Gen. Petraeus called the grisly death and dismemberment of Khashoggi "a misstep".
China could over pay for ARAMCO and force the Saudis to refuse to take dollars for oil. Saudis would be better off with Russian weapons.
It was and the Saudis will suffer for this at some point.
The Saudis buying Russian weapons? They have been U.S. weapon system purchasers for many years, going back to the early 70s at least.
I knew a Bird Colonel in the Pentagon back in the mid-70s. He was vying to be the world's leading arms merchant.
After the 2nd attempt on the life of Gerald Ford, Ford said, "It is getting to be the President can no longer walk among the people." (Remember Nelson Rockefeller was Veep at that time.) The Colonel retired to his farm in Virginia and began looking into what was going on.
His first book was titled Barbarians Inside the Gates. It is now out of print but can still be found online. ;)