So far none of the Republican candidates for President have given the right answer to the following question:<\/p>\n
Question:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0Knowing what you know now, would you have authorized the invasion of Iraq.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Answer:<\/strong><\/p>\n Hell No.\u00a0 Top Democrats in congress not only voted to authorize that invasion; they gave strong speeches supporting that decision and promised that they would stay the course.\u00a0 We now know that at the first sign of difficulty these same Democrats developed amnesia and pretended they had somehow been tricked into an unnecessary war.\u00a0 We now know that the next President of the United States, Barack Obama, decided the war was not worth the effort and withdrew our troops against the advice of his military advisors \u00a0with no regard to the consequences of that decision.\u00a0 We now know that as a result of this failure to maintain even a minimum troop presence Iraq has descended into chaos and ISIS is threatening the entire Middle East.\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n It would be the height of irresponsibility for a President to order our troops into battle only to see their sacrifice thrown away in the future by irresponsible Democrats in congress and an even more irresponsible Commander in Chief.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n TDM<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So far none of the Republican candidates for President have given the right answer to the following question: Question: \u00a0Knowing what you know now, would you have authorized the invasion of Iraq. Answer: Hell No.\u00a0 Top Democrats in congress not … Continue reading