Mark Steyn: The emerging Saudi position on the death of Jamal Khashoggi is that it was Mohammed bin Sultan's "Will no one rid me of this turbulent, er, Washington Post columnist?" moment, and that, as with Henry II's quartet of knights eight-and-a-half centuries ago galloping off to Canterbury, the fifteen-man House of Saud hit squad just got a little too eager to please and hopped a flight to Istanbul.
Yeah, sure. The spilling of blood - especially important blood - is ordered from the top in Saudi. It always has been, ever since Britain and America cooked up the Frankensaud Monster of a state and set it staggering around Araby. Last year I offered a few thoughts on the blood-soaked Ibn Saud's establishment of his alleged kingdom, which I thought were worth dusting off amid all this talk of what a valued ally these chaps are.
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