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Wall Street Journal

Don't Ditch Riyadh in a Fit of Righteousness

Khashoggi’s murder must be condemned. But Saudi Arabia still serves U.S. interests

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Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

The murder (if that’s what it was) of Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, was a horror in itself, and a greater horror still in what it threatens to unleash. The Muslim Brotherhood, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the ayatollahs of Iran are huddled over the corpse, hoping to turn a political profit from the death of an innocent man.

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