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Related: About this forumPic Of The Moment: Let's Check In With Our Ambassadors In Saudi Arabia And Turkey
Trump administration doesn't have ambassadors in Saudi Arabia or Turkey
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Pic Of The Moment: Let's Check In With Our Ambassadors In Saudi Arabia And Turkey (Original Post)
EarlG
Oct 2018
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Initech
(100,027 posts)1. Move along, nothing to see here!
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)2. One of the benefits of totalitarian style centralized gov't (wink, wink)
is that it is easier to cover up the corruption, no ambassadors, less likely they will get wind of skeevy dealings, and you don't have to share....winning so much you will tire of it.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)5. He has not replaced 13 Inspector Generals of various Departments, either
No financial or ethics watchdogs to witness the graft and corruption.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,558 posts)4. As appalling as SA's actions seem to, and almost certainly have been..
...it's worth remembering that a country's overseas embassy is their sovereign soil. All that even the most stern and credible ambassador can do is suggest in strong terms.
Turkey can revoke the credentials of all the Saudis in the country, and send them all packing, of course.