Peacedog wrote:Khashoggi was a bad guy who had a bad end.
The fact that he was an Islamist means by definition he was a bad guy. This was an individual who was attempting to use a democratic process to establish a pan-Arab theocracy.
He wasn't a journalist. He was a propagandist using the Western media to spread his message. His experience in journalism consisted of working for various Arab state owned media until they got tired of him and fired him. He was also the point man for conservative clerics within Saudi Arabia that bin Salman had been jailing in an attempt to modernize the country.
The only reason the Turks are complaining is that Erdogan is trying to accomplish in Turkey what Khashoggi wanted in the Arab world. Erdogan is quoted as having said, "Democracy is like a tram ride: when you reach your stop, you get off." (Mayor of Istanbul in 1996, Date: July 14th. 1996, Reporter: Nilgun Cerrahoglu, Newspaper: Milliyet)
That was Khashoggi's goal as well.
He was a bad guy doing bad things. Finally, someone got tired of him and got rid of him. End of story.
You demonize the Saudis and demonize Khashoggi. We are essentially saying the same thing. But I don't blame the reporter for doing his job I blame people in power who have all the power. Sounds like you have no issue with a government killing its own citizens, cutting off their fingers and beheading them while their fiancee waits outside, I do.