Posted on 12/14/2015 5:03:40 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
I. A Tale of Two Candidates
Here’s a question: During the recent Libya coup—that is, the Obama administration-orchestrated effort to topple Muammar Qaddafi from power in 2011—which prominent American made the following statement:
When an American president says the guy needs to go, you better make sure that it happens because your credibility and your stature in the world is on the line.
Was it a) Hillary Clinton? b) John Kerry? c) Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV)?
And the answer is, it was none of them. It was d) Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) , quoted in The Weekly Standardon March 31, 2011. You know, the Senator from Florida. Yes, Rubio is a Republican, not normally thought of as a fan of Obama, but in this instance—and, as we shall see, in many other instances—he eagerly lined up behind Obama...
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Instead of Wilson’s “He kept us out of war” slogan, Rubio can run on “He opens our borders to our enemies.” Should get him a few more dollars from Silicon Valley.
Toppling Qaddafi was a huge mistake, Libya has turned into Somalia, with warlords controlling different parts of the country.
Rubio also went with McCain and Graham to give weapons to jihadis trying to overthrow Assad in Syria.
We had no business doing either and those who advocated those policies need to be booted out of office.
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