It’s a gotcha question, pure and simple. Hell, I admit I had to go look it up to put it together...He could just have easily been asked about the Syrian war or the like.
They didn’t ask about ‘Apello, Syria’. Hell, in almost every newscast, they give the city name along WITH the country; unless it’s been in the ‘know’ for so long (Moscow, Baghdad, etc.)...But, no.
GJ and Weld were what had me turn in my (L) card. Nothing even closely aligned w/ the platform; just a GOPe disgrace.
OK, have it your way. But when one of the top five topics of the world for the past two years has been the Syrian conflict, the city of Aleppo is front and center of it, period. Nobody can deny that simple fact. Again, I know that everyone heard for days and weeks on end about the gas attacks and where it happened. Even the news of the last few weeks was about those civilians trapped in the city can’t get food or medical care.
As for Barnacles question, as soon as I heard Aleppo, I knew what it was and to his question of what Johnson would do about it came to what you could consider a “gotcha” moment. But that he had no idea until it was connected to Syria is the main issue. It has been out there since at least the Benghazi attacks because that is where the arms were being transported to. Please don’t ask me about the gun running from Benghazi to Syria on Turkish flagged freighters. nevermind the Turkish diplomat who met with Stevens right before the attacks commenced.
[snip] Another 2012 DIA memo predicts the rise of ISIS and the establishment of a caliphate 17 months before President Barack Obama called ISIS “jay-vee.”
A third DIA memo, dated Oct. 5, 2012, leaves no doubt that U.S. intelligence agencies knew that weapons were moving from Libya to Syria before the attack that killed four Americans. [snip]
As for an answer to what we should do about it? The proper answer should have been centered on what can we do within the confines of the Constitution would have either shut them up or at least had them on the defensive.
Now, to ask what is the middle name of the ruler of Burundi and what he would do about that person’s lifestyle choices, now that is a gotcha.