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Expanding on her statements during Saturday night’s foreign policy debate, GOP presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann attacked President Obama for fully drawing down U.S. forces in Iraq, and claimed incorrectly that his war policies have left the country with a choice between releasing terrorists or killing them.
“President Obama was given a war that is won in Iraq, and he’s choosing to lose the peace,” Bachmann claimed on Meet the Press. “That’s a desecration of the memory of forty-four-hundred Americans that gave their lives to liberate Iraq.”
I'd be embarrassed if I were a Minnesotan.
If she didn't get so much attention...she'd get more outrageous at first, but eventually her book tour will end.[h=1]Bachmann: Obama Ending Iraq War Is Desecration Of American Dead[/h]
Bachmann: Obama Ending Iraq War Is Desecration Of American Dead | TPM 2012
Will someone please give this knuckedragger a big can of STFU?
Not necessarily if I were a Minnesotan, but I'd definitely be embarrassed if I lived in her district and voted for her.
Not necessarily if I were a Minnesotan, but I'd definitely be embarrassed if I lived in her district and voted for her.
When is she going to figure out that she can't save her run for the White House? Somebody please give this woman a hint and tell her it's over.
I predict it's over right now. Not only will she not get the nomination, but she will not be re-elected in her district now that she has showcased what a train wreck she is.What the hell is wrong with her district? I am just wondering how much longer until her entire political career is over.
The first thing the U.S. does when it invades and occupies a foreign country is setup laws that give its own people immunity from legal harm on that soil. Those stipulations had expired and the Iraqi government refused to renew them. It would be dishonorable to place our people in harm's way even though the Iraqi police force and military is trained in its own domestic security.
Bachman is just proving herself to be a nutter as usual.
Meh Who takes Bachmann Seriously anyway?
The woman is a walking disaster zone. Politically speaking of course.
The first thing the U.S. does when it invades and occupies a foreign country is setup laws that give its own people immunity from legal harm on that soil. Those stipulations had expired and the Iraqi government refused to renew them. It would be dishonorable to place our people in harm's way even though the Iraqi police force and military is trained in its own domestic security.
Bachman is just proving herself to be a nutter as usual.
I'd be embarrassed if I were a Minnesotan.
I'm rarely against US foreign policy, but I'm a very passionate and strong opponent of SOFA, especially in South Korea.
There was a huge, controversial incident in 2002 where two young middle school schoolgirls were walking down a road, but got killed by a US armored vehicle. Just got flattened.
It was not much for the incident itself, but how the soldiers got away with it. SOFA provided that they didn't get responsibility, no punishment or reprimand, and got away free. There wasn't even an apology.
This, of course, isn't the only incident. There were murders, rape, etc... by US soldiers, but they all got away with it thanks to SOFA. If there's one US foreign policy I hate, it's SOFA. No wonder countries "helped" by the US is so angry
Idiotic, but sadly not surprising from Bachmann. Obama's following through with the Bush laid plan for withdrawal that is far and away the correct choice. We took our time there, trained their guys, got them through the incredibly unstable period to let them set up their government. Unless we plan to be there with significant numbers indefinitely, which is stupid from a strategic and fiscal stand point, we have to draw down at some point. If Obama is desecrating the American dead then every Republican who was going along with Bush on his handling of the Iraq War are doing it as well.
Geez, I must have watched the wrong war on the Internet. I saw us invade a country that was no threat to us, killed 4,500 GIs, killed a conservatively estimated 100,000+ Iraqis and devastated Iraq's infrastructure. This was an optional war, a war of choice, a war of big Corporate profit, a war that was good for business and energy and big money. We lied, renditioned, tortured, killed and all at a very handsome corporate profit and now the people pay the price. This all in a country that was considered cosmopolitan with female education in a muslim country. We've set the country back fifty years but our big Corporations have nice oil contracts and business contracts. One of the steps to our bankruptcy, don't you think?
Idiotic, but sadly not surprising from Bachmann. Obama's following through with the Bush laid plan for withdrawal that is far and away the correct choice. We took our time there, trained their guys, got them through the incredibly unstable period to let them set up their government. Unless we plan to be there with significant numbers indefinitely, which is stupid from a strategic and fiscal stand point, we have to draw down at some point. If Obama is desecrating the American dead then every Republican who was going along with Bush on his handling of the Iraq War are doing it as well.
Well, thank you for the pointless, stereotypical, paint by numbers anti-iraq war rant. Care to tell me what any apart of it had to do at all with what my quoted post said, or what this topic was, or did you just see the word "Iraq" and fired up your word document to figure out which generic talking points you could post based on that keyword?
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