This is PERFECT leadership, even if you don't like it: Trump's statement on Saudi crown prince and the killing of Jamal Khashoggi @CNNPolitics https://cnn.it/2FvyBEf
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Oh, here is the answer to my question, now I get it; as long as we get benefits and profits out of any situation, they can do whatever they want. Perfect American values, I never got them right before. Thank you.
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I agree with you: weighing all the costs and benefits, especially the strategic role of SA in the middle east and the effect of their investments in the US economy. But (and this is significant for a leader, certainly a PERFECT one) don't deny the truth.
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The costs and benefits of such an action cannot be known beforehand
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It's not about "candy": it's about saying straightforwardly "I know they did it, I'm looking into ways to make them pay for that, but in the meantime, idealism is not as important as pragamtism"
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Not nearly as good on the leverage and persuasion scale.
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For person who is so careful with words (I'm a big fan of your writing by the way) the word PERFECT is evidently wrongly applied
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See my Periscope from the past hour for full response.
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Your premise that all the costs and benefits of such a decision can be known up front is false. The world is not that simple.
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True, we're working with assumptions, but the investment commitment is made and the role of SA in the chess-game of the middle east is widely accepted as true
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