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The Joe Biden Apology Tour Hits Saudi Arabia
Having accidentally stumbled upon the awkward truth - that many governments in the Middle East are either implicitly or explicitly funding terrorist organizations, such as ISIS, to fight Syria's al-Assad regime - Vice President Joe Biden has been doing the rounds the last few days apologizing for any inconvenience his Harvard speech last week may have caused. As Biden's spokeswoman explained, "the vice president apologized for any implication that Turkey or other allies and partners in the region had intentionally supplied or facilitated the growth of ISIL or other violent extremists in Syria." Today it was Saudi Arabia's turn (following Turkey and UAE) to hear Biden "clarify his recent remarks," and as Al Arabiya notes, "the two parties agreed that the issue was closed." Of course, one can hardly blame him for the gaffes, juggling who are friends, frenemies, and foes remains a tricky task for anyone.
What Biden actually said (via The NY Times),
The latest furor started after he spoke at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government last Thursday. Mr. Biden said American allies including Turkey, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates had extended unconditional financial and logistical support to Sunni fighters trying to oust the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad.
“Our allies poured hundreds of millions of dollars and tens of thousands of tons of weapons into anyone who would fight against al-Assad,” he said, including jihadists planning to join the Nusra Front and Al Qaeda.
Mr. Biden also confided that Turkey’s “President Erdogan told me — he is an old friend — “‘You were right. We let too many people through. Now we are trying to seal the border.’”
There is little doubt that his basic facts are accurate, confirmed by news reports in The Times and other media and by Western officials. Yet Mr. Biden was forced to officially apologize to Turkey late Saturday after Mr. Erdogan demanded it. He issued another apology on Sunday after the United Arab Emirates also took umbrage.
“The vice president apologized for any implication that Turkey or other allies and partners in the region had intentionally supplied or facilitated the growth of ISIL or other violent extremists in Syria,” Mr. Biden’s spokeswoman said.
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Not sure there is much to disagree with there.. but then again no one wants to get busted on the world's stage for funding these state-sponsored psychos.
And so the Aplogy Tour proceeds... (as Al Arabiya reports,)
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden apologized to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday over recent remarks he made suggesting Gulf states had supported extremist groups in the region.
Biden also thanked Saudi Arabia for its support in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
“Vice President Biden spoke today with Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prince Saud al-Faisal,” Biden’s office said in a statement.
“The vice president thanked the foreign minister for Saudi Arabia’s strong support in the shared fight against ISIL [ISIS] and he clarified his recent remarks regarding the early stages of the conflict in Syria. The two agreed that the issue was closed.”
Saudi Arabia is the third state Biden has appologized to over remarks he made at Harvard University last week.
He apologized to Turkey and the United Arab Emirates last weekend for having said U.S. allies in the region were partly to blame for the rise of ISIS in Syria.
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A quick guide to who are friends and foes over there...
Click here for The Slate's full interactive chart.
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and this seemed to nicely sum up where America stands...
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Biden said that ON PURPOSE
It was writen in the speech text.
He had a goal to achieve by saying it.
We will find out soon
"Hey, we're all Zionists here. What's a few loose remarks between friends, eh?"
Jumpin' Joe Biden
Joe Biden is NOT stupid
Soemthing that sounds too too too too too stupid, is done on purpose
Soooo... he's actually the best actor in the world, playing the role of imbecile 24/7/365?
Basically, yes
The issue is closed because the US, UK, Saudi, Qatar, Israel and Turkey all took a part in creating, financing, training and equipping ISIS.
https://medium.com/@NafeezAhmed/how-the-west-created-the-islamic-state-dbfa6f83bc1f
The truth is really starting to hit campuses - even Harvard. Have a look at this article/video
http://www.redflagnews.com/headlines/video-harvard-students-claim-americ...
The comments are particularly telling of how hard-core some people believe all the propoganda.
I doubt that Harvard is turning on Obama. They've been splashing around in the blame-America-first fever swamp for 50 years, give or take a few, regardless of who was president. This time they just might be correct.
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They are deflecting that the biggest country backing anyone that would fight Assad was the US. I believe psychiatrists call it projecting.
You don't know Joe Biden. He LOVES telling people how plugged into things he is. Unfortunately, he has no filter that prevents him from saying it at the wrong time. He was RIGHT what he said in the first place. But INTENTIONAL? No. He had NO plan why he said it when he did. Hence, the quick walk-back.
Right..whatever, he had major brain surgery for a cerebral aneurysm but I think it was the hair plug transplant that went horribly wrong and he suffers from ingrown hairs which makes him a hair brain.
Agree. He told the truth. Maybe that is the image he's trying to cultivate now after 6 years of Obama BS: Uncle Joe might be crazy dufus, but at least he'll give it to ya straight.
Shiro Agnews Son
It's really past the time we have someone in leadership (anyone) speak the truth and be frank to these people in the Middle East. Biden had his opportunity to show this kind of leadership and has failed. Next up.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-obama-may-be-looki...
Rumor of huge shake-up
The whole article is quite derogatory for the whole white house and the whole administration
I might be wrong but I think the shakeup will not likely come from Obama decisions as much as his administration deciding that they no longer want to be anywhere near this guy. Imo the writing will be written in stone on the wall if the Reps control the Senate. It will be nearly impossible for anything to get done outside of executive order.
We'll find out soon
Panetta is dumping on him right before midterms, of course on purpose.
Panetta is a neocon democrat
Neocon democrats are trying to lose to lose the elections seeing that Tear Party will not show up to vote for senate repubs. McConnell is on the verge of losing
News flash
Barry to make WH an indoor put put course
Very significant that Panetta did not wait unti midterm elections over
There is an emergency going on.
Please elaborate on the "emergency". Thanks.
I can only speculate, but we'll know soon from leaks
Pentagon stuff, revenge stuff.
Benghazi
Strong USD
Iran Quds
Iran nuke talks
Biden is beneath contempt, just like his boss Obummer. Drudge Report has a link to a news story about the decision not to name a Hawaiian park after Obummer. I have a suggestion: rename the North River Wastewater Treatment plant at 125th street in Harlem, NYC, the King Obozo Memorial Park.
Crazy Joe. Gotta love him. My favorite DC sociopath.
If they stoned him in the (non-existant) forrest, would anyone hear?
Someone might hear, but I'm pretty sure there'd be no witnesses.
Biden is Governor William J. Lepetomane come to life.
Interesting chart. Although i think it would be nore accurate if every face was red, yellow and green simultaneously. Except, of course, the faces for the US. I think all of them are probably red in terms of who hates us. They might claim to be yellow or green, but I bet in their hearts, they're all red.
In 2001, Cheney was 'moved' (into position) so as to coordinate 9/11 coup - codewords and all
From the Jimmy Kimmel Show.
Duh why do ya think obama still alive. Then think of the last 2 speakers of the house, then Secretary of State. It's check mate
Do it right Joe, apologize with a bow to your masters ;-)
Martin Dempsey also confirmed that Saudi Arabia,Qatar, Turkey(but he different said) and other US allies in region support terrorist groups in Syria.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNGcQg0uzUU
And everybody with little knowledge know that like some branch of Saudi and Qatar elites are behind nearly all terrorist muslim activities in world.
Straight from the experience of my somewhat checkered past, I'm going to tell you WE ARE BEING PLAYED. We are being dragged into this by people who are not our friends, to discredit and weaken us with USELESS wars, serving NO PURPOSE.
And I'm not just talking about the idiot in the WH being led into this by OBVIOUS ploys, cheered on by our own military. The entire fucking middle east wants us to waste our time, blood and resources chasing phantoms that pop up miraculously on cue, one after another.
This is foreign policy by deception, perpetrated by places like Saudi Arabia and Quatar who only CLAIM to be our allies. They are nothing of the sort.
But we're buying it hook, line and sinker. Meanwhile they laugh at us. They can't believe what an easy mark we are.
Fuck apologizing to these assholes. Uncle Joe accidentally spoke the truth for once. Leave it out there.
the vice president apologized for any implication that Turkey or other allies and partners in the region had intentionally supplied or facilitated the growth of ISIL or other violent extremists in Syria
Joe Biden has such a selective and convenient memory. That helps a lot if you want to be a successful war criminal like the Nobel Prize Winner. Turkey was completely involved in ISIS from the beginning:
The fact remains, however, that the US, the major European powers, and their regional allies all previously lent financial, military and political support to ISIS and similar groups, which have “Made in the USA” stamped all over them. They have, until now, played a significant part in Washington’s efforts to overthrow the regime of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria, as part of a broader effort to gain control of the region’s vast energy resources and transit routes.
The Western powers, flush with success after organising an Islamist insurgency in Benghazi in order to justify NATO’s overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in Libya, thought they could use similar forces to overthrow Assad in Syria, whose regime draws its main base of support from the Alawite sect, a Shi’a offshoot, and Sunni businessmen.
For three years, the US, along with the Gulf states and Turkey, poured billions into “opposition” groups, supposedly to unnamed “moderates,” but in reality to Al Qaeda-linked Sunni groups such as al-Nusra and ISIS to spearhead a sectarian war. The US, Turkey and Jordan have operated a base in Jordan where US instructors trained dozens of ISIS members. In an article last year, the New York Times confirmed that the CIA assisted Arab governments and Turkey by airlifting weaponry to these groups in Jordan and Turkey. TheGuardian reported last March that British and French instructors were also involved.
Other ISIS members were trained near Incirlik Air Base near Adana, Turkey, where US forces are based. After completing their training, they went to Syria and later Iraq. Following the overthrow of the Gaddafi regime, the CIA used the US consulate in Benghazi as a transit base for weaponry, Islamist fighters and cash to Syria, until it was attacked on September 11, 2012 by Islamist militias in a “blowback” operation that killed the US ambassador and three consular staffers.
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/07/30/isis-j30.html
Impeach Biden and his son.
you can't impeach hunter biden!
he is a private citizen, with long-standing ties to ukraine, and its energy resources.
"We did not 'supply' ISIS. Some guy from the CIA asked us to hold his pallets of guns, ammo, and US dollars at particular locations along our border and at a designated time. Who knows who took it." - Recep Erdogan, President of Turkey
He should have admitted that the U.S. was inolved in the same as long as the truth slipped out.
He's quickly apologizing so the countries he named don't name the US. Of course these countries rely on funding from us directly so they won't name us anyway.
As usual they have it all under control. Maybe everyone will just forget about all those trillions on war and the pics of McCain and the ISIS guys.
Who is Joe Biden??? Nobody knows.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTCXR8uaCHg
Not many Americans, in October of 1963, knew who Lyndon Johnson was.
since unkle joe is now a truther
did he say anything about the dancing mossad of 9 11.
did he mention netanyahoo being kept in his hotel room overlooking the tavistock london bus bomb of 7 7 anything about planning jewish run cctv companies running the cameras at these events...did he mention anything about prior knowledge at the very least.
fuck you joe you zionist cock sucking satanist.
Hey Tony,
He's a catholic zionist cocksucking satanist. YomYom
Jo, JO, Jo,
you can't make those zerohedger's right
tell everyone it's globel warming
A milk bowl and catnip toy will keep Joe Biden in-line.
Meow
Biden is brain damaged from bilateral craniotomies to clip cerebral aneurysms in the late 80's. Both of his frontal lobes were elevated during these operations to enable clipping of the aneurysms. A neurosurgeon friend of mine tells me that no one is ever normal after having both frontal lobes manipulated like this.
And to think poor Eagleton was DQ'd for a history of depression.
Not one media outlet has picked up on this. Maybe they should ask Ben Carson for his opinion on this.
TL
First I have ever heard this...boy the media does a bang up job informing the citizenry.
http://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/04/us/biden-resting-after-surgery-for-sec...
Bow down motherfucker and grovel to your sponsors and suck their dicks. Better not mention the 9/11 highjackers from S.A. either or they'll slap you and pull your hair while your doing your job. You dirty little whore.
Maybe Biden resigns and Odumbo hand picks Hillarise opponent, a certain ultra left female from Massachusetts perhaps? Kill a few vultures with one rock?
I bet he's like that drunk uncle everyone has that knocks over tthe grill at a bbq and shit.
Biden's mouth is a toilet bowel for Saudi piss.
Junior gets to keep his job in Ukraine.
Saudi Arabia must be getting nervous over the Petrodollar recycling agreement
Kingpin Harry Kissenger is no longer a sound board to sell Bank of International Settlements collective objectives.
Bauhaus - Stigmata Martyrhttp://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nnrG904talA
He may be a buffoon but he won't be a bowing and a scraping on one knee like Eboma
Biden also said in this speach, terrorism isn't a big threat, you are much more likely be hit by lightning.
Have to agree with you. Once we flood the CDC with patient lawsuits and undermining their ability to function as a taxpayer funded agency.
We climb up the ladder to fire the imbeciles involved with creating this global panic. Perhaps we should just drag them to the nearest tree and hang them. Rope is cheaper than two consecutive life sentences in prison without parole.
Not big on royalty, but would trade Joe for Prince Phillip in a second. Most of his flubs are just honest questions or are just taken the wrong way. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/prince-philip-quotes-relive-65-1445185
Fucking Biden...what a cunt
Its obvious Biden has his finger on our pulse..he told the truth and knos what we know and feel...but the message in all of this..these players are not going to to change anything..the truth goes out with the bathwater..thus the almost japneseque so sorry..
ZH reported Turkey selling mobile oil platforms to Isis..wtf ..Isis is just a partner in crime with Turkey, and herding the Kurds out of the area for mutual control with Turkey..a mistake they will regret..I dont have a horse in this race..but I hope the Kurds make it..get their own country..Truth be told Their women have more balls then any of the Turk soldiers..
By the way how many of the dozens of tanks stolen have we managed to hit in all of this..any reports? Its peculiar..most peculiar..
http://www.wikihow.com/Tie-a-Noose
biden should appologize to the world for existing..... he and obama are strong arguments for abortion...
the best part of both dripped down their mother's thighs...
Biden left out the --"USAIPAC/CIA and"-- from "out allies poured hundreds of millions of dollars and tens of thousands of tons of weapons into anyone who would fight against al-Assad,” he said, including jihadists planning to join the Nusra Front and Al Qaeda.
Starting to think the only person left thats proud to be an American is Michelle Obama.