Commentary: How Trump should, but probably won't, confront Saudi Arabia
The latest Saudi explanation of what happened to journalist Jamal Khashoggi - that his murder was premeditated by his assailants - is no more acceptable an explanation than the earlier versions, that he died accidentally in a fistfight or that he left the Saudi consulate in Istanbul without leaving a trace. It defies belief that this operation wasn't ordered at the highest level.
But that's not the point. The Saudis were never going to conduct the "complete, thorough and timely investigation," as Secretary of State
