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RandySF

(58,911 posts)
Sun Jun 7, 2015, 01:49 PM Jun 2015

Sen. Joni Ernst: U.S. troops ‘are ready to go back’ to fight a new war in Iraq

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) said over the weekend that U.S. troops were “ready to go back” to Iraq to fight ISIS.

In an interview with ABC’s Jonathan Karl that aired on Sunday, Ernst pointed out that she had not yet made a call for ground troops to be redeployed to Iraq.

“I am not ready to put ground troops in, but I think we are coming to a juncture where we will have to make that hard decision,” Ernst argued.

“How would you tell those military families, again though, when so many have fought, so many have died, how do you say we’re going to go back again?” Karl wondered.


http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/sen-joni-ernst-u-s-troops-are-ready-to-go-back-to-iraq/

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HassleCat

(6,409 posts)
2. Ready vs. eager
Sun Jun 7, 2015, 01:59 PM
Jun 2015

Of course they're ready. They will go if they're ordered to go. But I bet many of the National Guard and Reserve soldiers are not all that eager to go back to Iraq for the third, fourth, or fifth time, then have their stays extended by stop-loss orders. Ernst is a nut job who believes her cheap super-patriotism is justified because she spent time in a combat zone. She just assumes other military people feel the same way she feels, and love fighting for the sake of fighting.

gwheezie

(3,580 posts)
4. My 2 nephews don't want to go back
Sun Jun 7, 2015, 02:02 PM
Jun 2015

Both got out of the military after multiple combat tours. They were worried they'd have to go again while most if us stayed home.

Half-Century Man

(5,279 posts)
5. Joni Ernst, so fresh, so eager, so willing to sacrifice others for her ambitions.
Sun Jun 7, 2015, 02:05 PM
Jun 2015

"The soldiers go to do their job, when politicians fail at theirs' " or don't even fucking try.

spanone

(135,844 posts)
6. and your party, joni dearest, is primed and ready to send them to their deaths.
Sun Jun 7, 2015, 02:05 PM
Jun 2015

aren't you proud....

livetohike

(22,145 posts)
7. Rah, rah, rah! Go cheerlead someplace else Jodi. Maybe you can recruit at your
Sun Jun 7, 2015, 02:24 PM
Jun 2015

pig roast. Set up a little card table and see how many sign up.

n2doc

(47,953 posts)
9. Just like Nam
Sun Jun 7, 2015, 02:37 PM
Jun 2015

We fight, while the Iraqi's watch. If the people of Iraq don't wish to fight, why should we? Especially since our 'allies' in the oil states keep IS afloat.

If people really want this stuff to end, they will put serious pressure on Saudi Arabia to stop its proxy war against Syria and Shiites. Otherwise, be willing to accept that a large chunk of Syria/Iraq and maybe more will be under the local Taliban for the foreseeable future.

PCIntern

(25,556 posts)
15. Did she have that stupid smile on her face?
Sun Jun 7, 2015, 03:40 PM
Jun 2015

These sociopaths always smile while they're performing some heinous act.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
16. I wonder if she has spoken to any, you know, actual soldiers
Sun Jun 7, 2015, 03:40 PM
Jun 2015

about this idiocy. You go first, asshat.

MinM

(2,650 posts)
17. Jon Karl ripped her a new one on ABC This Week
Sun Jun 7, 2015, 05:10 PM
Jun 2015

When I say ripped her a new one I mean the right wing think tank groomed Jon Karl kissed her ass.

This Week ?@ThisWeekABC: @jonkarl gets the lowdown on @joniernst's Harley. http://abcn.ws/1Kiz6er #ThisWeek

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