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| Hillary and Bill Clinton in Iowa. |
"I find it somewhat curious that Jeb Bush is doubling down on - defending - his brother's actions in Iraq," she said at a press conference during a campaign stop at a state fair. "But if he's going to do that, he should present the entire picture. And the entire picture, as you know, includes the agreement George W. Bush made with the Maliki government in Iraq that set the end of 2011 as the date to withdraw American troops."
Jeb Bush, a leading contender for the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential election, has said Obama, and by extension Clinton, bungled a chance to leave behind a contingency force of about 10,000 troops when American forces left Iraq in 2011.
Clinton, though, said the Obama administration had worked "to persuade the Maliki government to permit continuing American support for the Iraqi army."
"Maliki did not want a continuing American presence," she said.
You know I said back when Jebbie first made this argument that it would be incredibly simple for Hillary to knock the ball back into Bush's court, and she has done exactly that.
And when it comes to what America should do about ISIS moving forward I think Clinton once again reflects the country's desire to keep out troops out of harms' way.
"This has to be an Iraqi-led mission," she said. "I think we have to do more and I hope we will do more to try to get the whole region together to drive ISIS out of the territory that they occupy, to rescue the people they have enslaved, predominantly women."
I am once again stunned that Jeb Bush has advisers who are not able to see what a stupid idea it is to try and blame ANY of Iraq's current problems instead of where is really belongs. And that is to George W. Bush and his neocon administration.
Here is a tweet I saw recently that explains this incredibly well.
Perhaps most succinct explanation of who is 2 blame 4 Isis. U get 2 guesses at the 2 culprits
http://t.co/oCcYJiUsft pic.twitter.com/j8MgAvNlPN
— Patrick M (@andendall) August 14, 2015
And with that just drop the mic, because there is really no more that needs to be said.
Maybe poor little Jeb! will have to fall back to a more tenable position. Jeb! could go with Benghazi. That's been a sure fire winner for the GOP (not).
ReplyDeleteThat is nice and succinct. And from somebody who knows what happened, unlike Jeb Bush, who is so out to lunch I wonder if it's pre-Alzheimer's or something. What a dud. Thanks Hillary, I love your clarity on things. The Jebster also took serious hits from Trump. I'd say Bush is fizzling and being replaced by John Kasich.
ReplyDeleteDonald Trump has actually released an immigration policy plan, which is more than any of the other candidates have done.
ReplyDeleteHowever.
It’s absolutely insane. Xenophobia completely off the scale. We’re talking batshit, cubed.
Let me summarize this bizarre fear-mongering screed.
Trump insists he’s going to build a gigantic impenetrable wall along the southern border, and he’s going to make Mexico pay for it. How does he plan to do that?
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/44944_Donald_Trump_Has_Released_an_Immigration_Policy_Plan_and_Its_Completely_Insane
Poor Jeb. Despite the strenuous efforts by his party to dumb down Americans and our own stubborn, almost willful amnesia to avoid learning from history, this one is just too fresh for him to get around. Even were he willing to backstab his brother, that last name that even he's trying to avoid is poison.
ReplyDeleteThe more I hear JEB! talk, the dumber he looks.
ReplyDeleteEven his own mother said no to this run....
DeleteAnd he's the smartest one?
Barney (the Scotty) was the smart one
DeleteJust heard on the national news that Jeb is now behind Trump, Carson and Cruz. Jeb's poll numbers are dropping faster than Palin's chest (see yesterday's IM Palin blog).
ReplyDeleteTop Army General Ray Odierno: Jeb Bush Is Wrong About Iraq War
ReplyDelete“I remind everybody that us leaving at the end of 2011 was negotiated in 2008 by the Bush administration."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ray-odierno-jeb-bush-iraq_55ccd562e4b0cacb8d333f96
No way in double hockeys will Jeb! EVER be elected.
ReplyDeleteIf he is, we know the fix is in.
Bwwwaaaahh Fox news at it again!!!!!!
ReplyDeletehttp://crooksandliars.com/2015/08/foxs-greg-gutfeld-hillary-might-not-even
Just substitute "Jeb" for "Hillary", and they're spot on.
If Biden jumps in, Hillary will have lost her last speck of hope.
ReplyDeleteTell me again how this is the smarter brother?
ReplyDeleteWell, as we all know, that Bush gene pool is extremely shallow.
DeleteNo shortage of simpletons who think a little flag waving, sabre rattling, and bomb throwing will straighten up everyone.
ReplyDeleteIm kinda feeling bad for jeb. He really has never been entitled to be his own man. It is all about the continued global bush war. Been going on for many year. Jeb could get more respect and be his own man, if he spoke as he actually feels, instead of the pre programed statements.
ReplyDeleteHe can cry into his giant piles of money and newspaper clippings of Terry Shiavo.
DeleteKeep in mind that the major subset of this entire s***fest is Big Oil. The pipeline to get the Kazahk oil to the Persian Gulf. Never underestimate what the major oil companies are willing to do in order to keep the oil flowing.
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