walked into the Saudi embassy in Istanbul

and was slaughtered

dismembered

well in that case

idfk

no

he was personal friends with Osama

he cried when Bin Laden died

he even talked about it

obama = osama??!!!2!!s

It's not about the journalist whatsoever

yeah but nobody gives a shit about the Saudis when they publicly crucify people

this is nothing new

They did extrajudicially in a foreign country, and he was a journalist for an American newspaper

oh he was working for us?

well he worked at WaPO

so thats debateable

This whole thing is an international stunt by SA, like nation-level version of an ISIS beheading video

the Saudis are the best in the region

other than Israel

we aren't gonna get much better than that

SA didn't care about the journalist either, tbh.

This was about provoking a response from the US

That's the question: Do we call their bluff, or let them make us look like idiots?

Wrong choice of words, tbh

More like, testing our relationship

Tit for tat

honestly, I didn't think about that option

No, I'd have a hit put on some ambassadors assistant here stateside

But like, in a car accident