Carly Fiorina had some whoppers of her own to spread on the debate floor.
Lets examine an example.
I will paraphrase because there isnt an audio clip that captures my point.
She said....
"president obama pulled out of Iraq and didnt leave enough troops in the country to stop ISIS from being created" ...more...."he hasnt done enough to ARM moderate rebels in Syria to take Assad out of power"...more..." president obama has done nothing for the kurds"....
Now, lets take each section one at a time..
First, President Obama didnt sign the status of forces agreement, that determined when the USA would leave IRAQ, president BUSH did. IN that agreement, the IRAQI government INSISTED on having sole authority over criminal charges on American troops who committed war crimes. IRAQ wanted to "try" us military personnel under Iraqi law and not under the US Court Martial system. President BUSH refused to make that agreement, and Iraqi President Al Maliki then LIMITED the number of troops that could remain in Iraq, NOT PRESIDENT OBAMA.
Second, Both John McCain, and Lindsay Graham were secretly ARMING what they thought were "moderate" rebels in Syria via a CIA black ops site in Libya when the Ambassador was killed. These "moderate" rebels as the GOP calls them are now ISIS fighters under the control of Al baghdadi who WE had in custody and released without any restrictions or terrorists charges despite him having deep connections to terror groups around the world. These "moderate" rebels have no chance in defeating Assad with small arms and untrained fighters.
Third, the USA is FORBIDDEN by the Status of Forces agreement to ARM the Kurds in Iraq. President Bush AGREED to these terms and ALL weapons sent into IRAQ have to be sent to the iraqi government FIRST, and the Iraqi government will disperse the weapons as THEY see fit. This is a specific agreement between the USA and IRAQ signed by BUSH. President OBAMA cannot ARM the kurds directly yet, Fiorina believes we can simply just send weapons there.
What this demonstrates is how LITTLE a person like FIORINA knows about foreign policy.
Other GOP candidates have repeated the same claim about arming the kurds, and only rubio and paul know they cant because they are senators. The others are idiots, including Trump.
Regardless, these GOP candidates continue to say things that are NOT true and the GOP faithful eat it up like candy, but everyone knows candy is bad for you.
TOS.
) ). An objective analysis would tell anyone as much. There is a history with governments regardless of the political affiliations of engaging in shady activities and trying to cover them up. An argument can be made that both parties have done so repeatedly throughout history. With that in mind is it really necessary to defend this particular shady episode simply because its your party that engaged in the stench producing activity? You made a comment to me previously about fighting the aristocracy, Is this not another example of the aristocracy engaging in shady goings on?
