MBS lives! -- In the minds of the trash media

Image: Still from Washington Post video re Kashoggi

MBS lives! -- In the minds of the trash media

The WashPost just can't stop saying that Khashoggi is dead, and not saying that MBS could be also.

• Pompeo — who held talks this week in Riyadh and in the Turkish capital, Ankara — said only that U.S. officials would evaluate the Saudi report as to whether “it’s truly accurate, fair and transparent” as promised during Pompeo’s talks in Riyadh.

Could the above still from the WashPost video finally be proof that the Crown Prince is alive and well?  Not exactly.

Scroll to the full video and decide for yourself.  Though it's not actually stated with whom Pompeo held the said talks regarding Khashoggi, there is a brief, undated, segment of him chatting happily with MBS.

Note that Pompeo is wearing a red tie.

When Pompeo is shown leaving the Ryadh meeting(s), it's not discernable whether or not MBS is part of the entourage with him -- and Pompeo is wearing a blue tie. There's nothing to say that he stayed overnight and, when talking about the Saudi response, he doesn't say "he", he says "they" -- and, of course, refuses to give details.

NBC must not have seen the WashPost news clip:

• Pompeo, who traveled this week to Riyadh to discuss the situation with Saudi leaders, was stern in his meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed, two U.S. officials familiar with the meeting said.

The "stern" part must have come after the cameras stopped rolling.

In desperation to seem credible, apparently,  the WashPost turned to the closest thing to Jesus Christ Himself -- Evangelist Pat Robertson whose religion surely would not allow him to utter lies:

• “For those who are screaming blood for the Saudis — look, these people are key allies,” evangelical leader Pat Robertson said this week. “We’ve got an arms deal that everybody wanted a piece of. . . . It’ll be a lot of jobs, a lot of money come to our coffers. It’s not something you want to blow up willy-nilly.”

Well, if that's not a foretelling of the true outcome of any "stern" talks with the Saudis, then what possibly could be?

But ... it really doesn't sound like anything Jesus would say.  Robertson's telling the truth alright about the US relationship with the Saudis, but I doubt the Jesus of the New Testament would base any support of the Saudis on the good that an arms deal will do for America. Maybe there's a Newer Testament out that I haven't read yet?

Well, whaddya know. There's "The Gospel of the Self: How Jesus Joined the GOP" You can read a review of it here.

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