John R. Bradley

Hostages to fortune

After Khashoggi’s murder, America’s support for Saudi Arabia looks increasingly ill-judged

issue 03 November 2018

It says something about the level of political discourse in America that Donald Trump decided to trumpet sanctions on Iran not with a speech, but a Twitter meme in reference to Game of Thrones. ‘Sanctions are coming,’ he says – in a picture that might be funny if it were not so serious.

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