U.S. President Donald Trump and Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Minister of Defense Mohammed bin Salman enter the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 14, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Sebastian Gorka, The Hill: Trump is right about Saudi Arabia: strategic concerns are paramount
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.
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WNU Editor: Sebastian Gorka .... former deputy assistant and strategist to President Donald Trump .... is sadly correct. As long as the global economy is dependent on oil and Saudi Arabia produces the ten million barrels of oil that it does each day, U.S. - Saudi strategic concerns will remain paramount in U.S. foreign policy.
