US agencies say that the acting king of Salafi Arabia ordered the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.

Biden ordered an attack at two Iran-linked militias in Syria.

This raises two moral issues: was it harmful to nuclear negotiations with Iran, and did it violate the War Powers Act.

This is a decrease in level of violence compared with when the wrecker was president, so I tend to think it won't affect the negotiations. However, Biden has done other things that may put these negotiations at risk.

*Lawmakers Say Biden Admin Must Present Congress Legal Justification for Bombing of Syria.*

Biden put official personal sanctions on many officials of Salafi Arabia, but not directly on Prince Bone Saw himself.

This may be a clever indirect form of sanction against him. Cozying up to the king and shunning the prince has a chance of causing his demotion in the Salafi Arabian court, whereas direct hostility could inspire the rest of the power structure to close ranks behind him.

Salafi Arabis is culpable for many different wrongs:

1. Waging war on Yemen.
2. Trying to start a war between the US and Iran.
3. Supporting the wrecker (fortunately no longer possible).
4. Killing dissidents, often by sentencing them to death, and occasionally by dirtier means.
5. Sexist laws in Salafi Arabia.
6. Denial of religious freedom towards everyone inside Salafi Arabia.
7. Spreading a rigid and harsh cruel form if Islam, Salafism, around the Muslim world.
8. Destroying many ancient sites from the early days of Islam.

The US does not have the power to make Salafi Arabia desist from all these wrongs; as a result, it is not immediately obvious what stance would be best for the US to take so as to reduce some.

Most of these have gone on since long before Mohammad bin Salman became crown prince. I think he started item 2; he certainly started item 3.

As for the other wrongs, the US is already starting to try to end 1. The others will take time.

*CO2 emissions: nations' pledges 'far away' from Paris target, says UN.* The Paris agreement's target is far from sufficient to avoid global heating disaster.

The wrecker put sanctions on personnel of the International Criminal Court; a month after inauguration, Biden has not lifted them.

How the US should approach the ICC may be a complex question, but sanctions on its personnel cannot be a valid answer.

It was Dubya that began attacking the ICC and trying to make it ineffective. The US should end that, too.