Posted on 03/07/2019 12:34:26 AM PST by robowombat
Ocasio-Cortez: US should not have authorized use of force against 9/11 jihadis
The force was largely used in a wrongheaded and counterproductive manner. However, the idea that we should have done nothing to counter al-Qaeda after 9/11 is simply a counsel of surrender. Traitors and saboteurs have become mainstream on the Left today.
“Ocasio-Cortez: U.S. Should Not Have Authorized Use Of Force Against 9/11 Perpetrators,” by Ryan Saavedra, Daily Wire, March 5, 2019:
Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) made radical statements Monday night on Twitter, suggesting that the United States should not have authorized the use of force against those who perpetrated the 9/11 attacks — the deadliest terrorist attack in world history.
“It is disturbing that Rep. Omar continues to perpetuate hurtful anti-Semitic stereotypes that misrepresent our Jewish community. Additionally, questioning support for the U.S.-Israel relationship is unacceptable,” Democrat Rep. Juan Vargas (CA) tweeted. “Israel has and remains a stalwart ally of the United States because of our countries’ shared interests and values. I condemn her remarks and believe she should apologize for her offensive comments.”
Ocasio-Cortez responded in a dishonest manner, suggesting that Vargas was calling out Omar’s foreign policy stances, not her anti-Semitism.
“I‘m curious if Rep. Vargas will further explain his stance here that it’s unacceptable to even *question* US foreign policy,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted. “Plenty of Dem members have asserted that discussion + debate on this issue is fair and merited. Is this stance a departure from that?”
I‘m curious if Rep. Vargas will further explain his stance here that it’s unacceptable to even *question* US foreign policy.
Plenty of Dem members have asserted that discussion + debate on this issue is fair and merited. Is this stance a departure from that? https://t.co/2tcelsxFCU
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) March 5, 2019
Ocasio-Cortez continued with another tweet that contained some false information: “I remember a time when it was ‘unacceptable’ to question the Iraq War. All of Congress was wrong, including both GOP & Dem Party, and led my generation into a disastrous + wrong war that virtually all would come to regret, except for the one member who stood up: Barbara Lee.”
After being called out for the tweet’s inaccuracies, Ocasio-Cortez clarified that she meant the Afghanistan war, and added: “(But honestly we shouldn’t have been in either, and we should end the AUMF now while we’re at it)”
(But honestly we shouldn’t have been in either, and we should end the AUMF now while we’re at it)
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) March 5, 2019
Ocasio-Cortez plainly stated that “all of Congress was wrong” to vote in favor of the Authorization to Use Military Force (AUMF) and that Barbara Lee was correct for not voting for it. “The AUMF was passed with Lee’s lone dissenting vote on Sept. 14, 2001, three days after terrorists from Osama Bin Laden’s al Qaeda organization crashed commercial airliners into the World Trade Center, Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania killing more than 3,000 people,” The Huffington Post reported.
The Hill noted that the AUMF “authorizes the president ‘to use all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on Sept. 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons’— in other words, al Qaeda and the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.”
AOC, the Marion Zioncheck of the 21st century.
I’ve had it with bug eyed Bolshevik b!tch. She needs to be ended.
We can only hope she picks a higher window, soon...
You know, this bug eyed jackass just might be one of the best gifts to conservatism in our lifetimes.
Every day she goes out and peels a bit more off the Democrats’ mask. She’s showing the world who they really are.
She’s the democrat party platform... on truth serum.
And we should value her opinion (then .. or now), why?
It’s reported the youth love this socialist and would vote for her... want to be like her..
They have no better sense than to go along with her for reasons that adults find unhealthy for the country. They are the type to follow the pied piper. Youth has its disadvantages.... the chance to be ‘stupid’.
Just think what the future holds for the U S with this kind of thinking.
Let her keep talking, she’s gift that keeps on giving, she represents the modern Democratic and is not afraid to speak the truth about how radical it is, everyone in this forum already knew how radical they are but now it’s on display for everyone
But then ....
Abortion is to keep the populace from becoming too powerful against you elites as well as pleasin' y'boss.
Go Democrats! Go!
Go Further and Further Left!
Get Far Out There And Set The Campaign Narrative Now!
Take Ownership Of Every Insanely Ultra-Left Anti-American Position!
Let The Voters Know What You Stand For!
I want AOC to continue destroying the Dim's vote base
Did she major in nonsense?
Keeeeeeep talk in sweety 2020 is around the corner
And let’s be clear on this Trump only Trump was able to out these people.
And let’s be clear on this Trump only Trump was able to out these people.
When the lights are turned on, the cockroaches run. You are so right.
Exactly right as well. No one else has had the backbone to do so.
While she may be thought of as an immature bigmouth, her handlers know full-well that AOC's real audience, the millennials and true-believing commies, get the message. Notice that after all the gaffs and stupidity she is still standing and still threatening Pelosi and her cadre of Congressional old timers. I can assure you that Pelosi sees AOC as less of an idiot every day.
Her power has not been diminished one iota.
Bottom line: don't underestimate your enemy. The Left's use of what appears to be an idiot may be all part of their plan.
As an aside, I am not saying that AOC is the Left's hero. She may be nothing more than a stalking horse/cover for their hero (who they have yet to reveal but will do so at the appropriate time).
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