Some good news. Tomorrow or Thursday the U.S. Senate will take another war powers resolution vote. The last one, in March, garnered 44 votes. That was prior to the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi and the increase in mainstream coverage of the genocidal Saudi-UAE-U.S. war on Yemen. Bob Menendez says this time it will likely pass. Bernie Sanders thinks the same.
Other good news is the possibility that Argentina will bring criminal charges against crown prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) for his leading role in the war on Yemen. There is a Group of 20 summit this week in Buenos Aires which MbS is scheduled to attend, showing the world it is perfectly normal for a despot to butcher a critic and then take a star turn on the red carpet.
I was mistaken in my belief that by now Erdogan would have weighed in on Trump's absolution of MbS. Yesterday Turkish investigators, apparently looking for Khashoggi's remains, searched a Saudi mansion south of Istanbul.
Rest assured, Erdogan is not done with the Khashoggi affair. The timing was not propitious for additional developments. There was May's appearance for a climactic Brexit vote in Brussels Sunday, as well as the reappearance of Banderastan top of the fold. Maybe another bomb will drop while the crown prince's ringed fingers are kissed in Buenos Aires.
This is a time to celebrate the efforts of the mainstream. Human Rights Watch, The New York Times, Reuters have all kept our noses to the grindstone to make sure the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is held to account.
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