The New York Times on Tuesday ignited a wave of backlash after revealing a framed photograph of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman displayed inside the New York City mansion of convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The article, which takes readers inside the late convicted paedophile’s seven-storey Manhattan home, features surveillance cameras positioned above his bed and in adjoining rooms, taxidermied animals, and provocative artwork, including a sculpture of a bride clutching a rope suspended from the ceiling in the atrium.
The criticism escalated as people connected the image to long-standing allegations of Gulf-Israeli collaboration.
Sam Youssef, author and editor of American and International Affairs, asked: “Do you now understand why Arab rulers kneel to Netanyahu and the Mossad?”
Of course, this clown is a puppet. He didn’t get his position because he’s a good leader, he got his position because he plays ball. Have fun blowing all those resources on “the line”, ya stupid fuck, until it’s your turn to be Saddam’d.
You mean a murdering piece of shit likes to abuse little girls. Sounds right on brand.
The man that has dismembered journalists might have had sex with children? I’m shocked. He seemed like such a nice guy.
You mean Trump’s BFF?
Widen that net, I’m pretty sure that’s Jared’s best friend
Now I’m not sure what to think.
These types of satire and irony don’t function as they once did.
It’s funny to think that the world is mostly able to get along except for the faux friction cultivated between cultures by a handful of people to maintain a status quo which affords them any luxury they could crave. More articles like this and I won’t need to buy tinfoil.
It hurts my soul every day to think of what things could be like if we weren’t held back by this handful of evil manipulative people that sow chaos where otherwise we might have peace, cooperation, empathy, unity, and strength.
Aren’t parts of Dubai basically just an alternative to Epstein’s island? We’ve known about Dubai/yatch girls and their poop play for about a decade now, I think. The whole Gulf region is compromised… They’ll taste Hell but I wish something was done today as well.
Hell is a punishment fetish for religious extremists.
Yes, the UAE is the most compromised Middle Eastern country. Saudi rulers however try to paint a conservative image as they heavily profit from Muslim pilgrims.
They’ve always been compromised. It’s a backwards culture (not everyone is part of it but the heads of state certainly are) that only has wealth because of oil. Otherwise they’d be living still like they did in the 1800s.
Honestly things may have been better in the 1800s.
Saudi Arabia makes up its own rules about everything. It’s Trump’s model.
He was Trump’s +1
It’s illegal to have sex outside of marriage in Saudi Arabia and while there is no age of consent, you must be 18 to marry. It’s not like he would break the rules.
Royal family? Rule? They are the rule.
Well, you’re not going to believe this but there are temporary marriage contracts available that can be as short as an hour.
Why do people need an hour long marriage? Beats me…
That’s a Shiaa thing and in Saudi Arabia Shiaa are being persecuted. There are plausible reasons for this practice to exist, e.g. being in a committed relationship and wanting to get married properly but for whatever reason not being able to get married currently. Prostitution is not a plausible reason, even though it’s common practice to use it as way to "legalize“ it.
Of all the heinous things MBS has done, this is the one to generate outrage?
He’s getting outrage for the stuff inside of his country as well. But this heavy link to American and Israeli intelligence demolishes his image as a “Pious Muslim ruler”.
MBS has had a lot of whitewashing done to for image by consulting groups like BCG.
And nothing will be done.
