If he doesn't care about consequences how far will he go?

After over two weeks of denial Saudi Arabia admitted that journalist Jamal Khashoggi died in its consulate in Istanbul. At first the Saudis said that Khashoggi had left through a back door after concluding his work at the consulate and denied any knowledge of his whereabouts, saying that allegations of his murder were an attempt to malign the kingdom. Now they say that Khashoggi died after he got into an argument with consulate staff and a fistfight broke out. "Khashoggi died after he was placed in a choke hold, a person with knowledge of the Saudi probe said." Khashoggi was living  in self-imposed exile in the US while writing for the Washington Post, so naturally there is enormous coverage in the press. The feeling is that this killing could not have happened without direct orders from Mohammad bin Salman, the Crown Prince, known as MBS, who is ruling Saudi Arabia. Some of his aides have been sacked and 18 Saudis have been arrested, to protect MBS. Strange that all those expressing outrage now were silent all these years when members of the royal family who had fallen out with the family and were living abroad were kidnapped violently and never seen again. There was silence when 200 princes were imprisoned and tortured in the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Riyadh and forced to handover large slices of their fortunes. It is extremely strange that Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, who owns chunks of major US companies, was forced to pay billions of dollars for his release without breaking any US laws. Saudi Arabia regularly carries out public executions designed to instill fear in the people so that they do not break the law. But, Khashoggi was killed in secret and the kingdom strenuously denied his death so it cannot act as a lesson to others. He was apparently dismembered while still alive and was screaming for 7 minutes before being injected with an unknown drug. Khashoggi described MBS as an "old-fashioned tribal leader" in an interview before his death. "I'm not calling for an overthrow of the regime, because I know it's not possible and is too risky, and there is no one to overthrow the regime," he said. "I'm just calling for reform of the regime." This is not enough to kill him so brutally in the kingdom's consulate in a foreign country. It shows that the man who ordered the killing is consumed with rage, is totally confident in his own infallibility, lacks any compassion, and does not think about consequences. In short, a psychopath. Under MBS, Saudi Arabia has been getting friendly with Israel, both countries united in their fear and loathing of Iran. President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner has met MBS and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu many times. As he realises the trouble he is in, will MBS attack Iran? Will Israel join him? Interesting possibilities.