SEAL VET LAWMAKER: OBAMA’S FOREIGN POLICY INCITES TERRORISTS

Breitbart ^ | January 9, 2015 | By Edwin Mora

[Jim Robinson]

Freshman Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT), a former Navy commander and Congress’ only SEAL veteran, said Obama’s foreign policy fueled the terrorist attack on the Paris offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo that left 12 people dead on Wednesday.

“When America doesn’t lead–and this administration is not leading–then it fuels and it gives hope to Islamic fundamentalists,” Former Navy Commander Rep. Zinke told Breitbart News.

“Yes, it is appropriate to say Islamic fundamentalist, Islamic radicals because that’s what they are,” he continued, adding that by denying to characterize Islamic terrorists for what they are, Obama is further fueling the jihadist movement.

The Montana congressman accused Obama of leading from behind, saying that America needs to assume command and help France, the oldest U.S. ally.

“We need to assist our oldest ally. We share a long and important relationship with France and my heart goes out to the French people over their loss,” said the first Navy SEAL veteran in Congress. “Together the West and our allies in NATO need to help the French because France is not capable of addressing this alone.”

“We’re in full retreat everywhere across the Globe. Our allies no longer trust us. Our enemies no longer fear us, and when America doesn’t show leadership then the consequences I think are clear and of course it emboldens our enemies,” he added.

The congressman condemned the Obama administration for negotiating with terrorists...

[VerySadAmerican]

Good question, babe. Probably voted for him.

[Unrepentant VN Vet]

Did he voted for Bonehead as speaker?

Yes, indeed Zinke did vote "for" Boehner....

Which really disappointed me after voting for and supporting him ever since I met Zinke.....until I started thinking a bit more about that whole "Replace Boehner" exercise and did some poking around for more information (especially concentrating on other-than-MSM sources).

JMHO, that whole thing was so poorly planned and coordinated (Just who do you know in politics goes into any voting situation without the needed votes already in his hip pocket?), it was either a half-a$$ed fraternity prank or the GOPe's way of identifying their potential conservative headaches so they could just squash 'em early in the session, plus give the voters a thumb in the eye for sending such rubes to THEIR House. (Only thing the e's didn't foresee was how many hot phone calls they'd get after their little triumph.)

Since Zinke was the absolute last to vote, the deal was already decided long before he did and (with the advantage of hindsight noted above) he may have smelled ambush and just opted out, I was inclined to let it pass.

Then, I saw the interview on Breitbart and ran back here to double check. Seems to me that Mister Zinke has decided (in what I'm happy to claim is Fine Old Navy Style) that he's not going to just be a minor little headache but a Mark I Mod 0 Royal Pain In the Butt, and he's so effective at it so far that "they" can only ignore him whilst trying to come up with a way to silence him.

If anybody here thinks that walking away from a fight that was probably a setup from the beginning disqualifies Zinke after this....well, I doubt that you'll ever find ANYBODY meets your criteria for anything in the world. (I'm not perfect either, so you can take that comment any way you like.)

Finally, two observations for anybody from Mister Zinke's office might be lurking around:

1) Watch your "sixes".

2) BRAVO ZULU