Mental gymnastics that happen every time there is a perceived 'undesirable' getting something bad happened to.
**BIG BOLD NOTE, FOR THOSE INCAPABLE OF UNDERSTANDING-- THIS IS AN ATTEMPT AT COMPREHENSION OF A VIEWPOINT I DO NOT HOLD.**
In this case, the thought calculus could look something like this:
Most reporters that go to the middle east are of the liberal bent, and go there asking patently antagonistic questions of the prevailing culture and government, with the intent to CHANGE it.
Most liberal reporters appear more interested in engineering a story (and subsequently, an 'agenda') than accurate reporting in the first place. (and so, fomenting discontent that does not exist outside their machinations)
Liberals are annoying, and I wish *I* could make them just disappear too.
The prince/govt seems quite willing to continue pro-US relations, despite these incessant intrusions and disruptions by the liberal press.
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I can totally see how the prince wanted that reporter to stop asking questions and stirring up bullshit for an outside agenda, and am glad the prince does not hold it as a personal grudge against everyone.
I would conjecture similar mental calculi for when hardcore conservative groups or personages have bad things happen to them, and other people try to justify how it is A-OK for that to happen.
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