Oh how I wish Hillary Clinton would stop trying to out-macho the Republicans… at the annual convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Clinton described the government of Iraq “as “on vacation,” leaving American troops in the middle of a sectarian war.” She’s blaming the danger our troops are in on a government that we put in place while the Congressional body of which she is a member is on vacation as well? Not to mention that the Iraqi government has nothing to do with why our troops are there in the first place…
“”People have to root for America,” she said. “They have to want to be on our side.”
In Iraq, she said, the government must take responsibility for itself and its people.
“I do not think the Iraqis are ready to do what they have to do for themselves yet,” she said. “I think it is unacceptable for our troops to be caught in the crossfire of a sectarian civil war while the Iraqi government is on vacation.”
Clinton said new tactics have brought success against insurgents, particularly in Iraq’s Anbar province.
“It’s working. We’re just years too late in changing our tactics,” she said. “We can’t ever let that happen again. We can’t be fighting the last war. We have to keep preparing to fight the new war.”"
People have to root for America?? This isn’t a contest for homecoming Queen, nobody roots for the class bully.
And what is the deal with saying Iraq has to be responsible for the mess we made? As any parent will tell you, if you knock over the other kid’s blocks, you have to say you’re sorry and pick them up. How about some leadership in a viable plan to help Iraqis re-build and an urgent call for dealing with the refugee crisis? And then there is that last little line…
New war?? WTF!!! I hereby offer Sen. Clinton this re-write of those last few lines:
“We can’t fight the last war, in fact we should work to insure that there is never another war and work together to fix the damage our failed strategy has wreaked. Then we can start to repair the U.S.’s damaged reputation.” Just a thought…
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