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During an appearance on Fox News this Friday, Sarah Palin claimed that Barack Obama should be disqualified from serving as president because he had once proclaimed that troops in Afghanistan were “air raiding villages and killing civilians.”
If the charge seemed oddly and painfully familiar it’s because it has been levied at Obama – and subsequently dismissed – several times before during this election season.
The issue stems from a remark the Illinois Democrat made in August 2007, in Nashua, New Hampshire. Speaking to supporters, the Senator called for an increase of U.S. troops in that war zone because, without the influx, operations were being limited to air raids that resulted in many preventable civilian deaths.
“Now you have narco drug lords who are helping to finance the Taliban,” Obama said, “so we’ve got to get the job done there [in Afghanistan], and that requires us to have enough troops that we are not just air raiding villages, and killing civilians, which is causing enormous problems there.”… www.huffingtonpost.com
WHY is the press still listening to what this idiot has to say? Stop giving her a platform. And hey, Sarah – try actually reading or speaking to American soldiers who have been in Afghanistan and they’ll tell you that what Obama said was true.
Two sons and five combat missions between them….they are NOT targeting innocent women and children. Who have you talked to Michele? When you do not have facts you make an ad hominem attack on Sarah Palin for quoting Obama. It should be obvious to anyone he put his foot in his mouth during the campaign but reality has caught up with him. Where is your outrage at the Taliban for beheading teachers, burning schools and bombing public places with the intent to kill civilians? Perhaps, a rallying cry in support of their educational techiques would suit you just fine.
Don Bayly, Beijing, China
Thanks for your comment Don.
All the Best,
John Malloy