Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   This is SICK! Date:   10/13/2018 6:15:10 PM

First of all, I don't think anything has been proven - what happened is pure speculation on the part of the media.  

Second, Trump will not cancel the weapons sales for several reasons - Saudi is a high reliable partner in the Mid-East, cancelling weapon systems means U.S. Defense industry jobs are lost - not just on the weapons themselves, but all the support for the future and will have a severe impact not only on jobs, but on maintaining a warm production base, and economies of scale for our own military - to wit, our military is dependent on others buying our weapons systems, so we can afford to buy them too.  And the Saudis require addtional things - like building infrasture in the Kingdom - as part of their weapons contracts and that provides additional money and jobs for the non-military sector.  

As Hodja points out, if we don't sell our equipment, Saudis may decide to take their dollars elsewhere - one of the reasons we sell weapons to other countries is so that they maintain commonality with U.S. systems - which is a benefit if we need to fight to gether, they increase our spares buys (back to economies of scale again), we provide training on the systems, and OBTW, while we are providing training, they also get a darn good look at what America is all about.  We do not want Russia or China in there, with the Saudis buying their equipment instead of ours.  Do you even have any idea how many Americans are living in American compounds in SA and helping them with their military planning, maintaining and buying?  They might be asked to leave the Kingdom.  

Additionally, never forget that what is playing out in public when it involves the Saudis, is what is really going on behind the scenes.  we might very well impose some sort of sanctions or penalty on Saudi Arbia that is never publicized.  We have a very complex relationship with the Kingdom and it's leadership, and it is not always what it seems.  

Don't forget that Embassies are the property of the country that inhabits them, so technically, if the guy was killed in the Saudi embassy in Turkey, he was killed on the soil of the Saudi government.  

You are having the typical knee jerk reaction of the uninformed.  This is a State Department issue and not Pompaeos first rodeo.