text: So many despotic regimes around the globe, with many in the Middle East. Just north of the Syrian border, in Turkey, Kurdish civilians are being massacred en masse. The three major Christian minorities in Turkey were annihilated about 100 years ago.  Saudi Arabia is no angel, yet our leaders genuflect at King Salman. This opposition to Congresswoman Gabbard is a "tempest in a teapot," generated by those who have other bones to pick with her, from her past.