The above photo is of Hilary Clinton and Barak Obama watching the killing of Osama bin Laden live as it happened, from a link to a head-cam worn by one of the special force marines who carried out the raid. Apparently it was very shocking and messy.
President Trump refuses to listen to the recording of Khashoggi being tortured and killed in the Saudi embassy because it might upset him.
I avoid seeing or listening to violent stuff on You Tube or elsewhere too, but I am not the leader of the most powerful country in the world.
I wonder how long the next two years will be.
ReplyDeleteAbout 20 years.
DeleteI try to avoid seeing or listening to violent stuff too ... I know it exists, I keep up with current news but I don't search out violence and misery ..... thats why I loved that film Hugo and, we watched Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them the other day ..... a couple of hours of escapism without having to use my brain too much !!!
ReplyDeleteAlso, I too am not a leader of a powerful country so it's OK ! XXXX
Escapism doesn't work for me at the moment Jack@.
DeleteTo look away underlines the fact he's no leader
ReplyDeleteHe's got his fingers in his ears and he is worried about upsetting the Saudi Royal family. The CIA has said that the order originated from as high up as you can go, but trump is still holding back from confronting the prince. Money.
DeleteYou are absolutely right,Tom. He has blood on his hands and is too cowardly to take a look.
DeleteI don't think he can be blamed for the embassy incident, but he seems to be putting his head in the sand about it.
DeleteHis cowardice shines.
ReplyDeleteDarkly.
DeleteI just deleted a comment which was an advert for a Saudi cleaning and pest control company called Nafal Afsh. I'm sorry, I don't allow advertising on this blog, but your personal or corporate comments are always welcome.
ReplyDeleteTrump has done everything he can to go easy on the Saudi Crown prince. It's always about money with him. I am not surprised he wouldn't listen to the tape because if he did he might actually have to address torture and murder. It's all so depraved.
ReplyDeleteWell he said it had been described to him and his advisors said he need not look at it if he didn't want to, so I am guessing that he didn't want to.
DeleteBy accident, I once suddenly came across a very short video of a beheading. I really wish I hadn't.
ReplyDeleteOops.
DeleteSeeing the film did not help Clinton or Obama to be better people. It did nothing for the world. More wars started and perhaps Hillary Clinton became more of a warmonger than she would have been if she hadn't seen the film. As for the killing of the man in the Istanbul embassy, Erdogan was rubbing his hands with so much glee and has capitalised on it I wonder if he had a hand in it, so much is he wanting to be the ruler of the whole of the Middle East.
ReplyDeleteNobody is suggesting that Clinton or Obama became better people for watching the raid on Bin Laden's Pakistani hideout, and I don't see how anyone can jump to the conclusion that watching the graphic consequences of an order you have given out to assassinate the worst terrorist the world has ever seen will turn you into a warmonger. Usually when ordinary people watch scenes of violence it tends to turn them off further violence. For Clinton and Obama to watch the live event was duty, not morbidity. Of course Erdogan milked it for all it was worth, but he came up with irrefutable evidence which could not be ignored.
DeleteI wouldn't trust Erdogan as far as I could throw him.
DeleteNeither would I but he came up with a very useful bit of intelligence which even the CIA could not ignore.
DeleteI don’t necessarily believe that trump didn’t listen to the tape. He lies about EVERYTHING.
ReplyDeleteYou are so right about that.
DeleteI hadn't thought of that!
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