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johnny9fingersNice to know the folk we ally ourselves with have such great ways of doing things:
www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/06/saudi-journalist-killed-inside-consulate-turkish-sources
If this is true this is as bad as, if not worse than, the Skripal poisoning. Technically the murder would have been done on Saudi territory, but in actuality it was done on Saudi diplomatic territory within another sovereign nation.
And of course it was done in Turkey, and the rest of us don't tend to side with Turkey ATM because of various leadership and policy issues, mainly concerning Syria and Russia.
However, I would contend that we all need to show solidarity with Turkey here. Murdering folk who criticise you after you have given them guarantees of safety isn't a very nice thing to do. Using diplomatic privilege and diplomatic or consular property to carry out your murder puts the whole set of diplomatic prerogatives into question.
I think Turkey has to expel Saudi diplomats, and the rest of the world has to investigate too. Just as with Russia's clandestine murderous policy, this sort of behaviour is unacceptable and must be challenged by the rest of us. As many of the rest of us as we can get to join the protests at such behaviour.
Never going to happen. Saudi buys too much "stuff" from us. Which then falls into the hands of Al Qaeda, obvs. And if Saudi murders a few journalists abroad, as long as it's not in Blighty, then...
If we expect other folk to join us in condemning Russian abuses on our territory, surely we should be in solidarity complaining about Saudi abuses in a neighbour's territory.
What would the panel do? Complain, boycott, or ignore?
www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/06/saudi-journalist-killed-inside-consulate-turkish-sources
If this is true this is as bad as, if not worse than, the Skripal poisoning. Technically the murder would have been done on Saudi territory, but in actuality it was done on Saudi diplomatic territory within another sovereign nation.
And of course it was done in Turkey, and the rest of us don't tend to side with Turkey ATM because of various leadership and policy issues, mainly concerning Syria and Russia.
However, I would contend that we all need to show solidarity with Turkey here. Murdering folk who criticise you after you have given them guarantees of safety isn't a very nice thing to do. Using diplomatic privilege and diplomatic or consular property to carry out your murder puts the whole set of diplomatic prerogatives into question.
I think Turkey has to expel Saudi diplomats, and the rest of the world has to investigate too. Just as with Russia's clandestine murderous policy, this sort of behaviour is unacceptable and must be challenged by the rest of us. As many of the rest of us as we can get to join the protests at such behaviour.
Never going to happen. Saudi buys too much "stuff" from us. Which then falls into the hands of Al Qaeda, obvs. And if Saudi murders a few journalists abroad, as long as it's not in Blighty, then...
If we expect other folk to join us in condemning Russian abuses on our territory, surely we should be in solidarity complaining about Saudi abuses in a neighbour's territory.
What would the panel do? Complain, boycott, or ignore?
