So much for the "only true democracy" in the Middle East.
Whatever happened to free speech, and being able to refuse attending an award's ceremony, in protest of a massacre, that is part of being "democratic", with no vicious backlash?
It is time US leaders acknowledge the world "democracy" does not seem to apply in many ways in their top charitable cause, and favorite rogue state it aids and arms. Democracy is non existent when it comes to protesting Israel's endless crimes against civilians.
MNBS may be paying millions for PR consultants, to do what he is doing right now, trying to pull a rabbit out of a keffiyeh, to change Saudi Arabia's terrible image, but who is he fooling? Only the naive, and the ignorant. Someone should interview the Saudi's who were imprisoned at the Ritz Carlton, and find how how they were treated for weeks, someone should have asked him (Oprah?) why children are dying in Yemen for lack of food and water, and someone one should ask him why SA is radicalizing Muslims worldwide. Those are the tough questions.
You are right, there is no public evidence of collusion, but going by how Robert Mueller is turning every stone, has widened the investigation, hired more investigators and prosecutors, I would say he is finding a lot of interesting nuggets to work on, than the public will know.
Just like Netanyahu was able to get Jerusalem, he will get Trump to wage that war with Iran, something he has been thirsting for. All thanks to Adelson and Crooked Kushner.
It is a shame that Theresa May does not have higher principles, and that the UK and the US are selective in their outrage with these nations. Saudi Arabia is notorious for human rights abuses, and discriminating women, yet they continue to ignore what they would have been outraged about, had this been Iran.
This young Prince, has sold his soul, and his country, to the devil. He is in bed with Israel, and conspiring with it, to attack
Iran, and as the world can see has also viciously blockaded Qatar (learnt it from the master of blockades, Israel). He is turning his country, into yet another aggressor in the region, using UK, US and most probably Israeli weapons and training, to kill innocent civilians in Yemen. Who thought the keepers of Islam's two holiest Mosques, would be cohorts with Israel, the long time occupier of the ME? This is an evil and dangerous prince, and what he has done, is disgusting.
Pot calling the kettle. Saudi Arabia, with support of the US, and conspiring with Israel, is one of the most dangerous Arab nations in the region. No young prince, nor allowing women to drive, can change it's image around the world. They are wasting their money paying expensive consultants to perform a miracle.
Netanyahu's charade goes on. The world knows by now, that if he genuinely wanted peace with the Palestinians, he would have ended the occupation, and stopped the illegal settlements long time ago....he just wants to status quo to go on, he even turned down fighter jets to attend peace talks, when the Obama administration tried to initiate peace talks.
Netanyahu wants to steal as much land as he can for Israel.
He keeps blaming the victims, and justifying his war crimes.
Two crooks under serious investigations to meet. This must be some record.
The fact that Israel is now best buddies with Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, is very interesting. It was the UAE that organized that secretive meeting in the Seychelles:
"The United Arab Emirates arranged a secret meeting in January between Blackwater founder Erik Prince and a Russian close to President Vladimir Putin as part of an apparent effort to establish a back-channel line of communication between Moscow and President-elect Donald Trump, according to U.S., European and Arab officials.
The meeting took place around Jan. 11 — nine days before Trump's inauguration — in the Seychelles islands in the Indian Ocean, officials said. Though the full agenda remains unclear, the UAE agreed to broker the meeting in part to explore whether Russia could be persuaded to curtail its relationship with Iran, including in Syria, a Trump administration objective that would likely require major concessions to Moscow on U.S. sanctions."
The Palestinians have been thrown under the bus by their own.
It is unbelievable that Saudi Arabia and the UAE have joined the zionists, in their efforts to bring the Qatari leadership down. Either that or Kushner is still sore that he did not get that gigantic investment from the Qatari's.
Conclusion: Europe has seen through the efforts by the US, Israel, and Saudi Arabia, to demonize, and delegitimize, Iran, and are doing what is right for their own nations. They send a strong message to the three trouble makers, that they are no longer relevant, and that cartoon bombs, and pieces of metal, are not very convincing. Good move.
Whatever happened to the "only" democracy in the Middle East, because they are trying to stifle free speech, and criticism, of Israel? Regev and Israel are behaving just as badly as some of their Arab neighbors that they love to point out, as an example of not having free speech, and not being democratic enough.
The truth must hurt, and it seems when it comes to their crimes being the focus, the Israelis can dish out but cannot take it.
I like to see Netanyahu try and blame "fake news" for the on going investigations into suspected corruption by himself, his wife, Sara, and his no good son, by the Israeli police.
It must be frustrating for him to not be able to say the occupation, and Israel's shameless crime of land theft, is "fake news". Any territories over the 1967 borders should be called "fake Israel" too.
The arrogance of the US. Shock, awe, kill, maim, and bomb a functioning nation into smithereens, using false intelligence, and then walk away without looking back, leaving chaos and suffering.
I wonder why some Americans are still not able to understand why we are hated around the world.
Trump, Nunes, Hannity, Fox and Friends, are trying to sabotage this investigation, with conspiracy theories, and most importantly trying to discredit an American institution, that right now, is led by a Trump appointee (Republican), who was appointed, and approved, by a Special Investigator (Republican). How low will Trump and his puppets go, to attack the FBI, and other Institutions, just to save Trump's skin? It seems they are willing to bring the entire country, and our system down to do so.
Sen. McCain is right, they are doing Putin's dirty work.
What Trump and Pence (the puppets of Netanyahu's crafty plan through Kushner) did was unconscionable. Maybe Pence was yet another duped evangelical, who believe that the Jews would roll out the red carpet for Jesus Christ to descend on during the second coming, but handing Jerusalem in a golden platter to the zionists will have long lasting consequences for moderate leaders like King Abdullah. Perhaps the question of many Christian churches been vandalized and burnt (and not many zionists charged for these crimes), will not be asked by Pence, for surely it is a very important topic, that this good Christian should be outraged about, and an answer demanded from Netanyahu?
So Israel and the US got their behinds kicked. Assad is still there, and it looks like the training the US/Israel/Saudi Arabia gave the rebels, was a waste of our tax payer money.
Let's take a good look at our record - Afghanistan is very unstable, and the Taliban still rules, Iraq is unstable, no democracy, and suicide bombers galore, and Syria was a dead loss, from all angles.
We are paying trillions of dollars for our failure, and unnecessary wars.
How about stopping the madness, and focusing on building our infrastructure, and bailing Puerto Rico out?
As for Trump, despite him knowing more than all he Generals, he is clueless, and already a failure.
If Iran wants to rejoin the rest of the world, and want to improve their economy, these backward old men should realize that speaking and learning English, is crucial for their citizens, to liaise with the officials of other nations. This is very primitive thinking. Surely the moderates like Rouhani realizes it?
In a more perfect world, the Iranian regime would take note of the people's demands, and start making appropriate reforms, long overdue. Why give nations like the US/Israel/Saudi Arabia the opportunity to keep picking on it? Nikki Hayley looks like a drama queen, when she keeps ignoring Israel's and Saudi Arabia's human rights abuses, and keeps harping on Iran's. The world can see right through the charade.
Iran needs to relax these ridiculous rules, and allow their women to decide individually, what they would like to wear.
With Saudi Arabia supposedly relaxing the rules banning women from driving, perhaps competing with each other might be good for both these nations, when trying to catch up with the modern world. Let's see who gets there faster, if they ever do.
Americans never learn lessons from past mistakes. Yes, the signs are all there, Israel/Saudi/USA are all salivating at the thought of shocking and awing yet another Muslim nation (strange, all recent bombs fall on Muslim nations), and they keep looking for excuses to do so. On one side we have a boy dictator sending missiles close to our allies in the Far East, maybe on the brink of having nuclear weapons, and the war mongers keep wanting to have peace talks with him, Trump even saying he wants to be friends, then you have a nation that has never attacked it's neighbors for over 200 years, being monitored closely by UN nuclear experts, and still honoring it's agreement with other nations, but that does not seem to be good for the axis of evil, they keep pounding their chests and making war noises.
Apparently the Hon. Nikki Hayley, is hosting a party inviting the handful of nations that supported them by voting against the resolution, and who abstained, to thank them for their support.
You have got to wonder if Togo, Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands, and others, who voted with the US and Israel, had their arms twisted, and were fearful their lunch money would be stopped. This was a resounding rejection of US/Israeli policies, and it is heartening to know that nations like Germany, the UK, France, Japan, New Zealand, Ireland, and many others, were not threatened, nor intimated by thuggish threats by Haley.
This is Trump paying the piper. Sheldon Adelson and wife donating more than 100 million dollars towards Trump's campaign, and Nikki Hayley also a recipient of that American zionist's generosity, worked hard, with Netanyahu's backing, to do what no other president has done. All previous Presidents have stated that they would not be moving the embassy to Jerusalem for security reasons, and here comes the orange bull in the china shop, doing exactly that.
When you threaten like a thug, and still lost the vote, you have to take it like a huge slap in the face. The world rejected what Netanyahu and Trumped dished out, and anyway they spin it, it was a humiliating defeat.
Why is the world hesitating about this? It is clear Trump and the USA, have no interests in doing the right thing for the Palestinians, and that American loyalties will always be for the occupier, who has made these poor occupied people live in limbo for many decades, stolen much of their lands, and America arms them with deadly weapons, that are used on them. Trump will alway be indebted to good ole' Shelly Adelson, who has poured in millions of dollars for his motherland, which resulted in Trump handing Jerusalem over on a golden platter, to the occupier. Trump will always do his bidding, as will Nikki Hayley, another zionist acquisition.
Why is there so much of foot dragging when it comes to the Palestinians, even by other Arab nations?. Don't they have the spine to stand up to the US, and do the humane thing for their long suffering brothers? Giving them their Statehood is long overdue.
According to the Zionists, evangelicals, and US leaders in the White House and Congress, Palestinians (and Muslims), cannot resist, protest, or make demands, when they are occupied, shocked and awed, blockaded, have their lands stolen, homes demolished, families killed by Western and Israeli bombs, and if they do, they are referred to as "terrorists".
"Never again" is for the Jews, but when it comes to the Muslims, it is "again and again". The Palestinians have every right to be angry, and disappointed, by Trump's back stabbing policies, and perhaps this is a reality check that the US will NEVER be honest broker, and they have to re-think their plans to get their statehood, freedom, and lands back. The rest of the civilized world, must support them now.
Why is that scoundrel in law quiet now? Jared has done his bit for the motherland, and Netanyahu must be thrilled.
The world does not care. These are dirt poor Muslims, and no one seems to want to hold those responsible for these war crimes, and horrible massacre of helpless people, accountable. The brutal military junta of Myanmar should be sanctioned, until they stop the rape, attacks, and the ethnic cleansing, and all aid to them, stopped. The nations that supply deadly weapons, and train these killers, like Israel, must also be held accountable. Israel has been interfering and manipulating nations like Myanmar, and Sri Lanka, and still do.
The US was NEVER an honest broker at any point. Never.
Why did it take these Muslims nations so long to admit to it?
They cannot have it both ways, and should stop their dealings with the US, to show their disapproval for the way the Palestinians were stabbed in the back. From one President to another, the support for Israel, by aid, giving them weapons (used mostly to kil civilians), and the unwavering support at the UN by vetoes, whenever the UN wanted to pass a resolution condemning Israel's human rights violations, went on, and anyone could see that the US was complicit in the occupation, the land grabs, the mowing of the lawn, the collective punishment, and the civilian deaths. Are the Muslim nations feeling betrayed now?
It is time these Muslim nations did the right thing for the Palestinians, and recognized their statehood, and they should be given long overdue rights, dignity, and freedom. To hell with the US and Israel, if they object to it, after all they act like they are above international laws, and it is time the world treated them like pariah nations.
Now that the the rest of the world has shown it's anger against this idiotic move by Trump, to hand Jerusalem (getting nothing in return) over to an occupier, the Palestinians should ask them to support their statehood. I am sure many will.
The best thing to fight Islamaphobia, and be strong to face the onslaught of anti Muslim campaigns, is UNITY. It is time the Muslim world UNITED and faced the endless attacks on their nations, and religion. It is time the Sunni and Shiites put aside their differences, and the made the Muslims stronger, and not a divided people. There are anti Muslim elements that deliberately divide the Muslim people, for devious reasons, and this division is playing into their hands. Muslim nations must stand up for each other, and play a bigger part fighting the anti Islam propaganda out there, and counter the Nina Rosenwald/Pamela Geller/Frank Gaffney, and other hate campaigns.
They should also realize they cannot rely on Saudi Arabia, to do the right thing for the Muslim world. It has hitched it's wagon to the American/zionist wagon, that is at the bottom of many volatile situations in the Muslim world, and conspiring to attack the Sunni world, especially Iran. Surely 1.6 billion Muslims can get their act together, and be a stronger force to be reckoned with? If the Jews can show unity, why not the Muslims?
Netanyahu is a slimy and crooked individual. He is a war monger, a liar, and his policies are not doing his people any good, unless you count going against international policies, and keeping the occupation, and land grabs going, as great.
He is ruthless, and deserves to face the ICC, for his endless crimes against the Palestinians. Shame on the US Congress for embracing this man, even defying their own President, and his policies, by inviting this snake to speak in Congress.
Netanyahu, through his good buddy Kushner, is taking advantage of Trump's insanity, to push for the US embassy to be moved to Jerusalem, going against the policies of all previous Presidents from both parties. As if this will give the Palestinians and the Arab world assurance, that the US is an honest broker.
When you look back at the many nations we shocked and awed, and the unnecessary wars we waged, which resulted in millions of Muslims killed, millions injured, and millions now refugees, we have a lot to be remorseful about, and should be ashamed that we who advocated for democracy, and equality, have been responsible for the brutal massacre of Muslims. We should also be held responsible for selling (and gifting) deadly weapons used by nations like Saudi Arabia, and Israel, who have been condemned by the rest of the world, for the senseless killing of civilians, in other nations. All that, but it never seems to stop us, or make us hesitate. Our foreign policies stink.
I agree. Had it been London, or New York, the media would have been covering it 24/7, but since these are Muslims, no one really cares. Muslim lives are cheap, look at the number of those massacred, injured, and made refugees, because of Western bombs, and you see no remorse, or those responsible, being held accountable, for what some call a genocide.
Imagine the outrage had millions of Christians or Jews been killed.
How intelligent should you be to realize that a man like Kushner, whose family sent thousands of dollars to the illegal settlements, Netanyahu's good buddy (in fact Bibi slept in HIS room when staying with the Kushner family), and has represented Israel in various matters, is NOT an honest broker, and chances are HIGH that he will give the Israelis the lion share, and the Palestinians the crumbs?
Jared the novice, has no clue about achieving peace in this conflict, and is playing adult games that he knows nothing about. It is time Abbas stepped down and allowed a younger and stronger leader to handle this. It has been many years, and he is still in square one. These false promises have been going on for too long. What is the world waiting for, until the last Palestinian home has been bulldozed?
This is a sad situation. As always, it is the innocent that pay the price for these war games. This one a proxy war.
Again, we have to wonder why the US is selling these deadly weapons to Saudi Arabia, that conspires with Israel to play their war games with Iran....at a terrible cost. Nations that manufacture weapons have a lot to answer for, especially for the deaths of so many children.
Buddhism has always been a religion of peace, compassion, and tolerance. But like many other religions, it has been poisoned by extremists, who many suspect are doing the bidding of foreign entities, with their own devious agenda.
Sri Lanka also a Buddhist nation, is also contending with tensions between the majority Buddhists (70 percent) and the Muslims (9 percent). Strangely the same propaganda being spread in Myanmar, has been used to cause fear and suspicion among the Buddhists in Sri Lanka, the same false stories of Muslims taking over the country (statistically impossible), Muslims converting Buddhist women, and that the candy given free at Muslim shops make Buddhist women barren.
These far fetched stories are believed by the uneducated, and the racists, turning them against the minority.
This could mean the same evil forces behind this organized anti Muslim campaign are behind both nations. Both Myanmar and Sri Lankan campaigns were started, and these lies spread, by terrorist Buddhist monks, who make hate speeches, lead the mobs, and attack Muslim shops, Mosques, and homes. In both nations the Buddhist leaders say and do NOTHING to stop the murders, attacks, and harassment of the minority.
Suu Kyi does not utter one word of condemnation either.
So far, the problem in Sri Lanka is minor compared to Myanmar.
Why are the western nations that condemn the massacre in Myanmar not condemning Israel and other nations for selling the weapons that kill these innocent civilians, and used to threaten, rape, and kill babies? Israel must have trained this brutal military to use the weapons they sell. Where there is trouble around the world, you will find the fingerprints of Israel, Saudi Arabia, Russia, or the US.
Unlike the Muslims, all Buddhists are not deemed violent, and their religion deemed "evil", despite the massacre, rape, and violence, against unarmed civilians by extremists, which is how it should be.
I would also like to ask what role Jared Kushner is playing, in this rather volatile situation. He seems to be sneaking in to Saudi Arabia, on the eve on Hariri's being detained, and seems to be inserting himself into matters far above his pay grade. Is Kushner the intermediary that does the bidding of Israel with America's blessing?
When it comes to human rights, and women's rights, it seems we did not take democracy or common sense there. America's attack on Iraq has left it in chaos, terrorism thriving, historical sites decimated, and sectarian violence. Something that did not exist when Saddam Hussein ruled. We have take that country backwards.
Off topic, but this is very interesting. Apparently the Statue of Liberty was modeled after an Arab woman. How ironic if true.
Perhaps Trump should ban her too!
No amount of invitations will change the stance taken by this nincompoop. He has displayed his ignorance about global warming, and obviously going to (stupidly) stick to his guns, making the US look backward and uncooperative. Perhaps the elections yesterday was an indication of the nation rejecting him, and his outdated thinking.
All the war mongering, chest pounding, and accusations, comes mostly from Saudi Arabia. In other words, SA is itching for a war with Iran, with the love and support of Israel and the US. Neighbor envy is an ugly thing.
Sean Hannity consistently shows his ignorance, the inability to fully comprehend common sense, and disregards facts that are easily within his grasp, if he bothered to reach out and verify them. As long as he can spew his talking points, he will continue to make his viewers dumber, and have more hatred for "the other side". A sorry excuse for a so called "journalist".
We have an ignorant President that gets his divisive information from the Fox Swamp, and we know that Trump is wrong most of the time. Enough said.
At this point. Iran is making the US look like the bad guy.
No nation will trust the US, or want to sign Agreements with it.
We have lost all respect and credibility around the world, thanks to the Dotard/Moron.
The man who bragged that he knows more than all the Generals, and that he alone can fix it, is turning out to be clueless, and it seems he alone is destroying what other Presidents took years to build, within a few months.
Hopefully, the other nations will keep sane, and not give in to America's war mongering, and the demonizing of Iran. If the other nations have accepted Iran's compliance, it will make the US look like a trouble maker, doing Israel's bidding.
But, when has it stopped us? This continuous attack on Muslim nations is disgusting, and the millions we have killed, injured, and made homeless, should be called genocide.
I am tired of Israel's filthy games, and that we have to lose blood and treasure for them. Trump has no clue how to handle this situation, and seems unwilling to listen to military experts, and world leaders. These are frightening times.
In the end, it looks like Iran is honoring its signature on the pact, and not the world's greatest democracy. How can any nation trust us to keep our word, when we have got out of two major agreements under Trump, the Paris agreement, and the Iranian nuclear deal? It is embarrassing.
SA is desperately trying to improve their image, which at the moment is really bad. No image consultant can change or improve it, until SA stops bombing Yemen, and conspiring with Israel to cause mischief around the world. It also has to stop trying to radicalize Muslims in other nations, and getting involved in proxy wars with Iran. Just like their good buddy, Israel, no amount of consultants, hasbara, and good samaritan actions, can change what the world knows, and sees, when it comes to human rights violations.
This is a very sad situation. The world just watches the brutality and horrors of ethnic cleansing, wags it's fingers at Suu Kyi, who has turned out to be a fraud, who spoke of democracy while under house arrest, and is not doing anything to help those who are being killed, raped, tortured, and have their homes burnt. They have been given NO rights, no state support, and have been in limbo for years. These poor people have indeed been called all the ugly racist names, and blamed for their plight. Their history can be traced back to the 11th century, so why haven't they been given even basic voting rights?
The UK is supposed to stop all military training with the Myanmar military because of their treatment of the Rohingya, but that is not enough. How about the Western nations demanding that Israel stop selling arms to this brutal regime, and stop the training. One cannot but help but think that once again, Israel has it's fingerprints on this one too. I guess they have had good experience in handling unarmed, stateless people, after all they have been using those very weapons on those helpless civilians too.
The same tactic of inciting Buddhists by using a terrorist Buddhist monk, spreading false anti Muslim rumors, like the Muslims (small minority) taking over the majority Buddhist nation, and sowing the seeds of hatred in ignorant minds, have been used in Sri Lanka too, and many in Sri Lanka suspect the zionists are behind that explosive situation as well. You have got to wonder if this is all part of the huge anti Muslim campaign, being waged by pro Israel elements, and wealthy Americans like Nina Rosenwald, who is investing millions of dollars in this racist campaign. There are outside elements in the Buddhist nations who have provoked this hornet's nest, which has resulted in this carnage. You just have to follow the money.
Trump is so clueless. He is handling these volatile situations, just like he did the primaries, and running against Clinton. This is not Little Marco, or Lying Ted. The insults, and juvenile name calling, are not going to solve, or diffuse the situation.
For a serious lack of a solid policy, or any solution, he makes up by tweeting insults or making threatening speeches, which only makes it worse. Hillary Clinton was right, this man does NOT have the temperament to be President, and the nation could be on the brink of a nuclear war, if not handled correctly. He DOES NOT know more than all the Generals either.
It is unbelievable that Americans did not want to vote for an Ex Senator, and Secretary of State, with years of experience, and instead went for a con man, whose experience lies in organizing beauty pageants, and reality shows. It is frightening.
It seems he is being prodded by Netanyahu to keep going after Iran, Netanyahu desperate to get the US to wage that war. Since Obama did not yield to the zionists, it seem they have picked on a clueless president, who may not know where Iran is on a map.
Trump has divided this country, and he is now working on the world. By now the rest of the world gets it. He can be selective in his outrage, accuses others of what his favorite nations like Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Israel, are also guilty of, and overlooks their crimes. The US and Israel has a long, ugly record of bombing other nations, and it will be hard to convince the world that it is Iran that can't be trusted with deadly weapons. Do as I say not as I do.
Shame on those Muslim nations for working with these people who either work for Trump, or agrees with his racist policies. While Trump was ranting about banning Muslims from entering the US, nations like Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, were wheeling and dealing with him, and members of his campaign. It is also obvious that the Muslim nations that have properties with his name on buildings and Golf courses, have special privileges, including no ban, and the Trumps, including Ivanka and Eric, make money off those Muslims. Trump's base must be not very smart to not fathom it all out.
It was all a big hoax. She simply was a racist woman, who fooled the world, while under house arrest for years, speaking of democracy and freedom for all, when deep down she was as evil as those who locked her up. The entire world fell for it.
All good points Prof. Cole, but something tells me Saudi Arabia will not be willing to follow that path. It is up to Saudi Arabia to take the lead and bring unity to the Islamic world, and accept other branches/denominations of the religion, especially the Shiites, which will mean making peace with Iran, but that would make their BFF Israel unhappy. I would say changing their terrible image is simply a ploy, an eyewash, they can afford the top PR firms around the world to help them, make a show of reforming, but are they truly able to put their differences aside, and unite the Muslims under one umbrella, stop the war mongering, and trying to influence Muslims in other nations to follow Wahhabism? You can't teach old dogs new tricks. If only they followed your advice, the Islamic world will be better served.
At this point it seems Iran is willing to join the world community, and Trump USA is not. He has distanced this country from many joint international issues, including the Paris Accords, isolating our nation, from important issues, where we previously showed leadership, and initiative. Trump only needs other nations when he wants to expand his business by building hotels, golf course, or where Ivanka's many businesses will benefit. Luckily the Iran nuclear deal has other signatories, who have already signaled that they are not going to join the Trump anti Iranian move.
It is strange how Trump embraces Russia, does not utter a single negative word about it, and yet demonizes Iran for no valid reason. Perhaps Netanyahu may be sending Trump cartoon bombs occasionally!
Lastly, it goes without saying that this is yet another Obama accomplishment, that Trump will want destroyed.
We have seen the hand wringing by international bodies, and the condemnation by many nations, yet no one seems to be acting swiftly to end the massacre. I have noticed anti Muslim trolls blaming the victims in many comment sections, and blaming the religion for what the 80 percent Buddhist majority, whose military is armed with weapons supplied by Israel, are perpetrating crimes against these poor people. Perhaps it is the same vile Hasbara gang, trying to justify the violence, so that Israel can sell more weapons. It is time the world collectively sanctioned Myanmar, stopped all aid sent there, and took back the Nobel Peace Prize mistakenly given to Suu Kyi, keeps condoning the violence by her silence, and who must be held responsible for doing nothing to help the world's most persecuted human beings.
It is pathetic to watch people like this woman display their ignorance. First and foremost, I doubt she even knows the meaning of "sharia", she is just spewing the hateful anti Muslim rhetoric that comes from anti Muslim groups. Not knowing the difference between a Sikh and a Muslim is another mistake these ignorant people make. Lastly the way she acts and speaks clearly shows a bad upbringing, and obviously she has many issues that make her act this way.
This is a good idea to prevent the Muslims from getting influenced by the Wahhabis, and starting to wear the black abayas, which is not the national attire of the people of Tajikistan. Saudi Arabia has tried to influence too many Muslim nations, and spread their brand of the religion. Muslim nations, and Muslims living in other nations, must try to resist this influence, and stick to their own cultures and national clothing. Many ignorant Muslims seem to believe that Saudi Arabia represents the true form of the religion, and readily accepts it's rules and regulations, including unsuitable attire.
What chance do Muslims have in the US to make their case and feel safe? With Trump setting the standards, and tone in this country, the anti Muslim rhetoric we keep hearing, from him, and from right wing media, trolls on many websites, and the Islamaphobes like Gaffney, Geller, and others, financed by pro Israel Americans like Nina Rosenwald, Muslims will need more than a civil rights movement to fight this demon.
The children are suffering in far too many ways, including severe depression, and have no hope for the future.
The zionist do not have an ounce of sympathy or compassion, it is all for their own children and their well being. Sad.
If 2 - 4 million Jews or Christians were killed by Muslim nations, would the Jews or Christians take it lightly, or would they be outraged and retaliate? Many world agencies have estimated millions of Muslim have been killed by Western nations for the past few decades, and with the anti Muslim campaign started, and funded by pro Israeli Americans (like Nina Rosenwald), it has always been portrayed that it is Muslims who are the aggressors, and any innocent civilians killed by drones or bombs, either deserve it, or the Western nations and media simply shrugs it off.
The world keeps ignoring the plight of these poor people. Every time this topic comes up the comment sections are filled with anti Muslim comments, and some ironically using the Israel model (pointing out the Palestinians are the aggressors and Israel the victim), trying to convince us that the 87% of Buddhists (in power) are the victims of violence by the 4% of Muslims. Suu Kyi has turned out to be a huge disappointment, pretending to be all out for democracy while under house arrest, and now doing NOTHING for the minority in the country. Why was she given that Nobel peace prize again? Turkey apparently has offered Bangladesh the finances to take these poor people in, but that is yet to be seen. This inhumane treatment of these helpless people has been totally ignored, and even the US keeps sending the criminal government aid, which simply enables them. Meanwhile the women and children and brutally attacked and killed.
Trump is carrying on the demonizing of Iran. perhaps doing the bidding of Saudi Arabia and Israel. Unable to destroy the Iran nuclear deal, since it has been admitted that Iran is adhering to the rules, the axis of evil continues their hammering of Iran, while they themselves are guilty of death and destruction. The hypocrisy is loud and clear.
Trump is such a devious man. It is utterly disgusting that he pardoned a man like Arpaio, circumventing the judicial system in our country, and taking advantage of a terrible natural disaster. It is unfortunate that Trump keeps siding with racists, Russian spies, tyrants, and other low lives from the swamp. To think HE called Hillary crooked.
Trump now owns this. It seems we have dumped trillions of dollars, killed hundreds of thousands of innocent people, smashed this nation to smithereens, lost many of our kids, and the Taliban still thrives over there.
It is unfortunate that the US never learns from the mistakes of others, and keeps doing the same thing over and over and expects different (and better) results.
Our leaders could have given our entire nation free health care, if we did not attack this country.
Only a not so smart person will continue to keep spewing an already de bunked story, only someone who does not care for facts will peddle lies not caring for the consequences. Only a beauty pageant organizer/reality show host will not care to act like a President, nor be aware that what Presidents say will be analyzed for truth. This shameful man does not know what it is to be President. It is becoming obvious that he has mental issues and cannot lead this country.
It was pathetic to see Trump supporters cheer him yesterday, and agree to whatever he said, even chanting "lock her up" when it came to Hillary. Unfortunately, that image only makes them look naive, because very soon it might be Trump and his corrupt gang that might be on the brink of being locked up.
From the beginning of his campaign Trump has done nothing but project, and accuse others, of what he himself appears guilty of. The nation has seen 6 months of scandals, firings, investigations, and a heck of lot of lies.
John Kelly might be a very distinguished ex Military official, but however patriotic he may feel, I cannot understand why, on watching and looking at how Trump operates, speaks, insults, and tweets, he would accept this position. Nothing is going to change with John Kelly there, as long as Trump remains. John Kelly is not going to be a miracle worker, as he tries to make sense in the Trump and Family unlimited White House. You cannot repackage a dud product and put a new ribbon on it, and try to convince the world it is a fine product. Unfortunately, John Kelly is going to find out the hard way.
Only a unified Muslim world can stand up to Islamaphobia.
Saudi Arabia must stop dropping bombs on other nations, and conspiring with Israel. It should stop trying to influencing other nations and trying to spread their brand of Islam, and even radicalizing others. Then is should stop treating Iran like an enemy and unite the Muslim world.....that would be a miracle, but the answer.
Many Americans keep wringing their hands and keep asking why we are hated so much....here is a good reason.
We have interfered in other nations, toppled their leaders, bombed many Muslim nations, killing and maiming hundred of thousands of innocent civilians, and keep supporting Israel, aiding and arming it....the other reasons why we are disliked around the world.
We should not be surprised at Israel's hypocrisy. They seem to project this "we are the only true democracy in the ME" image in the Western world, but in reality they are like some other non democratic nations in the ME when it comes to human rights violations. Al Jazeera has been quite critical of Israel, like they have been to other ME nations, in their documentaries, which must make Netanyahu so mad that he joins the other pariah nations to silence a voice that has highlighted the inhumane treatment of others. Here is a good example:
It boggles the mind when you realize that all that money has ended up in the deaths of millions of innocent civilians, millions injured, and millions more we have made homeless, and unwanted.
We could have used this tax payer money where is should be used - at home. We all know that we have Americans in dire straits, pay for education, and healthcare,and I would far prefer we help our neighbor down the road, than wage unnecessary wars, that usually backfires on us anyway.
War is an American industry and we are all shareholders to that business.
Saudi Arabia is one of the biggest hypocrites in the ME. It is unbelievable that the US is so cosy with it, while it is guilty of human rights abuses, that the US accuses other's of. Whether it is oil, or Saudi money, the fact that the US continuously ignores the stoning to death for adultery, primitive laws, and women not allowed to drive, and not condemning their sword dancing friends, for these inhumane rigid laws. At least in Iran the women are allowed to drive and walk around unescorted.
I did not vote for Hillary, and certainly not for Trump. But I realize that with so much against her, it would have been very hard for Hillary to overcome these obstacles. With Russia, the Trump Campaign, and the fake news media working against her, there was too much stacked against her, and she could never win. Yet the fact that she won nearly 3 million votes more, shows the people in this country wanted her over Trump. I wish our laws could declare this very corrupted Presidential election, null and void. Trump won by very crooked means aided by an enemy nation.
There is plenty of hypocrisy going around in the Trump family.
Today there was a report that Jared Kushner's business deal of buying that now infamous no.666 building in Manhattan for $1.8 billion has been a dismal failure, and he had turned to Qatar for a $500 million loan, which was turned down. This may explain Kushner cozying up to Saudi, and the US stance on the Gulf conflict, which is going against Qatar.
The Trump's anti Muslim rhetoric and policies are sheer hypocrisy. The entire family seems to have no qualms doing business in wealthy Muslim nations, and making money off them, or getting loans off them. Disgusting.
If the people of Iraq want their nation to rise up after all the violence, war, and turmoil, they have gone through, for no fault of theirs, they must unite and work together to succeed in bringing some normalcy to their country. It is time Sunni and Shiite put their differences aside and unite to fight the bigger problem, anti Muslim campaigns against all Muslims.
It is up to the leadership in both sects to set the right tone in their communities.
Trump has embarrassed the nation by acting like the ugly American. Getting out of the Paris Accords is sending a strong message that the US will not do the right thing by the world, to unite and fight common goals. He seemed to be more excited about meeting Putin, rather than join the international community. We should also wonder why Ivanka, neither an experienced nor qualified official, was paraded around with world leaders, while her attention deficit father declined to attend a meeting. Maybe aspirations to run for president, or more lucrative business contracts?
Either actors are paid to attend a Trump event, maybe bused as in this case, or Trump sees the largest crowd ever that did not exist. Reality show hosts love to deceive to show popularity that is not there. Surely there are far more important matters to be worried about?
Trump's policies and actions strongly suggests he thinks he is all powerful and a dictator. Not a leader of a democracy. This presidency has gone to his head, which is not surprising considering he is narcissistic, and unfortunately the beauty pageant organizer, and reality show host, still craves the attention and focus on himself, and doing his best for the nation has he promised is only secondary, if at all.
Trump is not making America great again, Trump's presidency is all about Trump (and his many businesses).
What can anyone expect from a man who gets his information from the National Inquirer? This is one of the most ill informed and intellectually challenged presidents, in the history of the White House, who seem to rely on conspiracy theories, and has no interest in learning/listening to help make better decisions.
To think the US has always supported, protected, and has been Saudi's best buddy, is unbelievable. Here we have been accusing other nations of not having democracy and we have invaded other nations to take "democracy" there, yet Saudi continues to stone women to death, and arrest women when they dare to drive cars. How about taking "democracy" to Saudi Arabia too, just like we took it to Iraq?
Trump has cheapened the Presidency by his erratic behavior unbecoming, and totally inappropriate, for a President. He is spending tax payer time going on vicious twitter rants, and wasting time watching television wondering what cable show hosts say about HIM. It has been five months of investigations, unethical practices, nepotism, millions spent on golf trips to HIS golf courses, firings of officials investigating his administration, and accusations of fake news, when he himself sets the agenda with his twitter rants, and the nation also had to watch him attack President Obama and make wild, unsubstantiated accusations against him, with no apologies to follow, and you have to be naive to think that this miserable failure is doing anything for the people in this country. People are sick of this President, and the poll numbers show that. What kind of President has time to go on twitter rants so early in his Presidency? What about the Trumpcare bill, ISIS, jobs, clean water, daily briefings that keeps him updated about our security, and learning to act and be President?
The ugly American has surfaced. I was recently in Milan and an Italian citizen answered when I said I could not understand how anyone could watch Trump for 10 minutes and want to vote for him "Trump represents what America is". Sadly that is our image now.
The Middle East is going backwards in time, and the US supports, arms, and protects the nations doing it. Is this how we take "democracy" over there? Attacking Arab nations where we cannot control their leader, has also added to this situation. Is this how the Western nations want the ME to be?
A festering wound, and we keep picking at the scab?
What next, Mattis to be fired? Mattis seems to be the only adult in the room. The rest are amateurs, who seem to follow Trump, right or wrong, and have their own interests vested in this presidency.
If Trump had nothing to hide, he would have cooperated with any investigation, and welcomed the opportunity to clear himself of all suspicion. He keeps acting like he is above all laws, and removes every credible official that gets close to the truth. Trump supporters still do not get the fact that this is costing the nation for too much, and harming our democracy.
With so many unscrupulous members of his administration, this seems far worse than Watergate.
If Iran does not want to be seen as another kind of Saudi Arabia, and accepted in the world, it should not keep these anti women rules, and be a little more secular. They have a nation full of young people, they are educated, and will do well if they do not give the wrong image to the rest of the world. The Quran says women should dress modestly, and if they prefer to cover their heads, it should be THEIR CHOICE.
So any bets that if and when this comes to a more successful conclusion, that Trump will claim it was all his doing? He has a bad habit of latching on to Obama's successes, because his first 5 months have yielded only investigations, lies, Russian connections, nepotism, and no bills passed to brag about.
And we are supporting and selling arms to this? I wonder why the media does not bring Saudi Arabia's human rights abuses to the attention of the American people. Is Saudi Arabia another of America's privileged pets, like Israel?
Saudi Arabia, America's supplier of oil for decades, and now one of America's top customers of our deadly weapons,has got arrogant, and emboldened by America's continuous support, and our willingness to ignore all it's human rights violations. It has joined forces with enemy no.1, Israel, to wage their proxy wars, and bring Iran down. Most probably Qatar is being punished for it's association with Iran.
The horrible terrorist attacks that we are witnessing today, are the consequences of Western nations, led by the US, dropping bombs, and interfering in Muslim nations. It gave certain radicals the excuse to wage wars, and recruit jobless youth into their sick causes.
Millions of Muslims have been killed, millions more wounded, and millions are refugees. There is no doubt Christians and Jews would have retaliated in many ways had the same numbers been wiped out. When will the US realize there are negative consequences for it's arrogant policies and unnecessary wars?
We are alienating our democratic allies, and embracing tyrants and dictators. It took years of hard work for US Presidents to build a good relationship with our European allies, and all it took was 4 months for Trump to undo it all. Trump is sadly mistaken if he thinks we can rely on Russia, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey, to replace our European allies. Trump has taken this nation into a very precipitous place, and we should all be scared.
All good questions. Why indeed did Kushner want this back channel. If was only about sanctions, it would have been Russia making that move. This seems far worse than the sanctions, and with Kusher/Trump having business deals with Putin's bank, it seems Kushner/Trump seems to be too cozy with Russia. It seems they had no concern or respect for the laws of their own country, when they established sinister connections to enemy no. 1.
If Russia wanted to cause chaos in America, all he had to do was not drop bombs over New York or Washington DC, but interfere in our elections and make sure a dishonest narcissistic man, with absolutely no experience, became President, and then sit back and laugh. As Americans we must all be embarrassed that we sent this ugly American to represent us in Brussels. He made an idiot of himself, publicly chided NATO members, and pushed his way to pose for pictures (just like Netanyahu in Paris). All cringe worthy.
He is making our allies our enemies, and our enemies our friends. Who is going to stop him now?
Most of the saber rattling seems to come from the Saudi/Israel/US side. Of course they will eventually bomb Iran, they have been working towards that for years, including the time Netanyahu held up a cartoon bomb at the UN. It would also explain why the US is selling $340 billion worth of weapons to SA. After a while the proxy wars will go nowhere, then we will all hear about how dangerous Iran is, and how much the region is threatened by them, and these three nations will bang the drums of war.
NO other administration has had this many connections to Russia. I have lost count, but at least SEVEN Trump officials have had secretive meetings, and phone calls, with Russian agents. No other American President has openly admired and supported the Russian tyrant Putin, and shown him that much of respect, that he does not give President Obama, a fellow American. Talks of business deals, money laundering, sale of real estate to Russian oligarchs, somehow keep haunting Donald Trump, his sons, his son in law, and their various businesses, and many of these accusations have turned out to be true. It is hard to believe that an American President will invite officials from this pariah nation into the White House, and reveal classified information, this is all surreal. It is hard to believe that Trumps supporters have embraced all this, and keep supporting him, despite the fact that investigations may lead to treason charges. If this was Obama or Hillary, you can only imagine how loud the outrage would be, accusations of treason by right wingers, and the chants of "lock her up" would be heard in every Republican rally. Now they are all noticeably quiet.
Who would have imagined years ago, that China has become the adult in the room, and that the US right now is behaving like an uneducated and backward adolescent?
It is either arrogance or plain stupidity, that at the height of accusations that Trump fired Comey because of the Russian investigations, Trump flaunts these Russian officials in the White House, bringing in more attention to his problems.
As for the claim by the WH that they were fooled by the Russian media, it shows that they are stupid, in a very dangerous way.
It has been just over 100 days, and Trump has done everything wrong, been unbelievably dishonest, and has refused to follow protocol. What kind of President ignores warnings about an official that is under heavy suspicion by the intelligence officials for having ties to an enemy nation? Anyone with half a brain would have taken President Obama's warning very seriously, especially when it was backed by an US Attorney many times. It is despicable that Trump once again blamed Obama for not vetting Flynn, but the bottom line is they did, and he was fired. What kind of President re-hires a flawed candidate especially with the possibility he could be involved in treason? From Trump to his mouthpiece Spicer, they all lie.
Trump has no clue about diplomacy and openly praising a leader like Kim Jung Un, saying he is a smart cookie, and he will be honored to meet him, is first and foremost, a weak position to be in. No American leader must and should shower praise on a man who has threatened the US, defies the world and keeps sending missiles around the neighborhood. Trump seems to have mental problems, and it is frightening to see it simply gets worse by the day. He is doing a lot of damage, and no one seems able to control it.
This will cause dread and fear in the evil hearts of islamaphobes. It is sad that millions of Muslims have been killed in these recent wars waged by the US and it's allies, and no one, not even some Arab nations are outraged by this. In fact some of them even join in these wars for their own devious reasons. Muslim lives do not matter when it comes to the US and it's allies. This is an interesting study.
Even despicable terrorists can be right on this. This is indeed an idiot. The question is, does anyone know what his secret plan is to wipe out ISIS? I thought he was going to finish them off in 100 days, and that is around the corner, and they still seem to be around to mock him.
The man who once said that if you are given immunity, it means you are guilty of something, now want immunity. The irony of it all. At least at this late stage of the game, it would be good for the good American, to be honest and tell the nation, exactly what America's enemy has been up to, how much they have corrupted our system, and why so many of the Trump's aides have been caught sleeping with the enemy, this includes favorite son in law Jared too.
It has been only some weeks since this man became President, and we have seen too many investigations, false accusation of wiretapping, strong signs of Russian interference in our political system, and many Trump associates having alarming number of secretive meetings and calls, and then not revealing it, the high cost of security detail for Trump, his wife, 5 children, their spouses, his grandkids, and maybe his ex wives, and watch his fail predictably, trying to get healthcare and the ban on Muslims. All this costs the nation too much, turmoil, anger, and the indications are, the nation will suffer so much, and go backwards, not forwards.
Trump is totally incompetent, unqualified and does not have the temperament to lead this country. A man who seem to delegate to his son and daughter in law, both novices in running a country, and prefers to spend weekends, not learning and trying to lead, but playing golf does not bode well for this nation.
This is reprehensible, to say the least. The US and it 's allies keep making these "mistakes" and the results are always that hundreds of innocent civilians are killed, at funerals, weddings, homes, market places, anywhere people congregate, and there is always some feeble excuse that is not acceptable. Americans have to stop wondering why we are hated, and realize that these massacres could be the tool that extremists use, to recruit and retaliate. Millions of Muslims killed, millions injured, and millions homeless, results in anger, and no one can fault these people for feeling anger after seeing their families being wiped out, maimed and suffering. These are the reasons why we keep making enemies, our own stupid policies and actions. We should stop interfering in other nations, and stop bombing innocent civilians. If these were white Christian, we would not be bombing so carelessly, and besides, we seem to be only bombing Muslims nations non stop. People whine that Americans are targets of terrorism, but what are we doing to bring it upon ourselves?
Comey's last minute ditch to help Trump win, has hurt the nation. The emails he released (despite being advised not to) turned out to be nothing, but it may have hurt Hillary too much.
Today we are cursed with a President, who has only divided the nation, but acts like he has no class, education, or dignity, and has lied almost daily to the American people. It would have been good to hear someone in the panel address this, and ask him if he though he did the right thing then.
It seems Israel has dispatched it's servants to be interviewed in the media, to dispute this. So far I have heard the same talking points...People should walk around and see for themselves, we have an Arab judge, all people can vote etc.
The usual zionist Bull.
This woman is looking more and more ridiculous as a spokesperson for the Trumpets. She has become a huge joke. Either that, or the ridiculous things she says is another deliberate diversion from mess Trump has got into, Russiagate, Wiretapping gate....
There is no doubt the US is much to be blamed, for starting unnecessary wars, being involved in the toppling of Arab leaders, arming and training rebels, selling weapons to Saudi Arabia, and conspiring with Israel to interfere, and promote turmoil, in many of these nations - resulting in the deaths of millions of people, millions more injured, and millions made into refugees, and displaced, because they have had to flee the bombs and the violence. Now the US whines about accepting refugees, and cannot face the consequences of their own actions. Shame. If millions of Jewish or Christian people were killed, imagine the outrage we would be hearing today.
This is frightening. Trump has bragged he knows more than the generals, gets his information from television, and the last fiasco in Yemen ended up a disaster. Anyone has any faith in what he is doing? He is an amateur trying to play war games.
So they should be concerned. This new president has shown nothing but a sick obsession for Putin, has had at least 6 members of his administration have secretive calls and meetings with Russian elements, and with the growing evidence that Russian agents have hacked and interfered in our elections, and the possibility that they are doing the same in other nations, should make anyone concerned about the security of this country, and ask for investigations. If Russia wanted to bring the US down, the ideal way would be to manipulate the elections, put a clown in the White House, and the rest will follow.
Trump is erasing years of research, hard work, and the strides made by environmentalists, and supporters, during the past decades. Science has been ridiculed and intellectuals ignored, because it suits this administration to make nice with those who put their anti environmental businesses first, take over, and destroy the environment. Trump is taking the US backwards, and will never recover, while the rest of the world, even China, is trying to make this top priority for the world. This is a health issue, and has serious consequences, which Trump is too ignorant to realize.
You are right Prof. Cole, Obama has been blamed for many things going wrong in Trumps life, and for things Trump brought upon himself, and should be careful that some insane deplorable with a weapon does not take his anger out of him. The US is going through turmoil, and instead of uniting the nation and trying to lead, this man spends his time staying up early hours of the morning and going on a twitter tirade, making things up, with no evidence, and accusing Obama of what officials call "nonsense". I guess when your staff is being investigated for what may become Russia gate, you have to try to make the nation look the other way.
This man is insane, and it is frightening to think this country is in the hands of a lunatic.
These republican conservatives love to go backwards to please their base or rich buddies. If polluting the environment are the consequences of these policies, you can be sure it will not deter them. While other nations, even China, is making strides, the US is taken backwards by these politicians.
He can NEVER act like a decent person and take responsibility for anything. This is how it is going to be. Every blunder (like Yemen), every lie that goes out of control, and for every hate crime that has been instigated by him, will be passed on to Obama, the Democrats, other world leaders, Muslims, Mexicans, even Melania's plagiarism was blamed on some junior member of staff. This man will press the red nuclear button, and blame the enemy for that (not Russia for sure).
It's the "blame everyone else but myself" game, and if anyone blamed him (rightfully so) it was all fake news. This man does not have the temperament to be President, he is juvenile, vindictive, and very loose with facts. He has shown he is a cheap person by blaming his predecessor, a no-no usually, as other Presidents have never bad mouthed the ones before. He has been known for starting fakes news, by calling media outlets, calling himself John Miller or John Barron (seems to like that name, so what a coincidence his son was called Barron), pretending he is a new recruit in the Trump organization, and give the false bits of news that HE wanted the media to write, and get control over what was said. Fake news was first initiated by the Orange Jackass, now he simply accuses others of the same thing. Dirty habits die hard.
Let's face it, Trump has unleashed uneducated and ignorant racists, who think all brown skinned people are from the Middle East, and can go around the country with their deadly weapons and shoot anyone their poisoned mind think should not be in this country. It is a huge shame that innocent people once again had to suffer from a low life with small brains. Trump is trying to make America white again, and fortunately this is one battle he will lose. Without unity in this country he will never succeed. Deplorable President Trump's deplorable people.
Wow, only 33 days and people are finally beginning to see that the emperor has no clothes. The angry people who voted for this man, will now realize that they cut their noses to spite their faces, and now the nation is saddled with a crude, inexperienced, narcissistic, racist man. His talents lie in beauty pageants and reality shows, and a big mouth that he uses to insult and lie. Congratulations America, this is your gift to the nation and the world. What an embarrassment.
You realize as the days go by that Trump is surrounded with scum, and that these low life elements play a huge part in the Trump administration corrupting our system, challenging it, and trying to shape it to their twisted ways. If this was part of the Hillary Clinton administration, the right would be howling with outrage, playing the part of indignant Americans who are besides themselves at how immoral the Clinton administration is, but here you are, the Republicans seem to be uncharacteristically open minded, accepting racists, disturbing connections to Russia, tweeter wars, the feuds with Australia and Sweden, and Bannon, all in their stride. There is no hope for this country. It is run by rotten eggs with disturbing connections be it Russia or a man named Milo who seem to approve of pedophilia.
So isn't it time Netanyahu and the zionists stopped playing the " Palestinians rejected peace deals", card, which was always ridiculous when you consider the 60 years long occupation, the on going land grabs and acres of illegal settlements, the blockades, the mowing of the lawn, the Palestinian kids being thrown in jail kidnapped in the middle of the night, and abused? Only the ignorant will keep believing that victims of an occupation prefers the status quo, the occupation, and keep suffering this way. Netanyahu was offered fighter jets worth millions of dollars just to get his behind to sit for peace talks, and they turned it down too. Israel has the upper hand and plenty of Palestinian land and water, and keeps offering the Palestinians a pittance. It is time Americans got wise to this stupid charade. Israel does not want peace, it prefers the status quo, so that they can continue to steal all the lands, and deprive the occupied of their freedom. Netanyahu has already said there will be no 2SS, so what is the world waiting for?
Shame on the Arab nations (Saudi Arabia) who are best buddies with the occupier, and who have ignored the plight of their own people Shame on them.
They are of a different intellect. They are angry, racist, and brainwashed by Limbaugh, Hannity, and Ted Nugent. They will believe anything as long as it is against the "liberals" who in their minds has destroyed the nation. Ironic they cannot see it happening right now.
This man makes it up as he goes along. He has no fear about lying and getting caught doing it. He knows his supporters are not smart enough to research and find out the truth. They have drunk too much of the koolaid and will believe anything he or his administration says. Politicians lie, but Trump's whoppers are frequent, bold, and the rest of the world knows it. It is embarrassing to have such man who has no principles, honesty, and credibility, be leader of the US. I have travelled to many nations recently, and most people ask me how Americans could vote for this man, he is looked upon as a joke, or dangerous.
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So much for the "only true democracy" in the Middle East.
Whatever happened to free speech, and being able to refuse attending an award's ceremony, in protest of a massacre, that is part of being "democratic", with no vicious backlash?
It is time US leaders acknowledge the world "democracy" does not seem to apply in many ways in their top charitable cause, and favorite rogue state it aids and arms. Democracy is non existent when it comes to protesting Israel's endless crimes against civilians.
MNBS may be paying millions for PR consultants, to do what he is doing right now, trying to pull a rabbit out of a keffiyeh, to change Saudi Arabia's terrible image, but who is he fooling? Only the naive, and the ignorant. Someone should interview the Saudi's who were imprisoned at the Ritz Carlton, and find how how they were treated for weeks, someone should have asked him (Oprah?) why children are dying in Yemen for lack of food and water, and someone one should ask him why SA is radicalizing Muslims worldwide. Those are the tough questions.
You are right, there is no public evidence of collusion, but going by how Robert Mueller is turning every stone, has widened the investigation, hired more investigators and prosecutors, I would say he is finding a lot of interesting nuggets to work on, than the public will know.
Just like Netanyahu was able to get Jerusalem, he will get Trump to wage that war with Iran, something he has been thirsting for. All thanks to Adelson and Crooked Kushner.
It is a shame that Theresa May does not have higher principles, and that the UK and the US are selective in their outrage with these nations. Saudi Arabia is notorious for human rights abuses, and discriminating women, yet they continue to ignore what they would have been outraged about, had this been Iran.
This young Prince, has sold his soul, and his country, to the devil. He is in bed with Israel, and conspiring with it, to attack
Iran, and as the world can see has also viciously blockaded Qatar (learnt it from the master of blockades, Israel). He is turning his country, into yet another aggressor in the region, using UK, US and most probably Israeli weapons and training, to kill innocent civilians in Yemen. Who thought the keepers of Islam's two holiest Mosques, would be cohorts with Israel, the long time occupier of the ME? This is an evil and dangerous prince, and what he has done, is disgusting.
Pot calling the kettle. Saudi Arabia, with support of the US, and conspiring with Israel, is one of the most dangerous Arab nations in the region. No young prince, nor allowing women to drive, can change it's image around the world. They are wasting their money paying expensive consultants to perform a miracle.
Netanyahu's charade goes on. The world knows by now, that if he genuinely wanted peace with the Palestinians, he would have ended the occupation, and stopped the illegal settlements long time ago....he just wants to status quo to go on, he even turned down fighter jets to attend peace talks, when the Obama administration tried to initiate peace talks.
Netanyahu wants to steal as much land as he can for Israel.
He keeps blaming the victims, and justifying his war crimes.
Two crooks under serious investigations to meet. This must be some record.
The fact that Israel is now best buddies with Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, is very interesting. It was the UAE that organized that secretive meeting in the Seychelles:
"The United Arab Emirates arranged a secret meeting in January between Blackwater founder Erik Prince and a Russian close to President Vladimir Putin as part of an apparent effort to establish a back-channel line of communication between Moscow and President-elect Donald Trump, according to U.S., European and Arab officials.
The meeting took place around Jan. 11 — nine days before Trump's inauguration — in the Seychelles islands in the Indian Ocean, officials said. Though the full agenda remains unclear, the UAE agreed to broker the meeting in part to explore whether Russia could be persuaded to curtail its relationship with Iran, including in Syria, a Trump administration objective that would likely require major concessions to Moscow on U.S. sanctions."
The Palestinians have been thrown under the bus by their own.
It is unbelievable that Saudi Arabia and the UAE have joined the zionists, in their efforts to bring the Qatari leadership down. Either that or Kushner is still sore that he did not get that gigantic investment from the Qatari's.
Shame on the UAE.
Conclusion: Europe has seen through the efforts by the US, Israel, and Saudi Arabia, to demonize, and delegitimize, Iran, and are doing what is right for their own nations. They send a strong message to the three trouble makers, that they are no longer relevant, and that cartoon bombs, and pieces of metal, are not very convincing. Good move.
Whatever happened to the "only" democracy in the Middle East, because they are trying to stifle free speech, and criticism, of Israel? Regev and Israel are behaving just as badly as some of their Arab neighbors that they love to point out, as an example of not having free speech, and not being democratic enough.
The truth must hurt, and it seems when it comes to their crimes being the focus, the Israelis can dish out but cannot take it.
I like to see Netanyahu try and blame "fake news" for the on going investigations into suspected corruption by himself, his wife, Sara, and his no good son, by the Israeli police.
It must be frustrating for him to not be able to say the occupation, and Israel's shameless crime of land theft, is "fake news". Any territories over the 1967 borders should be called "fake Israel" too.
The arrogance of the US. Shock, awe, kill, maim, and bomb a functioning nation into smithereens, using false intelligence, and then walk away without looking back, leaving chaos and suffering.
I wonder why some Americans are still not able to understand why we are hated around the world.
Trump, Nunes, Hannity, Fox and Friends, are trying to sabotage this investigation, with conspiracy theories, and most importantly trying to discredit an American institution, that right now, is led by a Trump appointee (Republican), who was appointed, and approved, by a Special Investigator (Republican). How low will Trump and his puppets go, to attack the FBI, and other Institutions, just to save Trump's skin? It seems they are willing to bring the entire country, and our system down to do so.
Sen. McCain is right, they are doing Putin's dirty work.
What Trump and Pence (the puppets of Netanyahu's crafty plan through Kushner) did was unconscionable. Maybe Pence was yet another duped evangelical, who believe that the Jews would roll out the red carpet for Jesus Christ to descend on during the second coming, but handing Jerusalem in a golden platter to the zionists will have long lasting consequences for moderate leaders like King Abdullah. Perhaps the question of many Christian churches been vandalized and burnt (and not many zionists charged for these crimes), will not be asked by Pence, for surely it is a very important topic, that this good Christian should be outraged about, and an answer demanded from Netanyahu?
So when is the US going to do the honorable thing, and stop arms sales to Yemen, and also to Israel. and other nations that kill innocent civilians?
So Israel and the US got their behinds kicked. Assad is still there, and it looks like the training the US/Israel/Saudi Arabia gave the rebels, was a waste of our tax payer money.
Let's take a good look at our record - Afghanistan is very unstable, and the Taliban still rules, Iraq is unstable, no democracy, and suicide bombers galore, and Syria was a dead loss, from all angles.
We are paying trillions of dollars for our failure, and unnecessary wars.
How about stopping the madness, and focusing on building our infrastructure, and bailing Puerto Rico out?
As for Trump, despite him knowing more than all he Generals, he is clueless, and already a failure.
If Iran wants to rejoin the rest of the world, and want to improve their economy, these backward old men should realize that speaking and learning English, is crucial for their citizens, to liaise with the officials of other nations. This is very primitive thinking. Surely the moderates like Rouhani realizes it?
In a more perfect world, the Iranian regime would take note of the people's demands, and start making appropriate reforms, long overdue. Why give nations like the US/Israel/Saudi Arabia the opportunity to keep picking on it? Nikki Hayley looks like a drama queen, when she keeps ignoring Israel's and Saudi Arabia's human rights abuses, and keeps harping on Iran's. The world can see right through the charade.
Iran needs to relax these ridiculous rules, and allow their women to decide individually, what they would like to wear.
With Saudi Arabia supposedly relaxing the rules banning women from driving, perhaps competing with each other might be good for both these nations, when trying to catch up with the modern world. Let's see who gets there faster, if they ever do.
Americans never learn lessons from past mistakes. Yes, the signs are all there, Israel/Saudi/USA are all salivating at the thought of shocking and awing yet another Muslim nation (strange, all recent bombs fall on Muslim nations), and they keep looking for excuses to do so. On one side we have a boy dictator sending missiles close to our allies in the Far East, maybe on the brink of having nuclear weapons, and the war mongers keep wanting to have peace talks with him, Trump even saying he wants to be friends, then you have a nation that has never attacked it's neighbors for over 200 years, being monitored closely by UN nuclear experts, and still honoring it's agreement with other nations, but that does not seem to be good for the axis of evil, they keep pounding their chests and making war noises.
Apparently the Hon. Nikki Hayley, is hosting a party inviting the handful of nations that supported them by voting against the resolution, and who abstained, to thank them for their support.
You have got to wonder if Togo, Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands, and others, who voted with the US and Israel, had their arms twisted, and were fearful their lunch money would be stopped. This was a resounding rejection of US/Israeli policies, and it is heartening to know that nations like Germany, the UK, France, Japan, New Zealand, Ireland, and many others, were not threatened, nor intimated by thuggish threats by Haley.
This is Trump paying the piper. Sheldon Adelson and wife donating more than 100 million dollars towards Trump's campaign, and Nikki Hayley also a recipient of that American zionist's generosity, worked hard, with Netanyahu's backing, to do what no other president has done. All previous Presidents have stated that they would not be moving the embassy to Jerusalem for security reasons, and here comes the orange bull in the china shop, doing exactly that.
When you threaten like a thug, and still lost the vote, you have to take it like a huge slap in the face. The world rejected what Netanyahu and Trumped dished out, and anyway they spin it, it was a humiliating defeat.
Why is the world hesitating about this? It is clear Trump and the USA, have no interests in doing the right thing for the Palestinians, and that American loyalties will always be for the occupier, who has made these poor occupied people live in limbo for many decades, stolen much of their lands, and America arms them with deadly weapons, that are used on them. Trump will alway be indebted to good ole' Shelly Adelson, who has poured in millions of dollars for his motherland, which resulted in Trump handing Jerusalem over on a golden platter, to the occupier. Trump will always do his bidding, as will Nikki Hayley, another zionist acquisition.
Why is there so much of foot dragging when it comes to the Palestinians, even by other Arab nations?. Don't they have the spine to stand up to the US, and do the humane thing for their long suffering brothers? Giving them their Statehood is long overdue.
According to the Zionists, evangelicals, and US leaders in the White House and Congress, Palestinians (and Muslims), cannot resist, protest, or make demands, when they are occupied, shocked and awed, blockaded, have their lands stolen, homes demolished, families killed by Western and Israeli bombs, and if they do, they are referred to as "terrorists".
"Never again" is for the Jews, but when it comes to the Muslims, it is "again and again". The Palestinians have every right to be angry, and disappointed, by Trump's back stabbing policies, and perhaps this is a reality check that the US will NEVER be honest broker, and they have to re-think their plans to get their statehood, freedom, and lands back. The rest of the civilized world, must support them now.
Why is that scoundrel in law quiet now? Jared has done his bit for the motherland, and Netanyahu must be thrilled.
The world does not care. These are dirt poor Muslims, and no one seems to want to hold those responsible for these war crimes, and horrible massacre of helpless people, accountable. The brutal military junta of Myanmar should be sanctioned, until they stop the rape, attacks, and the ethnic cleansing, and all aid to them, stopped. The nations that supply deadly weapons, and train these killers, like Israel, must also be held accountable. Israel has been interfering and manipulating nations like Myanmar, and Sri Lanka, and still do.
The US was NEVER an honest broker at any point. Never.
Why did it take these Muslims nations so long to admit to it?
They cannot have it both ways, and should stop their dealings with the US, to show their disapproval for the way the Palestinians were stabbed in the back. From one President to another, the support for Israel, by aid, giving them weapons (used mostly to kil civilians), and the unwavering support at the UN by vetoes, whenever the UN wanted to pass a resolution condemning Israel's human rights violations, went on, and anyone could see that the US was complicit in the occupation, the land grabs, the mowing of the lawn, the collective punishment, and the civilian deaths. Are the Muslim nations feeling betrayed now?
It is time these Muslim nations did the right thing for the Palestinians, and recognized their statehood, and they should be given long overdue rights, dignity, and freedom. To hell with the US and Israel, if they object to it, after all they act like they are above international laws, and it is time the world treated them like pariah nations.
Now that the the rest of the world has shown it's anger against this idiotic move by Trump, to hand Jerusalem (getting nothing in return) over to an occupier, the Palestinians should ask them to support their statehood. I am sure many will.
So this is what Trump meant when he said he was going to make "America great again". Hope his voters feel that greatness today.
The best thing to fight Islamaphobia, and be strong to face the onslaught of anti Muslim campaigns, is UNITY. It is time the Muslim world UNITED and faced the endless attacks on their nations, and religion. It is time the Sunni and Shiites put aside their differences, and the made the Muslims stronger, and not a divided people. There are anti Muslim elements that deliberately divide the Muslim people, for devious reasons, and this division is playing into their hands. Muslim nations must stand up for each other, and play a bigger part fighting the anti Islam propaganda out there, and counter the Nina Rosenwald/Pamela Geller/Frank Gaffney, and other hate campaigns.
They should also realize they cannot rely on Saudi Arabia, to do the right thing for the Muslim world. It has hitched it's wagon to the American/zionist wagon, that is at the bottom of many volatile situations in the Muslim world, and conspiring to attack the Sunni world, especially Iran. Surely 1.6 billion Muslims can get their act together, and be a stronger force to be reckoned with? If the Jews can show unity, why not the Muslims?
Netanyahu is a slimy and crooked individual. He is a war monger, a liar, and his policies are not doing his people any good, unless you count going against international policies, and keeping the occupation, and land grabs going, as great.
He is ruthless, and deserves to face the ICC, for his endless crimes against the Palestinians. Shame on the US Congress for embracing this man, even defying their own President, and his policies, by inviting this snake to speak in Congress.
Netanyahu, through his good buddy Kushner, is taking advantage of Trump's insanity, to push for the US embassy to be moved to Jerusalem, going against the policies of all previous Presidents from both parties. As if this will give the Palestinians and the Arab world assurance, that the US is an honest broker.
When you look back at the many nations we shocked and awed, and the unnecessary wars we waged, which resulted in millions of Muslims killed, millions injured, and millions now refugees, we have a lot to be remorseful about, and should be ashamed that we who advocated for democracy, and equality, have been responsible for the brutal massacre of Muslims. We should also be held responsible for selling (and gifting) deadly weapons used by nations like Saudi Arabia, and Israel, who have been condemned by the rest of the world, for the senseless killing of civilians, in other nations. All that, but it never seems to stop us, or make us hesitate. Our foreign policies stink.
I agree. Had it been London, or New York, the media would have been covering it 24/7, but since these are Muslims, no one really cares. Muslim lives are cheap, look at the number of those massacred, injured, and made refugees, because of Western bombs, and you see no remorse, or those responsible, being held accountable, for what some call a genocide.
Imagine the outrage had millions of Christians or Jews been killed.
There you go, the true colors of the young King, who was going to reform Saudi Arabia. Allowing women to drive just isn't going to fool the world.
How intelligent should you be to realize that a man like Kushner, whose family sent thousands of dollars to the illegal settlements, Netanyahu's good buddy (in fact Bibi slept in HIS room when staying with the Kushner family), and has represented Israel in various matters, is NOT an honest broker, and chances are HIGH that he will give the Israelis the lion share, and the Palestinians the crumbs?
Jared the novice, has no clue about achieving peace in this conflict, and is playing adult games that he knows nothing about. It is time Abbas stepped down and allowed a younger and stronger leader to handle this. It has been many years, and he is still in square one. These false promises have been going on for too long. What is the world waiting for, until the last Palestinian home has been bulldozed?
This is a sad situation. As always, it is the innocent that pay the price for these war games. This one a proxy war.
Again, we have to wonder why the US is selling these deadly weapons to Saudi Arabia, that conspires with Israel to play their war games with Iran....at a terrible cost. Nations that manufacture weapons have a lot to answer for, especially for the deaths of so many children.
So this is what Trump meant when he said he was going to make America great again....he has got it backwards.
Buddhism has always been a religion of peace, compassion, and tolerance. But like many other religions, it has been poisoned by extremists, who many suspect are doing the bidding of foreign entities, with their own devious agenda.
Sri Lanka also a Buddhist nation, is also contending with tensions between the majority Buddhists (70 percent) and the Muslims (9 percent). Strangely the same propaganda being spread in Myanmar, has been used to cause fear and suspicion among the Buddhists in Sri Lanka, the same false stories of Muslims taking over the country (statistically impossible), Muslims converting Buddhist women, and that the candy given free at Muslim shops make Buddhist women barren.
These far fetched stories are believed by the uneducated, and the racists, turning them against the minority.
This could mean the same evil forces behind this organized anti Muslim campaign are behind both nations. Both Myanmar and Sri Lankan campaigns were started, and these lies spread, by terrorist Buddhist monks, who make hate speeches, lead the mobs, and attack Muslim shops, Mosques, and homes. In both nations the Buddhist leaders say and do NOTHING to stop the murders, attacks, and harassment of the minority.
Suu Kyi does not utter one word of condemnation either.
So far, the problem in Sri Lanka is minor compared to Myanmar.
Why are the western nations that condemn the massacre in Myanmar not condemning Israel and other nations for selling the weapons that kill these innocent civilians, and used to threaten, rape, and kill babies? Israel must have trained this brutal military to use the weapons they sell. Where there is trouble around the world, you will find the fingerprints of Israel, Saudi Arabia, Russia, or the US.
Unlike the Muslims, all Buddhists are not deemed violent, and their religion deemed "evil", despite the massacre, rape, and violence, against unarmed civilians by extremists, which is how it should be.
I would also like to ask what role Jared Kushner is playing, in this rather volatile situation. He seems to be sneaking in to Saudi Arabia, on the eve on Hariri's being detained, and seems to be inserting himself into matters far above his pay grade. Is Kushner the intermediary that does the bidding of Israel with America's blessing?
When it comes to human rights, and women's rights, it seems we did not take democracy or common sense there. America's attack on Iraq has left it in chaos, terrorism thriving, historical sites decimated, and sectarian violence. Something that did not exist when Saddam Hussein ruled. We have take that country backwards.
Off topic, but this is very interesting. Apparently the Statue of Liberty was modeled after an Arab woman. How ironic if true.
Perhaps Trump should ban her too!
link to smithsonianmag.com
No amount of invitations will change the stance taken by this nincompoop. He has displayed his ignorance about global warming, and obviously going to (stupidly) stick to his guns, making the US look backward and uncooperative. Perhaps the elections yesterday was an indication of the nation rejecting him, and his outdated thinking.
All the war mongering, chest pounding, and accusations, comes mostly from Saudi Arabia. In other words, SA is itching for a war with Iran, with the love and support of Israel and the US. Neighbor envy is an ugly thing.
Sean Hannity consistently shows his ignorance, the inability to fully comprehend common sense, and disregards facts that are easily within his grasp, if he bothered to reach out and verify them. As long as he can spew his talking points, he will continue to make his viewers dumber, and have more hatred for "the other side". A sorry excuse for a so called "journalist".
We have an ignorant President that gets his divisive information from the Fox Swamp, and we know that Trump is wrong most of the time. Enough said.
At this point. Iran is making the US look like the bad guy.
No nation will trust the US, or want to sign Agreements with it.
We have lost all respect and credibility around the world, thanks to the Dotard/Moron.
The man who bragged that he knows more than all the Generals, and that he alone can fix it, is turning out to be clueless, and it seems he alone is destroying what other Presidents took years to build, within a few months.
Hopefully, the other nations will keep sane, and not give in to America's war mongering, and the demonizing of Iran. If the other nations have accepted Iran's compliance, it will make the US look like a trouble maker, doing Israel's bidding.
But, when has it stopped us? This continuous attack on Muslim nations is disgusting, and the millions we have killed, injured, and made homeless, should be called genocide.
I am tired of Israel's filthy games, and that we have to lose blood and treasure for them. Trump has no clue how to handle this situation, and seems unwilling to listen to military experts, and world leaders. These are frightening times.
In the end, it looks like Iran is honoring its signature on the pact, and not the world's greatest democracy. How can any nation trust us to keep our word, when we have got out of two major agreements under Trump, the Paris agreement, and the Iranian nuclear deal? It is embarrassing.
SA is desperately trying to improve their image, which at the moment is really bad. No image consultant can change or improve it, until SA stops bombing Yemen, and conspiring with Israel to cause mischief around the world. It also has to stop trying to radicalize Muslims in other nations, and getting involved in proxy wars with Iran. Just like their good buddy, Israel, no amount of consultants, hasbara, and good samaritan actions, can change what the world knows, and sees, when it comes to human rights violations.
This is a very sad situation. The world just watches the brutality and horrors of ethnic cleansing, wags it's fingers at Suu Kyi, who has turned out to be a fraud, who spoke of democracy while under house arrest, and is not doing anything to help those who are being killed, raped, tortured, and have their homes burnt. They have been given NO rights, no state support, and have been in limbo for years. These poor people have indeed been called all the ugly racist names, and blamed for their plight. Their history can be traced back to the 11th century, so why haven't they been given even basic voting rights?
The UK is supposed to stop all military training with the Myanmar military because of their treatment of the Rohingya, but that is not enough. How about the Western nations demanding that Israel stop selling arms to this brutal regime, and stop the training. One cannot but help but think that once again, Israel has it's fingerprints on this one too. I guess they have had good experience in handling unarmed, stateless people, after all they have been using those very weapons on those helpless civilians too.
The same tactic of inciting Buddhists by using a terrorist Buddhist monk, spreading false anti Muslim rumors, like the Muslims (small minority) taking over the majority Buddhist nation, and sowing the seeds of hatred in ignorant minds, have been used in Sri Lanka too, and many in Sri Lanka suspect the zionists are behind that explosive situation as well. You have got to wonder if this is all part of the huge anti Muslim campaign, being waged by pro Israel elements, and wealthy Americans like Nina Rosenwald, who is investing millions of dollars in this racist campaign. There are outside elements in the Buddhist nations who have provoked this hornet's nest, which has resulted in this carnage. You just have to follow the money.
Trump is so clueless. He is handling these volatile situations, just like he did the primaries, and running against Clinton. This is not Little Marco, or Lying Ted. The insults, and juvenile name calling, are not going to solve, or diffuse the situation.
For a serious lack of a solid policy, or any solution, he makes up by tweeting insults or making threatening speeches, which only makes it worse. Hillary Clinton was right, this man does NOT have the temperament to be President, and the nation could be on the brink of a nuclear war, if not handled correctly. He DOES NOT know more than all the Generals either.
It is unbelievable that Americans did not want to vote for an Ex Senator, and Secretary of State, with years of experience, and instead went for a con man, whose experience lies in organizing beauty pageants, and reality shows. It is frightening.
It seems he is being prodded by Netanyahu to keep going after Iran, Netanyahu desperate to get the US to wage that war. Since Obama did not yield to the zionists, it seem they have picked on a clueless president, who may not know where Iran is on a map.
Trump has divided this country, and he is now working on the world. By now the rest of the world gets it. He can be selective in his outrage, accuses others of what his favorite nations like Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Israel, are also guilty of, and overlooks their crimes. The US and Israel has a long, ugly record of bombing other nations, and it will be hard to convince the world that it is Iran that can't be trusted with deadly weapons. Do as I say not as I do.
Shame on those Muslim nations for working with these people who either work for Trump, or agrees with his racist policies. While Trump was ranting about banning Muslims from entering the US, nations like Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, were wheeling and dealing with him, and members of his campaign. It is also obvious that the Muslim nations that have properties with his name on buildings and Golf courses, have special privileges, including no ban, and the Trumps, including Ivanka and Eric, make money off those Muslims. Trump's base must be not very smart to not fathom it all out.
It was all a big hoax. She simply was a racist woman, who fooled the world, while under house arrest for years, speaking of democracy and freedom for all, when deep down she was as evil as those who locked her up. The entire world fell for it.
All good points Prof. Cole, but something tells me Saudi Arabia will not be willing to follow that path. It is up to Saudi Arabia to take the lead and bring unity to the Islamic world, and accept other branches/denominations of the religion, especially the Shiites, which will mean making peace with Iran, but that would make their BFF Israel unhappy. I would say changing their terrible image is simply a ploy, an eyewash, they can afford the top PR firms around the world to help them, make a show of reforming, but are they truly able to put their differences aside, and unite the Muslims under one umbrella, stop the war mongering, and trying to influence Muslims in other nations to follow Wahhabism? You can't teach old dogs new tricks. If only they followed your advice, the Islamic world will be better served.
At this point it seems Iran is willing to join the world community, and Trump USA is not. He has distanced this country from many joint international issues, including the Paris Accords, isolating our nation, from important issues, where we previously showed leadership, and initiative. Trump only needs other nations when he wants to expand his business by building hotels, golf course, or where Ivanka's many businesses will benefit. Luckily the Iran nuclear deal has other signatories, who have already signaled that they are not going to join the Trump anti Iranian move.
It is strange how Trump embraces Russia, does not utter a single negative word about it, and yet demonizes Iran for no valid reason. Perhaps Netanyahu may be sending Trump cartoon bombs occasionally!
Lastly, it goes without saying that this is yet another Obama accomplishment, that Trump will want destroyed.
We have seen the hand wringing by international bodies, and the condemnation by many nations, yet no one seems to be acting swiftly to end the massacre. I have noticed anti Muslim trolls blaming the victims in many comment sections, and blaming the religion for what the 80 percent Buddhist majority, whose military is armed with weapons supplied by Israel, are perpetrating crimes against these poor people. Perhaps it is the same vile Hasbara gang, trying to justify the violence, so that Israel can sell more weapons. It is time the world collectively sanctioned Myanmar, stopped all aid sent there, and took back the Nobel Peace Prize mistakenly given to Suu Kyi, keeps condoning the violence by her silence, and who must be held responsible for doing nothing to help the world's most persecuted human beings.
It is pathetic to watch people like this woman display their ignorance. First and foremost, I doubt she even knows the meaning of "sharia", she is just spewing the hateful anti Muslim rhetoric that comes from anti Muslim groups. Not knowing the difference between a Sikh and a Muslim is another mistake these ignorant people make. Lastly the way she acts and speaks clearly shows a bad upbringing, and obviously she has many issues that make her act this way.
This is a good idea to prevent the Muslims from getting influenced by the Wahhabis, and starting to wear the black abayas, which is not the national attire of the people of Tajikistan. Saudi Arabia has tried to influence too many Muslim nations, and spread their brand of the religion. Muslim nations, and Muslims living in other nations, must try to resist this influence, and stick to their own cultures and national clothing. Many ignorant Muslims seem to believe that Saudi Arabia represents the true form of the religion, and readily accepts it's rules and regulations, including unsuitable attire.
What chance do Muslims have in the US to make their case and feel safe? With Trump setting the standards, and tone in this country, the anti Muslim rhetoric we keep hearing, from him, and from right wing media, trolls on many websites, and the Islamaphobes like Gaffney, Geller, and others, financed by pro Israel Americans like Nina Rosenwald, Muslims will need more than a civil rights movement to fight this demon.
The children are suffering in far too many ways, including severe depression, and have no hope for the future.
The zionist do not have an ounce of sympathy or compassion, it is all for their own children and their well being. Sad.
If 2 - 4 million Jews or Christians were killed by Muslim nations, would the Jews or Christians take it lightly, or would they be outraged and retaliate? Many world agencies have estimated millions of Muslim have been killed by Western nations for the past few decades, and with the anti Muslim campaign started, and funded by pro Israeli Americans (like Nina Rosenwald), it has always been portrayed that it is Muslims who are the aggressors, and any innocent civilians killed by drones or bombs, either deserve it, or the Western nations and media simply shrugs it off.
The world keeps ignoring the plight of these poor people. Every time this topic comes up the comment sections are filled with anti Muslim comments, and some ironically using the Israel model (pointing out the Palestinians are the aggressors and Israel the victim), trying to convince us that the 87% of Buddhists (in power) are the victims of violence by the 4% of Muslims. Suu Kyi has turned out to be a huge disappointment, pretending to be all out for democracy while under house arrest, and now doing NOTHING for the minority in the country. Why was she given that Nobel peace prize again? Turkey apparently has offered Bangladesh the finances to take these poor people in, but that is yet to be seen. This inhumane treatment of these helpless people has been totally ignored, and even the US keeps sending the criminal government aid, which simply enables them. Meanwhile the women and children and brutally attacked and killed.
Trump is carrying on the demonizing of Iran. perhaps doing the bidding of Saudi Arabia and Israel. Unable to destroy the Iran nuclear deal, since it has been admitted that Iran is adhering to the rules, the axis of evil continues their hammering of Iran, while they themselves are guilty of death and destruction. The hypocrisy is loud and clear.
Trump is such a devious man. It is utterly disgusting that he pardoned a man like Arpaio, circumventing the judicial system in our country, and taking advantage of a terrible natural disaster. It is unfortunate that Trump keeps siding with racists, Russian spies, tyrants, and other low lives from the swamp. To think HE called Hillary crooked.
Trump now owns this. It seems we have dumped trillions of dollars, killed hundreds of thousands of innocent people, smashed this nation to smithereens, lost many of our kids, and the Taliban still thrives over there.
It is unfortunate that the US never learns from the mistakes of others, and keeps doing the same thing over and over and expects different (and better) results.
Our leaders could have given our entire nation free health care, if we did not attack this country.
Only a not so smart person will continue to keep spewing an already de bunked story, only someone who does not care for facts will peddle lies not caring for the consequences. Only a beauty pageant organizer/reality show host will not care to act like a President, nor be aware that what Presidents say will be analyzed for truth. This shameful man does not know what it is to be President. It is becoming obvious that he has mental issues and cannot lead this country.
It was pathetic to see Trump supporters cheer him yesterday, and agree to whatever he said, even chanting "lock her up" when it came to Hillary. Unfortunately, that image only makes them look naive, because very soon it might be Trump and his corrupt gang that might be on the brink of being locked up.
From the beginning of his campaign Trump has done nothing but project, and accuse others, of what he himself appears guilty of. The nation has seen 6 months of scandals, firings, investigations, and a heck of lot of lies.
John Kelly might be a very distinguished ex Military official, but however patriotic he may feel, I cannot understand why, on watching and looking at how Trump operates, speaks, insults, and tweets, he would accept this position. Nothing is going to change with John Kelly there, as long as Trump remains. John Kelly is not going to be a miracle worker, as he tries to make sense in the Trump and Family unlimited White House. You cannot repackage a dud product and put a new ribbon on it, and try to convince the world it is a fine product. Unfortunately, John Kelly is going to find out the hard way.
Only a unified Muslim world can stand up to Islamaphobia.
Saudi Arabia must stop dropping bombs on other nations, and conspiring with Israel. It should stop trying to influencing other nations and trying to spread their brand of Islam, and even radicalizing others. Then is should stop treating Iran like an enemy and unite the Muslim world.....that would be a miracle, but the answer.
Many Americans keep wringing their hands and keep asking why we are hated so much....here is a good reason.
We have interfered in other nations, toppled their leaders, bombed many Muslim nations, killing and maiming hundred of thousands of innocent civilians, and keep supporting Israel, aiding and arming it....the other reasons why we are disliked around the world.
We should not be surprised at Israel's hypocrisy. They seem to project this "we are the only true democracy in the ME" image in the Western world, but in reality they are like some other non democratic nations in the ME when it comes to human rights violations. Al Jazeera has been quite critical of Israel, like they have been to other ME nations, in their documentaries, which must make Netanyahu so mad that he joins the other pariah nations to silence a voice that has highlighted the inhumane treatment of others. Here is a good example:
Hard Crossings
link to aljazeera.com
Hope Al Jazeera continues these series, and that Qatar is not pressurized to shut it down.
It boggles the mind when you realize that all that money has ended up in the deaths of millions of innocent civilians, millions injured, and millions more we have made homeless, and unwanted.
We could have used this tax payer money where is should be used - at home. We all know that we have Americans in dire straits, pay for education, and healthcare,and I would far prefer we help our neighbor down the road, than wage unnecessary wars, that usually backfires on us anyway.
War is an American industry and we are all shareholders to that business.
Saudi Arabia is one of the biggest hypocrites in the ME. It is unbelievable that the US is so cosy with it, while it is guilty of human rights abuses, that the US accuses other's of. Whether it is oil, or Saudi money, the fact that the US continuously ignores the stoning to death for adultery, primitive laws, and women not allowed to drive, and not condemning their sword dancing friends, for these inhumane rigid laws. At least in Iran the women are allowed to drive and walk around unescorted.
I did not vote for Hillary, and certainly not for Trump. But I realize that with so much against her, it would have been very hard for Hillary to overcome these obstacles. With Russia, the Trump Campaign, and the fake news media working against her, there was too much stacked against her, and she could never win. Yet the fact that she won nearly 3 million votes more, shows the people in this country wanted her over Trump. I wish our laws could declare this very corrupted Presidential election, null and void. Trump won by very crooked means aided by an enemy nation.
Making America dumb again. We are going backwards while the rest of the world forges ahead.
There is plenty of hypocrisy going around in the Trump family.
Today there was a report that Jared Kushner's business deal of buying that now infamous no.666 building in Manhattan for $1.8 billion has been a dismal failure, and he had turned to Qatar for a $500 million loan, which was turned down. This may explain Kushner cozying up to Saudi, and the US stance on the Gulf conflict, which is going against Qatar.
The Trump's anti Muslim rhetoric and policies are sheer hypocrisy. The entire family seems to have no qualms doing business in wealthy Muslim nations, and making money off them, or getting loans off them. Disgusting.
If the people of Iraq want their nation to rise up after all the violence, war, and turmoil, they have gone through, for no fault of theirs, they must unite and work together to succeed in bringing some normalcy to their country. It is time Sunni and Shiite put their differences aside and unite to fight the bigger problem, anti Muslim campaigns against all Muslims.
It is up to the leadership in both sects to set the right tone in their communities.
Trump has embarrassed the nation by acting like the ugly American. Getting out of the Paris Accords is sending a strong message that the US will not do the right thing by the world, to unite and fight common goals. He seemed to be more excited about meeting Putin, rather than join the international community. We should also wonder why Ivanka, neither an experienced nor qualified official, was paraded around with world leaders, while her attention deficit father declined to attend a meeting. Maybe aspirations to run for president, or more lucrative business contracts?
Either actors are paid to attend a Trump event, maybe bused as in this case, or Trump sees the largest crowd ever that did not exist. Reality show hosts love to deceive to show popularity that is not there. Surely there are far more important matters to be worried about?
Trump's policies and actions strongly suggests he thinks he is all powerful and a dictator. Not a leader of a democracy. This presidency has gone to his head, which is not surprising considering he is narcissistic, and unfortunately the beauty pageant organizer, and reality show host, still craves the attention and focus on himself, and doing his best for the nation has he promised is only secondary, if at all.
Trump is not making America great again, Trump's presidency is all about Trump (and his many businesses).
What can anyone expect from a man who gets his information from the National Inquirer? This is one of the most ill informed and intellectually challenged presidents, in the history of the White House, who seem to rely on conspiracy theories, and has no interest in learning/listening to help make better decisions.
To think the US has always supported, protected, and has been Saudi's best buddy, is unbelievable. Here we have been accusing other nations of not having democracy and we have invaded other nations to take "democracy" there, yet Saudi continues to stone women to death, and arrest women when they dare to drive cars. How about taking "democracy" to Saudi Arabia too, just like we took it to Iraq?
Trump has cheapened the Presidency by his erratic behavior unbecoming, and totally inappropriate, for a President. He is spending tax payer time going on vicious twitter rants, and wasting time watching television wondering what cable show hosts say about HIM. It has been five months of investigations, unethical practices, nepotism, millions spent on golf trips to HIS golf courses, firings of officials investigating his administration, and accusations of fake news, when he himself sets the agenda with his twitter rants, and the nation also had to watch him attack President Obama and make wild, unsubstantiated accusations against him, with no apologies to follow, and you have to be naive to think that this miserable failure is doing anything for the people in this country. People are sick of this President, and the poll numbers show that. What kind of President has time to go on twitter rants so early in his Presidency? What about the Trumpcare bill, ISIS, jobs, clean water, daily briefings that keeps him updated about our security, and learning to act and be President?
The ugly American has surfaced. I was recently in Milan and an Italian citizen answered when I said I could not understand how anyone could watch Trump for 10 minutes and want to vote for him "Trump represents what America is". Sadly that is our image now.
The Middle East is going backwards in time, and the US supports, arms, and protects the nations doing it. Is this how we take "democracy" over there? Attacking Arab nations where we cannot control their leader, has also added to this situation. Is this how the Western nations want the ME to be?
A festering wound, and we keep picking at the scab?
What next, Mattis to be fired? Mattis seems to be the only adult in the room. The rest are amateurs, who seem to follow Trump, right or wrong, and have their own interests vested in this presidency.
If Trump had nothing to hide, he would have cooperated with any investigation, and welcomed the opportunity to clear himself of all suspicion. He keeps acting like he is above all laws, and removes every credible official that gets close to the truth. Trump supporters still do not get the fact that this is costing the nation for too much, and harming our democracy.
With so many unscrupulous members of his administration, this seems far worse than Watergate.
If Iran does not want to be seen as another kind of Saudi Arabia, and accepted in the world, it should not keep these anti women rules, and be a little more secular. They have a nation full of young people, they are educated, and will do well if they do not give the wrong image to the rest of the world. The Quran says women should dress modestly, and if they prefer to cover their heads, it should be THEIR CHOICE.
So any bets that if and when this comes to a more successful conclusion, that Trump will claim it was all his doing? He has a bad habit of latching on to Obama's successes, because his first 5 months have yielded only investigations, lies, Russian connections, nepotism, and no bills passed to brag about.
And we are supporting and selling arms to this? I wonder why the media does not bring Saudi Arabia's human rights abuses to the attention of the American people. Is Saudi Arabia another of America's privileged pets, like Israel?
Saudi Arabia, America's supplier of oil for decades, and now one of America's top customers of our deadly weapons,has got arrogant, and emboldened by America's continuous support, and our willingness to ignore all it's human rights violations. It has joined forces with enemy no.1, Israel, to wage their proxy wars, and bring Iran down. Most probably Qatar is being punished for it's association with Iran.
The horrible terrorist attacks that we are witnessing today, are the consequences of Western nations, led by the US, dropping bombs, and interfering in Muslim nations. It gave certain radicals the excuse to wage wars, and recruit jobless youth into their sick causes.
Millions of Muslims have been killed, millions more wounded, and millions are refugees. There is no doubt Christians and Jews would have retaliated in many ways had the same numbers been wiped out. When will the US realize there are negative consequences for it's arrogant policies and unnecessary wars?
We are alienating our democratic allies, and embracing tyrants and dictators. It took years of hard work for US Presidents to build a good relationship with our European allies, and all it took was 4 months for Trump to undo it all. Trump is sadly mistaken if he thinks we can rely on Russia, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey, to replace our European allies. Trump has taken this nation into a very precipitous place, and we should all be scared.
All good questions. Why indeed did Kushner want this back channel. If was only about sanctions, it would have been Russia making that move. This seems far worse than the sanctions, and with Kusher/Trump having business deals with Putin's bank, it seems Kushner/Trump seems to be too cozy with Russia. It seems they had no concern or respect for the laws of their own country, when they established sinister connections to enemy no. 1.
If Russia wanted to cause chaos in America, all he had to do was not drop bombs over New York or Washington DC, but interfere in our elections and make sure a dishonest narcissistic man, with absolutely no experience, became President, and then sit back and laugh. As Americans we must all be embarrassed that we sent this ugly American to represent us in Brussels. He made an idiot of himself, publicly chided NATO members, and pushed his way to pose for pictures (just like Netanyahu in Paris). All cringe worthy.
He is making our allies our enemies, and our enemies our friends. Who is going to stop him now?
Most of the saber rattling seems to come from the Saudi/Israel/US side. Of course they will eventually bomb Iran, they have been working towards that for years, including the time Netanyahu held up a cartoon bomb at the UN. It would also explain why the US is selling $340 billion worth of weapons to SA. After a while the proxy wars will go nowhere, then we will all hear about how dangerous Iran is, and how much the region is threatened by them, and these three nations will bang the drums of war.
NO other administration has had this many connections to Russia. I have lost count, but at least SEVEN Trump officials have had secretive meetings, and phone calls, with Russian agents. No other American President has openly admired and supported the Russian tyrant Putin, and shown him that much of respect, that he does not give President Obama, a fellow American. Talks of business deals, money laundering, sale of real estate to Russian oligarchs, somehow keep haunting Donald Trump, his sons, his son in law, and their various businesses, and many of these accusations have turned out to be true. It is hard to believe that an American President will invite officials from this pariah nation into the White House, and reveal classified information, this is all surreal. It is hard to believe that Trumps supporters have embraced all this, and keep supporting him, despite the fact that investigations may lead to treason charges. If this was Obama or Hillary, you can only imagine how loud the outrage would be, accusations of treason by right wingers, and the chants of "lock her up" would be heard in every Republican rally. Now they are all noticeably quiet.
Who would have imagined years ago, that China has become the adult in the room, and that the US right now is behaving like an uneducated and backward adolescent?
It is either arrogance or plain stupidity, that at the height of accusations that Trump fired Comey because of the Russian investigations, Trump flaunts these Russian officials in the White House, bringing in more attention to his problems.
As for the claim by the WH that they were fooled by the Russian media, it shows that they are stupid, in a very dangerous way.
It has been just over 100 days, and Trump has done everything wrong, been unbelievably dishonest, and has refused to follow protocol. What kind of President ignores warnings about an official that is under heavy suspicion by the intelligence officials for having ties to an enemy nation? Anyone with half a brain would have taken President Obama's warning very seriously, especially when it was backed by an US Attorney many times. It is despicable that Trump once again blamed Obama for not vetting Flynn, but the bottom line is they did, and he was fired. What kind of President re-hires a flawed candidate especially with the possibility he could be involved in treason? From Trump to his mouthpiece Spicer, they all lie.
Trump has no clue about diplomacy and openly praising a leader like Kim Jung Un, saying he is a smart cookie, and he will be honored to meet him, is first and foremost, a weak position to be in. No American leader must and should shower praise on a man who has threatened the US, defies the world and keeps sending missiles around the neighborhood. Trump seems to have mental problems, and it is frightening to see it simply gets worse by the day. He is doing a lot of damage, and no one seems able to control it.
This is going back to the dark ages. Science and progress will be a thing of the past. Perhaps the Taliban will approve of such thinking.
This will cause dread and fear in the evil hearts of islamaphobes. It is sad that millions of Muslims have been killed in these recent wars waged by the US and it's allies, and no one, not even some Arab nations are outraged by this. In fact some of them even join in these wars for their own devious reasons. Muslim lives do not matter when it comes to the US and it's allies. This is an interesting study.
Even despicable terrorists can be right on this. This is indeed an idiot. The question is, does anyone know what his secret plan is to wipe out ISIS? I thought he was going to finish them off in 100 days, and that is around the corner, and they still seem to be around to mock him.
Someone in the neighborhood is going to be so envious!
Time for that cartoon bomb prop again, and the war mongering to start.
The man who once said that if you are given immunity, it means you are guilty of something, now want immunity. The irony of it all. At least at this late stage of the game, it would be good for the good American, to be honest and tell the nation, exactly what America's enemy has been up to, how much they have corrupted our system, and why so many of the Trump's aides have been caught sleeping with the enemy, this includes favorite son in law Jared too.
It has been only some weeks since this man became President, and we have seen too many investigations, false accusation of wiretapping, strong signs of Russian interference in our political system, and many Trump associates having alarming number of secretive meetings and calls, and then not revealing it, the high cost of security detail for Trump, his wife, 5 children, their spouses, his grandkids, and maybe his ex wives, and watch his fail predictably, trying to get healthcare and the ban on Muslims. All this costs the nation too much, turmoil, anger, and the indications are, the nation will suffer so much, and go backwards, not forwards.
Trump is totally incompetent, unqualified and does not have the temperament to lead this country. A man who seem to delegate to his son and daughter in law, both novices in running a country, and prefers to spend weekends, not learning and trying to lead, but playing golf does not bode well for this nation.
This is reprehensible, to say the least. The US and it 's allies keep making these "mistakes" and the results are always that hundreds of innocent civilians are killed, at funerals, weddings, homes, market places, anywhere people congregate, and there is always some feeble excuse that is not acceptable. Americans have to stop wondering why we are hated, and realize that these massacres could be the tool that extremists use, to recruit and retaliate. Millions of Muslims killed, millions injured, and millions homeless, results in anger, and no one can fault these people for feeling anger after seeing their families being wiped out, maimed and suffering. These are the reasons why we keep making enemies, our own stupid policies and actions. We should stop interfering in other nations, and stop bombing innocent civilians. If these were white Christian, we would not be bombing so carelessly, and besides, we seem to be only bombing Muslims nations non stop. People whine that Americans are targets of terrorism, but what are we doing to bring it upon ourselves?
Hope Saudi Arabia realizes that they are not cut out to bomb and kill, and that going along with the US and the zionists is a no win situation.
Comey's last minute ditch to help Trump win, has hurt the nation. The emails he released (despite being advised not to) turned out to be nothing, but it may have hurt Hillary too much.
Today we are cursed with a President, who has only divided the nation, but acts like he has no class, education, or dignity, and has lied almost daily to the American people. It would have been good to hear someone in the panel address this, and ask him if he though he did the right thing then.
In the end, it will be Trump/Russia, and no allies in sight.
Frightening.
It seems Israel has dispatched it's servants to be interviewed in the media, to dispute this. So far I have heard the same talking points...People should walk around and see for themselves, we have an Arab judge, all people can vote etc.
The usual zionist Bull.
This woman is looking more and more ridiculous as a spokesperson for the Trumpets. She has become a huge joke. Either that, or the ridiculous things she says is another deliberate diversion from mess Trump has got into, Russiagate, Wiretapping gate....
There is no doubt the US is much to be blamed, for starting unnecessary wars, being involved in the toppling of Arab leaders, arming and training rebels, selling weapons to Saudi Arabia, and conspiring with Israel to interfere, and promote turmoil, in many of these nations - resulting in the deaths of millions of people, millions more injured, and millions made into refugees, and displaced, because they have had to flee the bombs and the violence. Now the US whines about accepting refugees, and cannot face the consequences of their own actions. Shame. If millions of Jewish or Christian people were killed, imagine the outrage we would be hearing today.
This is frightening. Trump has bragged he knows more than the generals, gets his information from television, and the last fiasco in Yemen ended up a disaster. Anyone has any faith in what he is doing? He is an amateur trying to play war games.
So they should be concerned. This new president has shown nothing but a sick obsession for Putin, has had at least 6 members of his administration have secretive calls and meetings with Russian elements, and with the growing evidence that Russian agents have hacked and interfered in our elections, and the possibility that they are doing the same in other nations, should make anyone concerned about the security of this country, and ask for investigations. If Russia wanted to bring the US down, the ideal way would be to manipulate the elections, put a clown in the White House, and the rest will follow.
This is Trumps attempt to put lipstick on a pig. He is rewrapping the same lousy policy with less wrapping paper and a smaller ribbon.
Trump is erasing years of research, hard work, and the strides made by environmentalists, and supporters, during the past decades. Science has been ridiculed and intellectuals ignored, because it suits this administration to make nice with those who put their anti environmental businesses first, take over, and destroy the environment. Trump is taking the US backwards, and will never recover, while the rest of the world, even China, is trying to make this top priority for the world. This is a health issue, and has serious consequences, which Trump is too ignorant to realize.
You are right Prof. Cole, Obama has been blamed for many things going wrong in Trumps life, and for things Trump brought upon himself, and should be careful that some insane deplorable with a weapon does not take his anger out of him. The US is going through turmoil, and instead of uniting the nation and trying to lead, this man spends his time staying up early hours of the morning and going on a twitter tirade, making things up, with no evidence, and accusing Obama of what officials call "nonsense". I guess when your staff is being investigated for what may become Russia gate, you have to try to make the nation look the other way.
This man is insane, and it is frightening to think this country is in the hands of a lunatic.
These republican conservatives love to go backwards to please their base or rich buddies. If polluting the environment are the consequences of these policies, you can be sure it will not deter them. While other nations, even China, is making strides, the US is taken backwards by these politicians.
He can NEVER act like a decent person and take responsibility for anything. This is how it is going to be. Every blunder (like Yemen), every lie that goes out of control, and for every hate crime that has been instigated by him, will be passed on to Obama, the Democrats, other world leaders, Muslims, Mexicans, even Melania's plagiarism was blamed on some junior member of staff. This man will press the red nuclear button, and blame the enemy for that (not Russia for sure).
It's the "blame everyone else but myself" game, and if anyone blamed him (rightfully so) it was all fake news. This man does not have the temperament to be President, he is juvenile, vindictive, and very loose with facts. He has shown he is a cheap person by blaming his predecessor, a no-no usually, as other Presidents have never bad mouthed the ones before. He has been known for starting fakes news, by calling media outlets, calling himself John Miller or John Barron (seems to like that name, so what a coincidence his son was called Barron), pretending he is a new recruit in the Trump organization, and give the false bits of news that HE wanted the media to write, and get control over what was said. Fake news was first initiated by the Orange Jackass, now he simply accuses others of the same thing. Dirty habits die hard.
Let's face it, Trump has unleashed uneducated and ignorant racists, who think all brown skinned people are from the Middle East, and can go around the country with their deadly weapons and shoot anyone their poisoned mind think should not be in this country. It is a huge shame that innocent people once again had to suffer from a low life with small brains. Trump is trying to make America white again, and fortunately this is one battle he will lose. Without unity in this country he will never succeed. Deplorable President Trump's deplorable people.
Wow, only 33 days and people are finally beginning to see that the emperor has no clothes. The angry people who voted for this man, will now realize that they cut their noses to spite their faces, and now the nation is saddled with a crude, inexperienced, narcissistic, racist man. His talents lie in beauty pageants and reality shows, and a big mouth that he uses to insult and lie. Congratulations America, this is your gift to the nation and the world. What an embarrassment.
You realize as the days go by that Trump is surrounded with scum, and that these low life elements play a huge part in the Trump administration corrupting our system, challenging it, and trying to shape it to their twisted ways. If this was part of the Hillary Clinton administration, the right would be howling with outrage, playing the part of indignant Americans who are besides themselves at how immoral the Clinton administration is, but here you are, the Republicans seem to be uncharacteristically open minded, accepting racists, disturbing connections to Russia, tweeter wars, the feuds with Australia and Sweden, and Bannon, all in their stride. There is no hope for this country. It is run by rotten eggs with disturbing connections be it Russia or a man named Milo who seem to approve of pedophilia.
These weak attempts to broker peace by a totally inexperienced man, will only waste tax payer money. It is already a fool's errand.
So isn't it time Netanyahu and the zionists stopped playing the " Palestinians rejected peace deals", card, which was always ridiculous when you consider the 60 years long occupation, the on going land grabs and acres of illegal settlements, the blockades, the mowing of the lawn, the Palestinian kids being thrown in jail kidnapped in the middle of the night, and abused? Only the ignorant will keep believing that victims of an occupation prefers the status quo, the occupation, and keep suffering this way. Netanyahu was offered fighter jets worth millions of dollars just to get his behind to sit for peace talks, and they turned it down too. Israel has the upper hand and plenty of Palestinian land and water, and keeps offering the Palestinians a pittance. It is time Americans got wise to this stupid charade. Israel does not want peace, it prefers the status quo, so that they can continue to steal all the lands, and deprive the occupied of their freedom. Netanyahu has already said there will be no 2SS, so what is the world waiting for?
Shame on the Arab nations (Saudi Arabia) who are best buddies with the occupier, and who have ignored the plight of their own people Shame on them.
They are of a different intellect. They are angry, racist, and brainwashed by Limbaugh, Hannity, and Ted Nugent. They will believe anything as long as it is against the "liberals" who in their minds has destroyed the nation. Ironic they cannot see it happening right now.
This man makes it up as he goes along. He has no fear about lying and getting caught doing it. He knows his supporters are not smart enough to research and find out the truth. They have drunk too much of the koolaid and will believe anything he or his administration says. Politicians lie, but Trump's whoppers are frequent, bold, and the rest of the world knows it. It is embarrassing to have such man who has no principles, honesty, and credibility, be leader of the US. I have travelled to many nations recently, and most people ask me how Americans could vote for this man, he is looked upon as a joke, or dangerous.