Posted on 11/18/2014 3:13:35 PM PST by iowamark
Several members of the House Armed Services Committee on Thursday skipped out early from a hearing on the U.S.' war against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, a terrorist organization that has overrun large portions of the Middle East, butchering everything in its way.
This was no minor congressional hearing involving witnesses from various and obscure think tanks. Both Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made appearances to testify on U.S. military action against the Islamic State, but even that was apparently not enough to keep committee members interested enough to stick around long for the full three hours.
The hearing, which started at around 10 a.m., saw many of its members present for the opening remarks...
On the same day that several U.S. House members couldn’t be bothered to stick around for a full hearing with both the U.S. defense secretary and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Islamic State leaders announced that they had struck an alliance with al Qaeda’s Syria affiliate, the Nusra Front...
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
What does “defeat ISIS” look like?
What about the next group, and the next, and the next ... which has been going on for over 600 years in this region.
Why are we killing some Muslims to help other Muslims? Why can’t they help each other (or kill each other as the case may be) without our help?
So sick of this
they should tally the votes at the end of a year and only pay these wretched scum on the percentage of votes they cast, and not merely present wither, yea or nay or no pay
Pathetic
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