From Vox-
A major evangelical leader has spoken in defense of US-Saudi relations after the apparent killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in a Saudi consulate, saying that America has more important things — like arms deals — to focus on.
Pat Robertson, founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network,
appeared on its flagship television show The 700 Club on Monday to
caution Americans against allowing the United States’ relationship with
Saudi Arabia to deteriorate over Khashoggi’s death.
“For those who are screaming blood for the Saudis — look,
these people are key allies,” Robertson said. While he called the faith
of the Wahabists — the hardline Islamist sect to which the Saudi Royal
Family belongs — “obnoxious,” he urged viewers to remember that “we’ve
got an arms deal that everybody wanted a piece of…it’ll be a lot of
jobs, a lot of money come to our coffers. It’s not something you want to
blow up willy-nilly.”
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