In a series of late-night tweets, Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez argued Monday that the United States shouldn’t have authorized military force against those behind the 9/11 attacks.
Ocasio-Cortez was responding to a social media post by Rep. Juan Vargas (D-CA) criticizing Rep. Ilhan Omar for a series of recent anti-Semitic comments.
“It is disturbing that Rep. Omar continues to perpetuate hurtful anti-Semitic stereotypes that misrepresent our Jewish community,” Vargas stated. “Additionally, questioning support for the U.S.-Israel relationship is unacceptable.”
The New York socialist objected to the notion that one cannot question foreign policy, incorrectly claiming both major political parties were in agreement in ratifying an Authorization to Use Military Force (AUMF) for the Iraq War.
I‘m curious if Rep. Vargas will further explain his stance here that it’s unacceptable to even *question* US foreign policy.
Plenty of Dem members have asserted that discussion + debate on this issue is fair and merited. Is this stance a departure from that? https://t.co/2tcelsxFCU
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) March 5, 2019
I remember a time when it was “unacceptable” to question the Iraq War.
All of Congress was wrong, including both GOP & Dem Party, and led my generation into a disastrous + wrong war that virtually all would come to regret, except for the one member who stood up: Barbara Lee.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) March 5, 2019
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Shouldn’t Have Responded to Terrorist Attack
Lee was actually the lone dissenter on an AUMF voted on in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The Iraq War resolution was objected by more lawmakers, passing the House by a vote of 297-133, and the Senate 77-23.
Ocasio-Cortez later corrected her tweet by saying it was the war in Afghanistan she was referring to, adding that “we shouldn’t have been in either” war.
The AUMF Lee objected to was voted on Septemeber 14th, 2001, just days after Osama Bin Laden and al Qaeda murdered thousands of Americans on U.S. soil.
Afghanistan War* my apologies
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) March 5, 2019
(But honestly we shouldn’t have been in either, and we should end the AUMF now while we’re at it)
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) March 5, 2019
The History Channel explains why the AUMF was key in fighting back against the terrorist organization that had just declared war on America at the time.
“Almost 3,000 people were killed during the 9/11 terrorist attacks, which triggered major U.S. initiatives to combat terrorism and defined the presidency of George W. Bush,” the site teaches.
History Lesson
Whatever point Ocasio-Cortez is trying to make in debating military action against the perpetrators of 9/11, she is sorely lacking in historical acumen.
Nobody debated the need for military action against al Qaeda in 2001 because it was an essential response to an act of war. Even Barbara Lee agreed, opposing the AUMF on grounds that it was too broad in allowing the President to take action further down the line, not because she opposed an actual military response.
“Like everyone throughout our country, I am repulsed and angered by these attacks and believe all appropriate steps must be taken to bring the perpetrators to justice,” Lee wrote in the San Francisco Chronicle at the time.
“We must prevent any future such attacks. That is the highest obligation of our federal, state and local governments. On this, we are united as a nation.”
We were united as a nation, anyway. Perhaps Ocasio-Cortez, who was just 11-years old at the time, could use a history lesson.
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You know what. I’m not going to pray anymore. Why bother? She’s so smart. Smarter than God even. She says she’s the boss, and I’ve come to believe her. She knows all things, including who should make babies and all. So, I won’t ask God about my life, I’ll just wait and listen to the great oracle. Someday, I know she’ll address me personally. It will sound like a policy comment, but it’ll know it will really be just for me!!!!
You know what. I’m not going to pray anymore. Why bother? She’s so smart. Smarter than God even. She says she’s the boss, and I’ve come to believe her. She knows all things, including who should make babies and all. So, I won’t ask God about my life, I’ll just wait and listen to the great oracle. Someday, I know she’ll address me personally. It will sound like a policy comment, but it’ll know it will really be just for me!!!!
What is clear to me is that Saddam Hussein should have been taken down when President Clinton was serving if more attention had been put to the long list of international war crimes Hussein iled up as an aggressor in two wars and a murderer of over 4000,000 of his own people in a world where the UN and governing bodies are just he would not have been tolerated for so long.Should we have a world body of justice that ignores such egregious acts for “peace”?
AOC is so ignorant it s hard to know if she is talking about the Invasion of Iraq or attacking the Taliban and Al-Qaeda’s stronghold. She talks in such vague generalities as to be meaningless.
What is clear to me is that Saddam Hussein should have been taken down when President Clinton was serving if more attention had been put to the long list of international war crimes Hussein iled up as an aggressor in two wars and a murderer of over 4000,000 of his own people in a world where the UN and governing bodies are just he would not have been tolerated for so long.Should we have a world body of justice that ignores such egregious acts for “peace”?
AOC is so ignorant it s hard to know if she is talking about the Invasion of Iraq or attacking the Taliban and Al-Qaeda’s stronghold. She talks in such vague generalities as to be meaningless.
Nothing wrong with being a passivist as long as she doesn’t get in the way of the rest of us defending our country and way of life. What we need to do is make it clear that we aren’t listening to her crazy views.
To Paul Andrew: Paulie, Paulie, Paulie, Thankfully, we found you in time. This is your pharmacy! Please come for your meds. You haven’t had them in days. Now, we’ve talked about this before. You know what happens when you don’t take your meds!!!
To Paul Andrew: Paulie, Paulie, Paulie, Thankfully, we found you in time. This is your pharmacy! Please come for your meds. You haven’t had them in days. Now, we’ve talked about this before. You know what happens when you don’t take your meds!!!
9/11 was planned and executed by a joint venture of the Central Intelligence Agency and the Israeli Secret Police. 19 “Arab hijackers” did NOT pull off one of the most sophisticated counter-intelligence operations in the history of the world, particularly when about half of them turned up alive the following week after their passports were stolen. The murder weapons that hit the Pentagon were a heavily modified U.S. Navy A-3 Skywarrior and an AGM 12-C “Bullpup” missile with a 2-stage warhead: the leading warhead had a wall-breaching charge which softened a hole for the second stage to penetrate deeper. The shock wave from the first warhead severed the incoming A-3 amidship, blowing the back half back and away from the Pentagon. And, yes, there are plenty of photographs which show debris which can be easily identified by military aircraft maintenance personnel. And, no, a Resolution is NOT an Act of Congress. GWBush lied about the “yellow cake” and Paul H. O’Neill was fired for complaining about Cabinet meetings where they were planning to hit Iraq BEFORE 9/11. Yes, the yellow cake was exported by Niger, but a report prepared by Maxwell AFB explained how it was imported by Israel and expedited to their reactor in Dimona, in the Negev Desert. That report was published 2 years before 9/11. There were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, but now over 2 million Iraqis have died as a result of the war crimes committed against Iraq by the Bush administration. For extensive documentation, see the books authored by Christopher Bollyn and the analysis done by Dr. Alan Sabrosky, formerly with the U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. Bottom line: 9/11 was an inside job. p.s. It’s quite shocking to realize how many Americans remain almost entirely ignorant about the real culprits of 9/11. cf. “Dancing Israelis” just “happened” to be at the right place at exactly the right time, with cameras rolling “to record the event”. Can you say PRIOR KNOWLEDGE with a straight face?
9/11 was planned and executed by a joint venture of the Central Intelligence Agency and the Israeli Secret Police. 19 “Arab hijackers” did NOT pull off one of the most sophisticated counter-intelligence operations in the history of the world, particularly when about half of them turned up alive the following week after their passports were stolen. The murder weapons that hit the Pentagon were a heavily modified U.S. Navy A-3 Skywarrior and an AGM 12-C “Bullpup” missile with a 2-stage warhead: the leading warhead had a wall-breaching charge which softened a hole for the second stage to penetrate deeper. The shock wave from the first warhead severed the incoming A-3 amidship, blowing the back half back and away from the Pentagon. And, yes, there are plenty of photographs which show debris which can be easily identified by military aircraft maintenance personnel. And, no, a Resolution is NOT an Act of Congress. GWBush lied about the “yellow cake” and Paul H. O’Neill was fired for complaining about Cabinet meetings where they were planning to hit Iraq BEFORE 9/11. Yes, the yellow cake was exported by Niger, but a report prepared by Maxwell AFB explained how it was imported by Israel and expedited to their reactor in Dimona, in the Negev Desert. That report was published 2 years before 9/11. There were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, but now over 2 million Iraqis have died as a result of the war crimes committed against Iraq by the Bush administration. For extensive documentation, see the books authored by Christopher Bollyn and the analysis done by Dr. Alan Sabrosky, formerly with the U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. Bottom line: 9/11 was an inside job. p.s. It’s quite shocking to realize how many Americans remain almost entirely ignorant about the real culprits of 9/11. cf. “Dancing Israelis” just “happened” to be at the right place at exactly the right time, with cameras rolling “to record the event”. Can you say PRIOR KNOWLEDGE with a straight face?
Ungrateful anti America loud mouth disgusting pig.
Ungrateful anti America loud mouth disgusting pig.
Who were the dummies who elected her in the first place. She has no interest in the USA or our way of life. she wants socialism and her ideas. They better get her out of politics in DC, Democrats you are nuts if you dont keep her mouth shut. It reflects on you, but then again, you voted her in! Finance committee. lol, but its not funny. She has a bad record with her personal money why do you think she wont be a hazard to the finance committee. Guess you had to stick her somewhere. Holy gosh, what is happening. Our governor in Colo., Hickenhooper was on TV today saying he was running for President on the Democratic ticket. I m for Trump to continue his quest, but Hick made a good point. We need a President who can pull us together again and get stuff done without the arguing and agenda from each side to pull us apart. The media is not reportinghehat all Trump has accomplished and what he does, the Democrats complain instead of praising the job and the good he has done. Send Cortez back to wherever she was when she crawled out from under the rock. They have enough looneys in their party, starting with Pelosi and Schumer!
and headed for a hamburger restaurant!
Who were the dummies who elected her in the first place. She has no interest in the USA or our way of life. she wants socialism and her ideas. They better get her out of politics in DC, Democrats you are nuts if you dont keep her mouth shut. It reflects on you, but then again, you voted her in! Finance committee. lol, but its not funny. She has a bad record with her personal money why do you think she wont be a hazard to the finance committee. Guess you had to stick her somewhere. Holy gosh, what is happening. Our governor in Colo., Hickenhooper was on TV today saying he was running for President on the Democratic ticket. I m for Trump to continue his quest, but Hick made a good point. We need a President who can pull us together again and get stuff done without the arguing and agenda from each side to pull us apart. The media is not reportinghehat all Trump has accomplished and what he does, the Democrats complain instead of praising the job and the good he has done. Send Cortez back to wherever she was when she crawled out from under the rock. They have enough looneys in their party, starting with Pelosi and Schumer!
and headed for a hamburger restaurant!
You know what I think? I think she is a Republican in Democrats clothes. The more she talks as a liberal, as ignorant as she appears, the more she advances the Conservative cause. The words from her mouth should and will cause most good American loving citizens to get out and vote and that vote should be for Trump. Her words are not for America and Americans. You go AOC
You know what I think? I think she is a Republican in Democrats clothes. The more she talks as a liberal, as ignorant as she appears, the more she advances the Conservative cause. The words from her mouth should and will cause most good American loving citizens to get out and vote and that vote should be for Trump. Her words are not for America and Americans. You go AOC
It’s amazing how someone so stupid, could have gotten to where she is. Every time she opens her mouth she shows just how brain dead she is. And she is supposed to be making laws for MY country. It would seem that Pelosi is afraid of her.
It’s amazing how someone so stupid, could have gotten to where she is. Every time she opens her mouth she shows just how brain dead she is. And she is supposed to be making laws for MY country. It would seem that Pelosi is afraid of her.
This clueless feminist/Bolshevik is a dangerous person. SHAME on the low-information voters who actually put her in office!!! She is a disgrace the the House of Representatives.
This clueless feminist/Bolshevik is a dangerous person. SHAME on the low-information voters who actually put her in office!!! She is a disgrace the the House of Representatives.
Who paid for this dumb ass????????????????????????????
Who paid for this dumb ass????????????????????????????
Yeah, she remembers. What was she 10 years old? Good memory.
Yeah, she remembers. What was she 10 years old? Good memory.
turning herself into a treasonous “B”. maybe she should go join ISIS.
turning herself into a treasonous “B”. maybe she should go join ISIS.
You are right and she may have already done it. YEAH! She is enough to drive people crazy.
You are right and she may have already done it. YEAH! She is enough to drive people crazy.
This woman child, Alexandria Occasionally-Coherent, she of the mouth the size of the Grand Canyon, should be left alone. She is one of those Millennials who KNOW EVERYTHING..when in actuality she has the maturity of a high school freshman. Let he alone….Give her enough rope and she will hang her own goofy self…..She will NEVER see a second term…..IF she SURVIVES this one.
This woman child, Alexandria Occasionally-Coherent, she of the mouth the size of the Grand Canyon, should be left alone. She is one of those Millennials who KNOW EVERYTHING..when in actuality she has the maturity of a high school freshman. Let he alone….Give her enough rope and she will hang her own goofy self…..She will NEVER see a second term…..IF she SURVIVES this one.
If she will promise to stay away for a whole year and keep her clueless mouth SHUT while she is gone—I volunteer to pay for her plane ticket !!!
If she will promise to stay away for a whole year and keep her clueless mouth SHUT while she is gone—I volunteer to pay for her plane ticket !!!
If AOC had a lick of sense(which she doesn’t) she would go and live in a Muslim country for a year, and then follow that stay by spending a year in Sweden where her socialist position lies. Once she has had a chance to see and experience these two things, seeing how the people live and how they feel about their governments, then and only then would she have enough experience to let her foul mouth be tempered by experience, gained first hand. She can take Linda Sarsour with her, along with her two muslim buddies who are in congress now. Will Pelosi ever be able to take the news media and mike away from this nut case??Probably not.
If AOC had a lick of sense(which she doesn’t) she would go and live in a Muslim country for a year, and then follow that stay by spending a year in Sweden where her socialist position lies. Once she has had a chance to see and experience these two things, seeing how the people live and how they feel about their governments, then and only then would she have enough experience to let her foul mouth be tempered by experience, gained first hand. She can take Linda Sarsour with her, along with her two muslim buddies who are in congress now. Will Pelosi ever be able to take the news media and mike away from this nut case??Probably not.
The only good thing here is this woman is busily ending her political career.
The only good thing here is this woman is busily ending her political career.
So now she is not only the prophet for the future but able to tell us what we did wrong in the past when she was 14 years old in 2003? Hey, AOC, what did we fu*k up doing WW II? God, I hope you can help us for no one else has the intelligence you do. Let us all worship at your stiletto shoes.
So now she is not only the prophet for the future but able to tell us what we did wrong in the past when she was 14 years old in 2003? Hey, AOC, what did we fu*k up doing WW II? God, I hope you can help us for no one else has the intelligence you do. Let us all worship at your stiletto shoes.
Her generation was 11 on 9/11/01.
Her generation was 11 on 9/11/01.
Enough with the endless TDS. How about an original thought instead of the silly Leftist talking points.
President Donald Trump is trying to overcome the foolish and dangerous mistakes made by his predecessor.
so everyone is wrong except her and her muslim friends.they all need to be removed from any political positions
Enough with the endless TDS. How about an original thought instead of the silly Leftist talking points.
President Donald Trump is trying to overcome the foolish and dangerous mistakes made by his predecessor.
Enough with the endless TDS. How about an original thought instead of the silly Leftist talking points.
President Donald Trump is trying to overcome the foolish and dangerous mistakes made by his predecessor.
We should not have gone into Iraq, Afghanistan is another subject. While the bad guys were Saudis, nothing happened in Saudi Arabia, it all came from Afghanistan.
@ Brian. Trump is trying to unite and help this country. while people like you only know how to belittle, criticize and harass people with different views than you. you are the communist and might I add a jerk
@ Brian. Trump is trying to unite and help this country. while people like you only know how to belittle, criticize and harass people with different views than you. you are the communist and might I add a jerk
@ Brian. Trump is trying to unite and help this country. while people like you only know how to belittle, criticize and harass people with different views than you. you are the communist and might I add a jerk
She’s 100% correct. Why did we go to Iraq? Why did we go to Afghanistan? We should have rolled tanks up the main street in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The Saudis sponsored the 911 attacks, they are NOT our allies. If you Trumpanzees could take your dear leaders cock out of your mouths for just a minute maybe you could be rational. T Rump is done, don’t go down with the blimp.
Hopefully she will be in jail soon and we won’t have to listen to this craziness anymore.
Hopefully she will be in jail soon and we won’t have to listen to this craziness anymore.