Posted on 01/11/2017 2:44:29 PM PST by Raycpa
Asked by @mkraju if he is prepared to hold up the Tillerson nom in committee, @MarcoRubio responds "I prepared to do what is right."
Israel is our friend. However, there is no conceivable universe in which Saudi Arabia is a "good guy" or a friend of the United States and its people. Our "friendship" with them has been self-serving, ill judged, and one-sided.
The Saudi Arabian state is the ultimate source for both funding and ideology for most of the radicalism in the Sunni Arab world including both Al Qaeda and ISIS. Saudi and Gulf State money has corrupted every level of Government in the US going back for decades- an utterly sickening and treasonous spectacle. The Bushes and their circle are some of the very worst offenders.
The struggle in the middle east is between (mostly Arab) Sunni fanatics and Persian Shia nut jobs and within each group. Neither is our friend. The more we disentangle ourselves from these monsters the better for both East and West.
Our intervention in the middle east of the previous decades has been a catastrophe for the US, Israel, and the Muslim world. We must lower our footprint in this region.
Rubio has no clue what is right.
He thought the right thing to do about illegal aliens was for the USA to abandon the rule of law.
He thought the right thing to do was to arm jihadists.
He should have been removed from office.
Rubio will still not be a natural born citizen in 2020 or 2024. He is not eligible to be President.
Didn’t he also say that voting in the Senate was a waste of his time and didn’t bother to show up, promised not to run again?
Saudi Arabia has been exporting Wahhabi Islam, the most virulent form of Islam, all over the world.
Funding jihad does not make them good guys.
The voters have term limits in their hands.
They need to refuse to vote for weasels.
Even if they are wearing R jerseys.
Rubio seemed very nervous to me. It was like someone had a gun to his head making him ask the questions
Absent a real war and a clear winner and loser, the concept of a war criminal is foolish
Just take him off the comiteee, problem solved
Rubio will still be ineligible in 2020.
He is not a natural born citizen.
His parents were Cuban nationals.
Yes he did. Shows how much his word is worth......
I hope the issue of who can run for President (i.e. who is natural born citizen) can be addressed at some point...
From what I read, Rubio is not eligible and never should have been allowed to run in the first place**...Did GOP let it slide because Rubio is young, good looking Hispanic?
**Rubio’s Cuban immigrant parents did not become U.S. citizens until 1975, which should render him ineligible to run.
Exactly. Rubio is interested in what looks good for Rubio, not what's right.
In case you didn’t realize it during the GOP primaries Rubio is an idiot.
9 days and the establishment republicans are done. F’em.
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Thanks boots !
“Trump pissed off Graham—McCain—Rubio during the primary campaign
They are getting even”
They pissed off Trump during the primary. Trump represents the people. They’re getting even with us...
“Absent a real war and a clear winner and loser, the concept of a war criminal is foolish”
our gov’t has been loaded with war criminals (e.g. Libya)
“Trump pissed off Graham—McCain—Rubio during the primary campaign. They are getting even”
If the Democrats vote no as a block, it takes three Republicans to kill a nomination. McCain, Graham, and Rubio.
little marco as he is more commonly known showed his true character once again when he was clearly vexed in response to Rex Tillersons refusal to call Putin a war criminal. little marcos thinly veiled ham-handed attempt at payback to President-elect drives home the point that this low level immature senator is staring down the barrel of a short political career, thankfully. If he had any grasp of decorum and how to a t effectively on the world stage, he would know that you don’t come out of the gate hurling insults to someone with whom you may want to build a relationship (whether you believe he’s a war criminal or not). little marco...dry up. Go home. Stop your whining.
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