Jamal Khashoggi, as everyone now knows, was last seen entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2nd. He has not been seen since and the inevitable conclusion is that he has been murdered. A great many people are upset about this, including President Trump. Indeed, what is of great interest here is that the people who are protesting the most loudly are Saudi Arabia’s friends and allies. And the reason for this is because they are the people who have the most to lose. Saudi Arabia’s enemies (that means Iran and countries friendly to Iran) must be rubbing their hands with glee, for if Mr Khashoggi has been murdered, it simply serves to illustrate what they have always maintained – that Saudi Arabia is not a civilised and law-abiding country.