The vice president has nothing to apologize for

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Vice President Joseph Biden has been wrongly forced to embark on a Middle East apology tour in the wake of statements he made regarding the U.S.’s allies in the Middle East.

The vice president’s troubles began a couple of weeks ago, during a question-and-answer session at Harvard University. He stated that the biggest problem the U.S. faces in the region, in dealing with Syria and the rise of ISIS, is our allies.

“They poured hundreds of millions of dollars and thousands of tons of weapons into anyone who would fight against Assad,” Biden said, referring to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, “except that the people who were being supplied were Al Nusra and Al Qaeda and the extremist elements of jihadists coming from other parts of the world.”

The vice president stated the facts. This is what the Turks, Saudis and Emirates did — they armed the enemy. Turkey’s porous borders have allowed thousands of terrorist militants to cross into Syrian and Iraqi battlefields. Even with the Islamic State taking control of Kobani, a Syrian town right on the Turkish border, Turkish troops watched through a chicken-wire fence.

Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, will not make a firm military commitment to the U.S., and refuses to send troops across the border as massacres are taking place less than a mile away. This is how one of our allies is supposed to act?

After apologizing to Turkey, Biden was then forced to issue the same apology to Saudi Arabia. Imagine that. After stating the obvious, that Turkey has allowed foreign fighters to cross into Syria, Biden said that Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia had funneled weapons and other aid to extremist groups.

Remind me, what’s wrong this statement? It was nothing but the truth.

While Saudi Arabia and the UAE take part in airstrikes against the militants in Syria, they also use U.S. arms and protection to nurture, protect and finance terrorist organizations.

There’s no doubt in my mind that the Saudis are playing this game two ways. As our men and women risk their lives overseas to stop the brutality taking place in Syria and Iraq, the Saudis continue to aid and abet terrorist organizations.

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