Virginia Senator: "Saudi Arabia And Turkey Are The Greatest Threats To World Peace"
Last year, we noted with some incredulity that when it comes to US foreign policy in the Mid-East, someone inside the Beltway actually "gets it".
That someone is Hawaii Democrat Tulsi Gabbard who knows something about the region thanks to the fact that she served in the Middle East - twice. Now, she’s sponsoring a bipartisan bill to stop what she calls an “illegal” war against the government of Bashar al-Assad in Syria.
It’s not necessarily that Gabbard is a fan of Assad.
Rather, she understands that overthrowing “dictators” very often (and by “very often” we mean “every single damn time”) ends in tears for the locals who at best end up with a regime that’s even more brutal than its predecessor and at worst see their country descend into outright chaos.
Asked about human rights abuses allegedly perpetrated by the Assad government, Gabbard said the following in November:
"People said the very same thing about Saddam (Hussein), the very same thing about (Moammar) Gadhafi, the results of those two failed efforts of regime change and the following nation-building have been absolute, not only have they been failures, but they've actually worked to strengthen our enemy."
Now, another US politician is speaking out against Washington's Mid-East policy. This time it's Virginia state Senator Dick Black who spoke to RT about what he believes are the "two greatest dangers to world peace."
Like Tulsi, Dick knows a thing or two about war and about the Mid-East. Here's a bit from his official bio:
He enlisted in the Marines in 1963. By age 21, Black became a second lieutenant and was among the Marines' youngest aircraft carrier-qualified pilots. He flew 269 combat helicopter missions in Vietnam. Ground fire struck his aircraft on four different occasions.
Black also engaged in bitter ground combat with the 1st Marine Regiment. His radiomen were killed and he was wounded during an attack against enemy positions across the Hoi An River. Black served in small-unit actions where two fellow Marines--PFC Gary Martini and SSgt. Jimmie Howard--won the Medal of Honor. While in office, he was the only member of the Virginia General Assembly who held the Purple Heart Medal for wounds received in battle.
Dick left the Marines to attend the University of Florida. There, he was twice elected to the Student Senate. He graduated with honors from the School of Business in 1973 and earned a law degree in 1976. He practiced law in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, before accepting a commission as a Major in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAG).
Black headed the Army's Criminal Law Division at the Pentagon. He developed Executive Orders for the President's signature, and laws that were enacted by Congress. He advised senior government officials on issues of national significance. He testified before the U.S. Congress, representing the U.S. Army, on four occasions.
When it comes to assessing what really represents a threat to peace and security in the world, Dick hits the nail on the head. “I believe that Saudi Arabia and Turkey are the two greatest dangers to world peace,” Black told RT. “It is Saudi Arabia, through the Wahhabist doctrine, that is spreading terrorism across the globe. It’s not Iran, it’s not Syria or any other country.”
He's also right on target with his assessment of Syria's civil war:
“Virtually all arms, ammunition, equipment, supplies, jihadists, medical support – all of it comes from Turkey. Right now, ISIS sends 44,000 barrels of oil per day – stolen barrels, most of it from Syria – across the border into Turkey. The State Department has publicly said that there’s only a trickle of oil that gets into Turkey, but I have personally spoken to Kurdish activists … [who] observed hundreds of ISIS oil tankers carrying stolen Syrian oil into Turkey on a daily basis.”
"Turkey is actively assisting the ISIS rebels and helping the Al-Nusra rebels which are linked with Al-Qaeda.”
“In both places we’ve got terrorists, and in both places their major support comes out of Turkey. And it comes out of Turkey with approval from the highest levels of government.”
And here's Black on Erdogan:
“Erdogan has a dream of becoming a new Ottoman Empire,” Black said. “He’s a very calculating, very vicious individual and, I think, a great danger. Erdogan won an absolute majority of the Turkish parliament, which will enable him to rewrite the constitution. Once he had that total power to impose an absolute dictatorship – which he intends to do – and he publicly said that his model is that of Adolph Hitler.”
And on the latest spat between Saudi Arabia and Iran:
“What’s happening is that they [the Saudi family] are trying to restore some of the hostility between Shiites and the Sunnis. The Saudis massacred 47 people. I’m sure some of them were genuine criminals, but many of them were simply political opponents. And then there was an inevitable reaction which they knew there would be. And the Saudis, in typical fashion, have now shown a sense of outrage that people would be angered by the level of their debauchery – and this is typical of the Saudis.”
So this is a war hero and a lawyer who worked on Executive Orders for the President shouting from the rooftops that Washington's Mid-East policy not only amounts to lunacy, but in fact makes the world a more dangerous place.
Actually, it's worse than that. Black is suggesting that the US knowingly and openly supports the two governments that pose the greatest threat to global peace and security.
And he's exactly right.
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A state senator? Does that even count?
NO, as worthless an opinion as commenters on ZH including myself. The only effect his opinions have is on the health of himself and his family which is now at risk.
Wow, what a shill. Wake me up when he says the US and Israel.
Uh oh, time to bring out damage control (aka, "the silencers"). Can't have folks like this running around spreading "lies and discord". Stifle that Hawaiian woman while you're at it.
Well a few will speak half truths to get their name out there. Remember its an election year. These govt parasites and law degreed filth want to stay on the gravy train.
If this guy spoke one word about Turkey smuggling the oil to Israel, or Israel's shepherding of ISIS militants to medical facities - no one inside the loop would give him the time of day.
Then all those consultant fees and speaker fees would dry up. Nah this guy is playing it safe while remaining edgy.
Sorry folks, I'd trust him as far as I can throw him.
'Radical' Islam is the biggest threat to world peace......
http://beforeitsnews.com/global-unrest/2016/01/the-lion-is-it-time-to-fi...
Cut the head off the snake and you''ll have peace when you get rid of the Saud family of Wahhabi terrorists.
This is a stone in the garden of the GWB/Saud Oil buddy-buddy cabal...
At Least that represents a move away from PURE neo-con BS.
For this guy to go the whole hog of admitting the cause of the game he would have to say : Our Trilateral construct, for it to work, needs the RM of the world on OUR terms...
So you could put the US amongst the culprits; of a 70 year old strategy, for the core players who built Pax Americana and surrogates...
FDR's handshakeS sure shook up the world; both as a result of Yalta but also of Saud deal.
Link to Tulsi's nudes?
Pretty please!
I liked Tulsi until cheech ruined it with her Ukraine statement. But we must remain positive, at least she is fuckable and if we have to get fucked by NWO types then it might as well be by ones that are fuckable.
more like the Federal Reserve
I honestly don't feel like looking up this Senator's stance on Ukraine, because when I did the same thing for Gabbard, I realized she's just another cunt who couldn't find her way out of a paper bag...
March 17, 2014
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) today released the following statement after the President’s announcement of expanded sanctions against Russian officials:
“Russia has violated the sovereignty and independence of the Ukrainian people, in direct contravention of its own treaty obligations and international law,” said Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, an Army combat veteran and member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. “I support the sanctions announced today, and I strongly urge the President to go further and consider a broader range of consequences. If Russia is allowed to continue its aggressive push for control in Ukraine, there will be long-term, serious, and costly security risks for the United States and Europe. Russia must face serious consequences for their actions; the U.S. must consider options that truly isolate Russia economically and diplomatically—not just sanction a handful of oligarchs—and send a message of unity and strength from the international community.
“We cannot stand by while Russia unilaterally degrades Ukraine’s territorial integrity. We must offer direct military assistance—defensive weapons, military supplies and training—to ensure Ukraine has adequate resources to respond to Russia’s aggressions and defend themselves. We cannot view Ukraine as an isolated incident. If we do not take seriously the threat of thinly veiled Russian aggression, and commit to aiding the people of Ukraine immediately, we will find ourselves in a more dangerous, expensive and disastrous situation in the future.”
Standard Disclaimer: Okay okay I'll do the fucking legwork for those of you too damn lazy to do it for yourselves...
SYRIA <-> VERY GOOD - http://www.pravdareport.com/world/americas/17-12-2014/129323-richard_bla... and this http://nsnbc.me/2014/05/30/interview-senator-richard-black-letter-thanki...
Hard to find his viewpoints on Ukraine though, I'll keep digging.
Sanity check... Richard Hayden "Dick" Black (born May 15, 1944) is a Republican member of the Virginia State Senate.
Not the U.S. Senate, hence, I now no longer care what he thinks about Ukraine,
"Gabbard, I realized she's just another cunt who couldn't find her way out of a paper bag..."
Ha! Shes a woman.
However, her parents seem to be typical government class idiots as well.
https://flashlightonroaches.wordpress.com/2015/05/18/mike-gabbard-outs-h...
People elect the biggest scum to public office and then wonder why the country turns to shit.
I miss the days when the average commenter on ZH was well-informed
I miss the days when the average commenter on ZH didn't put up a silly avatar girl cartoon.
You are below average. Say thank you to the ZH community for tolerating you.
Miss the good old days?
How would you know? You have only with us for 19 weeks. Or have you been following ZH since 2005 and only recently decided to sign up? Real ZH-ers know what I am talking about.
But who tells Turkey and the Saudies what to do? .... Yep, the U.S. of A.
Ubiquitous Seller of Arms
You've got to light the fire before you throw the frogs in the pot.
Actually, Wahhabistan and the New Ottomaniacs are the third and fourth greatest threat to world peace, but who's counting?
In a sane world the Democrats would be running Tulsi Gabbard for president.
As it is, I don't doubt Hawaii has plenty of DNC bagmen who'll be happy to run against her in the Democratic primary. Publicly supporting Israel AND attacking the House of Saud? Huma won't be having that, I'm quite sure.
Next step is to ID who is "funding" Saudi and Turkey. Hello Victoria Nuland and company... could you please provide details?
Trump has already broached this subject.
What about the Kikeland? Oh you can't talk about it. You will face the same fate like David Duke.
Oh FFS. Some jews have become civilised by marrying Christians or others...or thinking outside their homodical Talmud. Not all jews are the same. Think on that...
Sheldon Adelson and his pets like the Clintons are clearly batshit crazy,, along with the Bush tribe.
I am pissed off with fucking stupid zionists using the USA and the world. They had best back off or bleed.
The red line on a balance sheet is more deadly than their ISIS. So be it.
Bullshit, Dick Black*, and other apologists for Israhell.
Get off your knees and End the Fed.
Israhell which defies all U.N. conventions is the world's biggest terrorist, currently abusing the world by its City of London Rothschild led creation, the House of Saud, Wahhabism, an extreme form of Islam which serves the City of London first.
Israhell leaders who boast that they are the world's first modern terrorist state, after they hung British policemen, killed British troops...and now do that to the USA, and the world.
FFS. Grow up. This is the 21st century. Grow up.
End the Fed, and its nasty nazionists.
The Balfour Declaration which was betrayed by nazionists is the source of all wars today. End it, and End the Fed which funds it.
* Globalists and their bribed or blackmailed career politicians take the piss out of the world.. Then behave like a suited monkey, a bouncer at a nightclub; crowd control. Asking you to behave nicely while you are fleeced.Bullshit, isn't it.
Don't pay. Don't obey this bullshit.
Dick Black...a pantomime name, and obvious puppet. When does he demand to arrest Corzine? Never. What a fucktard. Piss off, Dick Black.
Israel and the US are the greatest threats to world peace. SA and Turkey are vassels gone awol with ambitions of their own.
True, 'messystateofaffairs',, and it gives me no pleasure to say that. 1620 and all that.
The descendants of Tisquantum and 1620 are not happy with this state of affairs.
Keep the Constitution. Keep the guns.
Tulsi Gabbard is one hell of a sharp lady. But I would have loved to have heard the following exchange... when Wolfe asked:
"Well how do the US and Russia avoid that head on conflict?"
GABBARD: "Mr. Blister, this is far too serious of a topic for you to be making jokes about it like that."
August 12, 2012
Here's Hillary casting her evil spells:
US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has praised Turkey for its response to the Syrian conflict and says the two countries will be working together to coordinate efforts to support Syrian rebels.
After a meeting with her Turkish counterpart in Istanbul, Ms Clinton said the two countries would establish a working group to coordinate military and political responses to the Syrian conflict.
"As we work to help the opposition inside Syria we are continuing to increase pressure from outside," she said.
Ms Clinton said the two countries should develop detailed operational planning on ways to assist the rebels fighting to topple president Bashar al-Assad.
But she said other measures – such as imposing a no-fly zone over rebel-held territory – needed greater in-depth analysis.
"Our intelligence services, our military have very important responsibilities and roles to play so we are going to be setting up a working group to do exactly that," she said.
"It is one thing to talk about all kinds of potential actions, but you cannot make reasoned decisions without doing intense analysis and operational planning."
She said plans needed to be made in case the Syrian regime uses chemical weapons to attack its opponents, and announced an additional $US5 million of aid to help the more than 50,000 Syrian refugees within Turkey.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-08-12/united-states-turkey-mull-action-o...
(Who's she texting? Sid?)
Led by Sid. That's nazionist Hitlery, the silly money grubbing, power hungry bitch, despite her fine education at Smith College.
Traitor, she is. Like you, I am a woman of the West, educated and secure in my family,, friends and money.
I will judge her betrayal without guilt. She is a money grubbing, power hungry whore. Filth. The Don is the flip side of the same coin. Nazionist filth.
Two honest politicians in the country? That's two more than I thought....
1: Gabbard.
Isn't it odd that the world is at greatest war when most politicians have never been in military uniform, and that's a first in world history.
All the boys and their toys, urged on by bitch girlfriends; both types are what was called 'the white feather girls'. Cowards, hiding behind the brave.
The Leprachaun is never lucky. It just plays all sides, and gets ruined. That is your story. Now, fuck off back to main scream politics, pet.
Eire is ruined. Stop playing all sides, as per your Hill Billy Clintoon. Eire is ruined, north and south, thanks to your sort.
Go Viking or stay home, ruined.
Muslims in Iceland are now planing to build a mosque in Reykjavik.
This is how it is supposed to look . http://icelandmag.visir.is/article/design-reykjavik-mosque-unveiled
Saudi Arabia has donated 1 million dollars for the project.
There has never been a Mosque built in Iceland. The Icelandic Muslim Association owns a house called Ymirshus and rents it out to the other Muslim association. This house is currently used by Muslims as a mosque and a cultural center.
The Icelandic Muslim association went to Sweden last year to accept the million dollars from Saudi Arabia.
http://icelandmag.visir.is/article/president-iceland-fears-saudi-arabian...
I think there are good reasons to expect extremism and terrorism from those who allign themselves with this Saudi religion export industry.
In my opinion it would be a great mistake to allow people who accept large gifts form Saudi Arabia to do anything in Iceland.
This might not have much to do with SA or Turkey, but it's worth mentioning:
Osama bin Laden was killed May 2, 2011 (OBL was 54 yrs. old) the `General ' of the worldwide Al-Qaeda Isamic Jihadist Movement.
Mullah`Mohammed Omar dies April 23, 2013 (Omar was 63 yrs. old) the `General' of the Afghanistan 'Taliban'.
Note the date of deaths above? The only critical piece of the triad left, is al Qaeda's lieutenant colonel (General) Ayman al-Zawahri (64 yrs. old).
Ps. IS/ ISIS/ Daesh, separated (?splintered?) from al Qaeda & the Taliban ~Feb. 3, 2014
Important: OBL's and Mullah Omar's genius are now memory. Their loss to the Worldwide Jihadist Crusade has been lost to their loss.
?Can we count on it?,... but, the last nasty piece of the Triad is still at-large in Pakistan''NWFP", East Africa or hidden in the Hindu Kush/ Khyber Pass ethnic pashtun tribal millenniums. (they would rather die than give up one of their brethrens)
Again, just thought worth mentioning before we start WWIII over Turkey/Saudi Arabia (SA) on the precipice of a indogenous/imploding civil-war in both countries happening concurrently.
Dick Black, thanks for speaking out. I'll bake a file into your cake. Good luck. Stay well, and hope to see you again soon.
It should be the trifecta of evil with Pakistan on the list.
I back her
Tulsi is actually name of a goddess
so ms angel
keep up the good work
violence of any kind is evil, satanic
may u gain a palace in heaven