Nā te kohurutanga whakarihariha a te kairīpoata o Saudi, a Jamal Khashoggi, i roto i te tari kaunihera o Saudi i Istanbul, kua ara ake te amuamu o te ao whānui mō te Karauna Piriniha o Saudi Arabia, a Muhammad bin Salman. Kua raru kē te uri taitamariki, he tangata whai wawata, i tana kaupapa here mō Yemen, ā, kua puta he aituā atawhai tangata. Ko ana mahi ki te kohuru i ōna mema whānau kia riro i a ia te karauna, me te pakiwaitara mō Hariri, i whakaatu i te whānuitanga o ana wawata tōrangapū.
Heoi, ko te kohurutanga o Khashoggi i tohu i tētahi taumata hou o te mangere, i te ūkui i tētahi āhua pai i hangaia e ia i te Hauāuru mā tētahi kaupapa PR utu nui. Ko te āhua nei ko te hua o te hiahia o te Piriniha Karauna ki te hanga anō i a Saudi Arabia i tētahi huarahi e whakamanahia ai ia e te ao whānui me te whakaaetia hei whenua hou i roto i tētahi rohe raruraru.
Ko tētahi o ngā rautaki matua a te Piriniha Karauna ko te whakatairanga i te "Matakitenga a Saudi Arabia mō te tau 2030" kia waiho te whenua hei kaiārahi i te ao Ihirama mā te whakarerekētanga ōhanga. I te whakanui i te hiahia ki te whakawhanui i te ōhanga o Saudi, kāore anō kia kitea he ahunga whakamua nui i roto i te kaupapa e whakanuia ana. He mahi tino uaua te whakarerekē i tētahi ōhanga e whakawhirinaki ana ki te hinu, e hiahia ana ki tētahi mahi ā-motu pumau mō ngā tau maha.
I roto i ngā huarahi maha, i whakaatu a MbS ehara tana arotahi tūturu i te panonitanga ōhanga i te tuatahi, engari ko te whakatutuki i te whakapūmau i tōna mana mā te whakaekenga whakahirahira ki te Hauāuru, me te whakaatu anō he mana tēnei hei whakaaro i roto i te rohe. Engari ko te arotahi ki ngā whakatutukitanga ōhanga hei hanga i te mana, kua ngana ia ki te tono tautoko mutunga kore a te US ki te whawhai ki te hoariri rohe o Saudi Arabia, ki a Īrāna. Mā te whakatutuki i ngā kupu whakaari ōhanga hanganga i tua atu i ētahi tohu tohu, kua taea e ia te whai mana me te tautoko i te kāinga me tāwāhi.
Nā te kōhurutanga o Khashoggi kua tino pā kino te mana me te tika o MbS i te mea he māia rawa ngā Saudi ki te mahi i tētahi mahi pēnei, ā, he tino koretake hoki ki te whakahaere i ngā pānga kino. Nā te mea kua mōhio tātou he mahi kua whakaritea kētia tēnei, he tika te whakaaro he wāhanga tēnei o te mahere hei whakama i a Turkey mā te aukati i te "ngaronga" o Khashoggi i te whenua. I whakaaro mārama ngā Saudi ka taea e rātou te mawhiti i te kōhurutanga i Istanbul, engari kāore i taea te tatau e kore e tukuna noatia tēnei e ngā kaiārahi o Turkey.
He maha ngā kaikōrero kua kōrero mō te rautaki "drip drip" a Turkey ki te tuku kōrero hei whara i ngā Saudi Arabia, engari me mahara tātou ko ngā kōrero i turuturuhia he mea hei ārai i te kore aro o Saudi Arabia i te tīmatanga me te kore e whakaae ki te kawenga i a rātou. Ko ngā Saudi Arabia i kore i whakaae ki tā rātou hapa nui, ā, i ngana ki te horoi i ō rātou ringa. Kāore he kōwhiringa a Turkey engari ko te tuku i ēnei kōrero i te aroaro o te kore mahi tahi a Saudi Arabia, inā koa i ngā wiki tuatahi e rua o te aituā.
Ka whai wāhi nui tēnei wāhanga ki ngā whanaketanga ā-rohe i ngā tau e haere ake nei. I raro i te kaiārahi o MbS, i rite a Saudi Arabia ki te whakapakari i tētahi poraka whakahē-Iran, arā, ko UAE, ko Īhipa, ko te US, ā, ko Iharaira anake. Mā te tautuhi i a Iran hei riri mō te ao tūroa, ka taea e tēnei pakanga te arahi ki ngā pakanga hou i te rohe.
I roto i te ngana ki te pana atu i a Iran i te rohe, me te peia atu i a Turkey i ngā wā katoa e taea ai, ka taea e tēnei hononga rūpahu ā-rohe te whai i ngā pakanga whakakapi ki a Iran, ka whakararuraru i te rohe. He hiahia anō hoki tā Turkey ki te whakaiti i ētahi o ngā mana o Iran i te rohe, engari kaua e waiho hei utu mō te pumau puta noa i te Middle East. I te wā o te raruraru o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, i ngana a Turkey ki te karanga i te whakaaro nui o te Kīngi o Saudi Arabia i a ia e tautoko ana i a Qatar. I roto i te aituā o Khashoggi, i tono anō a Turkey ki te Kīngi kia wawao mai, kia mau tonu te kawenga o te hunga hara, me te kore e tuku noa i a ia.
Tērā pea ka ora a MbS i tēnei wāhanga, ā, ka riro i a ia te karauna i te mutunga, engari kua puta kē te kino. Me whakaatu e ia ngā whakatutukitanga tūturu me ngā whakatutukitanga tuturu kia hoki mai ai te mana, ā, ka whai tonu te take Khashoggi i a ia ahakoa pēhea. Kei te tūpono tonu ka arahina ia e āna wawata tōrangapū ki ngā aituā ā muri ake nei pērā i a Yemen, Hariri me Khashoggi. Heoi, ki te taea te whakaiti i ngā taupatupatu ā-rohe nā te ngoikore o te MbS i te taha tōrangapū, ka taea te kī he wikitoria mō Turkey.
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