It seems that Republican politicians, those running for president in particular, are suffering from a serious case of selective Alzheimer's regarding the Iraq War. Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush has gone back and forth on the matter more than a dance instructor tripping on acid. Florida Senator Marco Rubio has done similarly, only without the occasional hearing lapse. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has gone the denial route and attempted to paint the war in a positive light without actually answering what he would have done if he had known then what he knows now with regard to Iraq. That brings us to Texas Congressman and man voted most likely to be turned in by his own wife to an insane asylum - Louie Gohmert - who recently said this on a radio talk show regarding the matter:
"Everybody else wants to ask that question of, 'Gee, would you have gone into Iraq if you'd known what you know now?' If President Bush had known that he would have a total incompetent follow him that would not even be able to negotiate a status of forces agreement with Iraq and start helping our enemies and just totally put the Middle East in chaos, then he would have to think twice about doing anything if he had known he would have such a total incompetent leader take over after him. That should be the question."
That's right, ladies and gentlemen; Louie Gohmert is blaming President Obama for what came of the Iraq War when he stepped into the Oval Office almost 6 years after the initial invasion of that country. Nevermind going to war based on a false premise set up by the Bush administration, the false intelligence reports, the exaggeration of those very reports, the naive optimism going in, the damage to our national debt, the "mission accomplished" banner before said mission was actually (if ever truly) accomplished, the seemingly nonstop changes of our actual purpose for invading, not ever finding weapons of mass destruction, not thinking about the long-term repercussions both foreign and domestic, need I continue?
You see, Louie, there is such a thing as before and after, of cause and effect. Please allow me to explain. If a woman is the unfortunate victim of domestic violence in a marriage and this leads to a downward spiral of events, such as drug and alcohol abuse, before she divorces him and gets married to another man whom helps her turn her life around again, a friend of that first husband can't then come around and say, "You know what I saw? I saw her drinking a glass of wine the other night at this fancy restaurant. You know whose fault that is? That second husband's!" Things don't work that way. That's similar to the case you presented here. We got ourselves into the mess that is the Iraq War because of President George W. Bush and his administration. Just like we can't blame President George W. Bush with slavery, we can't blame President Barack Obama for the Iraq War.
Given the loony congressman's seeming inability to grasp the concept of before and after or cause and effect, expect him to utter the following lines at some point in his lifetime:
- "What came first, the chicken or the egg? The Jesus!"
- "You know how this country would have felt safer? If Obama didn't let 9/11 happen!"
- "After I slept with that hooker came this disease, so apparently I had the disease before sleeping with the hooker!"
- "If Bill Clinton had more balls as president, Hitler would never have been able to do what he did!"
- "Wait, are you suggesting I said something stupid before or after I said something stupid?"
Both...
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/05/louie-gohmert-bush-would-never-have-invaded-iraq-if-he-knew-obama-would-come-along-and-bungle-it/
"Everybody else wants to ask that question of, 'Gee, would you have gone into Iraq if you'd known what you know now?' If President Bush had known that he would have a total incompetent follow him that would not even be able to negotiate a status of forces agreement with Iraq and start helping our enemies and just totally put the Middle East in chaos, then he would have to think twice about doing anything if he had known he would have such a total incompetent leader take over after him. That should be the question."
That's right, ladies and gentlemen; Louie Gohmert is blaming President Obama for what came of the Iraq War when he stepped into the Oval Office almost 6 years after the initial invasion of that country. Nevermind going to war based on a false premise set up by the Bush administration, the false intelligence reports, the exaggeration of those very reports, the naive optimism going in, the damage to our national debt, the "mission accomplished" banner before said mission was actually (if ever truly) accomplished, the seemingly nonstop changes of our actual purpose for invading, not ever finding weapons of mass destruction, not thinking about the long-term repercussions both foreign and domestic, need I continue?
You see, Louie, there is such a thing as before and after, of cause and effect. Please allow me to explain. If a woman is the unfortunate victim of domestic violence in a marriage and this leads to a downward spiral of events, such as drug and alcohol abuse, before she divorces him and gets married to another man whom helps her turn her life around again, a friend of that first husband can't then come around and say, "You know what I saw? I saw her drinking a glass of wine the other night at this fancy restaurant. You know whose fault that is? That second husband's!" Things don't work that way. That's similar to the case you presented here. We got ourselves into the mess that is the Iraq War because of President George W. Bush and his administration. Just like we can't blame President George W. Bush with slavery, we can't blame President Barack Obama for the Iraq War.
Given the loony congressman's seeming inability to grasp the concept of before and after or cause and effect, expect him to utter the following lines at some point in his lifetime:
- "What came first, the chicken or the egg? The Jesus!"
- "You know how this country would have felt safer? If Obama didn't let 9/11 happen!"
- "After I slept with that hooker came this disease, so apparently I had the disease before sleeping with the hooker!"
- "If Bill Clinton had more balls as president, Hitler would never have been able to do what he did!"
- "Wait, are you suggesting I said something stupid before or after I said something stupid?"
Both...
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/05/louie-gohmert-bush-would-never-have-invaded-iraq-if-he-knew-obama-would-come-along-and-bungle-it/
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