"Domestic terrorism is not a cause we have to fight or a project we need to fund. We are not interested in capturing bin Laden. Even though he has been offered to us. We are not the world's policemen. It's not our job to clean up other countries messes or arrest it's bad guys."I've no brief for Mitch -- he's been one of my least-favorite senators for years -- but did he really say those words? The text seems rather too convenient, and I cannot find any non-recent citations. The phrase "Even though he has been offered to us" suggests a mocking post-911 paraphrase of what he presumed to be Democratic attitudes.
Sunday, May 06, 2007
Did he really say THAT?
The Young Turks' website has a collection of anti-war quotes from Republicans, uttered when Clinton was President. The list leads off with this gem from Kentucky's Mitch McConnell:
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An aside, Interesting talking point I caught earlier, it seems every thing is a "project" now, in that even the Democrats are using it. For example, Harold Ford Jr.'s use of the jargon.
So, it's not WAR, It's a Military action, It's not genocide, it's a "project". Thanks Newt.
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