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After trip to Middle East, Rep. Ashford (D) is clear on terrorists: Kill them
Omaha World Herald ^ | Feb. 21, 2015 | Joseph Morton and Henry J. Cordes

Posted on 02/21/2015 5:16:24 AM PST by Mean Daddy

The United States and its allies have the ability to destroy the Islamic State militants, and can do so without putting U.S. troops on the ground, Rep. Brad Ashford said Friday after returning from the Middle East.

The Omaha Democrat said he was encouraged by what he learned on a weeklong trip to the region that included visits with top U.S. military leaders and diplomats, the presidents of Afghanistan and Iraq and the king of Jordan. Ashford said he was assured by the foreign leaders that while they need the support of U.S. airstrikes, military advisers and trainers, they don’t need American ground troops.

“They can fight this fight themselves,” he said. “They can win this battle on the ground as long as they get the support they need.”

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He's going to get his wiberal card pulled with that type of thinking!!
1 posted on 02/21/2015 5:16:24 AM PST by Mean Daddy
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To: Mean Daddy
This guy's gonna be hurting for campaign funds next year.Bella Pelosi & Friends will see to that.
2 posted on 02/21/2015 5:25:45 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Obama;America's First "Third World" President)
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To: Mean Daddy

He might as well switch parties now.


3 posted on 02/21/2015 5:30:59 AM PST by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: Mean Daddy
At first I thought this is a switch from the usual liberal Muslim "hug-fest". Until I read further: Ashford echoed statements by Obama that the militants are a perversion of Islam. “They are not Islamic in the true sense of the word,” Ashford said.

Geeze. Then this:

Ashford said leaders he spoke with recognized that in the long-term, the Middle East needs economic development, more secular education and other advancements so that young people growing up in poverty are no longer attracted to the militants’ message.

Jobs! That's the answer! More StopNGo, Seven-Eleven, gas stations, Dollar-Mania......

Damned stupid liberals.

4 posted on 02/21/2015 5:58:50 AM PST by fivecatsandadog ( IMPEACH THE TRAITOR. But don't loose your head over it.)
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To: b4its2late

He was a Republican prior to his election to Congress (he just couldn’t get nominated as one), so he switched to Dem.


5 posted on 02/21/2015 6:06:35 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: fivecatsandadog

He’s just trying to show he’s not as stupid as a Harf while at the same time actually remaining as stupid as a Harf.

Every liberal and every demorat alive is as stupid as a Harf.

They Harf to be. It goes with the mindset.

BTW, I wonder how many Jordanian resources are being put into the Harfian idea of a Jihadi Jobs Program.


6 posted on 02/21/2015 6:08:09 AM PST by samtheman
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To: fivecatsandadog

Harfwits support Jihadi Jobs programs.


7 posted on 02/21/2015 6:12:55 AM PST by samtheman
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To: samtheman

Harf the time, even some conservatives earn the title of harfwit. They can’t harf it.


8 posted on 02/21/2015 6:20:58 AM PST by fivecatsandadog ( IMPEACH THE TRAITOR. But don't loose your head over it.)
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To: fivecatsandadog

I think I just harfed myself. lol


9 posted on 02/21/2015 6:22:10 AM PST by fivecatsandadog ( IMPEACH THE TRAITOR. But don't loose your head over it.)
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To: fivecatsandadog

Here on FR we should have a new hierarchy of alerts:

Medium level alert: Barf Alert
High level alert: MegaBarf Alert
Maximum alert: Harf Alert


10 posted on 02/21/2015 6:23:03 AM PST by samtheman
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To: samtheman

That’s GOOD! You da man!


11 posted on 02/21/2015 6:25:02 AM PST by fivecatsandadog ( IMPEACH THE TRAITOR. But don't loose your head over it.)
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To: fivecatsandadog

:)


12 posted on 02/21/2015 6:32:25 AM PST by samtheman
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To: fivecatsandadog

Give me a Harf, Vasili. One Harf only, please.


13 posted on 02/21/2015 6:38:56 AM PST by ken in texas
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To: Mean Daddy
Ashford said he was assured by the foreign leaders that while they need the support of U.S. airstrikes, military advisers and trainers, they don’t need American ground troops. “They can fight this fight themselves,” he said. “They can win this battle on the ground as long as they get the support they need.”

Ashford is just reflecting Obama's WH policy. NO GROUND TROOPS, PERIOD. Obama will give this a$$hole high praise for this "type of thinking." Does anyone believe this BS?

14 posted on 02/21/2015 6:48:45 AM PST by kabar
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To: Gay State Conservative

Why would he be condemned for what he said? He is parroting the party line, i.e., no ground troops.


15 posted on 02/21/2015 6:50:49 AM PST by kabar
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To: Mean Daddy

Kill them and bring them down to their normal size by removing their heads. They aren’t seven foot tall as they are portrayed in their videos.


16 posted on 02/21/2015 7:51:16 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Bush "hates black people" but don't you dare accuse Barry of not liking Americans!)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Oh, one of those.


17 posted on 02/22/2015 4:05:58 AM PST by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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