Crocodile Tears for Khashoggi Betray Info Op to Promote His Fellow Islamists

Jamal Khashoggi speaks during a press conference in Manama, Bahrain, on Dec. 15, 2014. Hasan Jamali/AP

Commentary

With the Biden administration releasing an intelligence assessment claiming de facto Saudi leader Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) approved the grisly 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the political-media class is once again shedding crocodile tears over his death. Its purpose is more than performative. It is signaling the dawn of the rebooted Obama-Biden administration project to Make the Middle East Great for Islamists Again, aided by the Iran Deal-Muslim Brotherhood echo chamber that is reassembling in real-time to amplify such stories.