Sebastian Gorka: Trump is right about Saudi Arabia: strategic concerns are paramount

[TomSea]

Trump is right about Saudi Arabia: strategic concerns are paramount
By Sebastian Gorka, opinion contributor — 11/28/18 08:00 AM EST

They say politics is “the art of the possible.” So are geopolitics and strategy.

And being strategic requires prioritizing different interests and national objectives, especially when it comes to national security.

That is why President Trump’s statement on Jamal Khashoggi's murder is correct. What happened to the Saudi national at the Saudi consulate in Turkey is wrong. But our national response to his death cannot be allowed to jeopardize the precarious balance in the Middle East and endanger our regional and global interests, our safety or the security of our allies.

When the Trump administration took office Jan. 20, 2017, the geopolitical reality in the Middle East was grim. Syrians were fighting a civil war that had taken 400,000 lives. Large portions of Iraq and Syria were controlled by the Islamic State (ISIS), the most successful jihadi insurgency of the modern age. And, thanks to the Obama administration’s Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) that released more than $150 billion to Iran, Tehran's theocratic mullahs were the most powerful they had been since their revolution of 1979, spreading their influence and proxy forces into not only Iraq and Yemen but farther afield as well.

Read more at: https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/418525-trump-is-right-about-saudi-arabia-strategic-concerns-are-paramount

[Absalom]

Repeating Lord Palmerston's astute observation:
"Great Nations have neither allies nor friends, they simply have interests."
SA is an ally of Jordan and Israel, as well as an enemy of Iran.
That is the only thing that matters as the sanctimony is bullshit!!!