The phantom strikes again?

You may recall that after Christine Ford testified at the Kavanaugh hearing, and before Kavanagh's partisan political rant, the Republicans were in a state of dismay and disarray. Ms. Ford was clearly believable and sympathetic. The Republicans and had to acknowledge that. What were they to do to reconcile the effect of her testimony and demeanor with Kavanaugh's denial? They of course wanted to talk about a conspiracy by the Democrats but there was no way that Ms. Ford fit in with that narrative, particularly given her prior consistent statements. So they came up with a typical criminal defense strategy, positing an unidentified perpetrator as someone responsible for the treatment Ms. Ford described. Now this was completely preposterous but it was the best they could come up with.

Yesterday pres. Donnie had a similar problem to deal with. It appeared that Washington Post columnist Kashoggie had been murdered in the Saudi Arabia consulate in Ankara turkey. But, as Donnie the Daft said, the king" Strongly" denied any knowledge of such a thing. (People talking to Donnie always do so "strongly".) The problem was that there was increasing evidence from Turkish officials that the columnist had in fact been murdered in the consulate. What to do? As Donnie pointed out, there was a buck to be made from the Saudi's. So, perhaps with some help from the Saudi's, Donnie concocted another phantom perpetrator, a" Rogue attack ". Also there was discussion from the administration of the important role Southeast played in the strategic security plans of the United States as a valuable ally. They perhaps a forgotten that al Qaeda came out of the Wahhabi movement in Saudi Arabia and that the 9/11 bombers we're Saudi's. In siding with Saudi Arabia and the Sunnis, they also forget that the terrorist in a Iraq were Sunnis not shia. In fact, the Saudi's are easily as despicable as Iran, witness their bombings of Yemen, and their purges of their own people. Nonetheless, Donnie went with the Rogue actor theory and maintained his support for the Saudi's. After all, they gave him a red carpet ceremony, promised to buy are  $125 billion in arms from the US, which of course they haven't, and were really nice to Jared.

Son of a gun, the Saudis are now apparently forced to admit that the columnist was killed in their consulate, but of course the royal family had nothing to do with it. It was a rogue operation. They have no explanation of why two plane loads of 15 operatives, apparently bringing with them a bone saw, flew in and out of Ankara in less than 24 hours. They also wish the world to believe that was done without the blessing of the royal family even though nothing ever is. That is the sad state of affairs. Just one more example of the incompetent liar we have for a president being made a fool of by a foreign autocratic state. The lesson is, if you can't fabricate a conspiracy, use phantoms.