The WashingtonPost is indignant that "hard-line Republicans and conservative commentators are mounting a whispering campaign against Jamal Khashoggi" supposedly in order to "protect President Trump from criticism of his handling of the dissident journalist's alleged murder by operatives of Saudi Arabia."

The Post hits these "hardliners" for highlighting Khashoggi's ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, and claims that "while Khashoggi was once sympathetic to Islamist movements, he moved toward a more liberal, secular point of view".

In reality, Khashoggi was the real hardliner, supporting jihad violence and Sharia right up to the time of his murder -- even in his recent Post columns. This raises questions about why the paper hired him as a columnist in the first place.

As recently as August 28, 2018, Khashoggi wrote in the Post:

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