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RandySF

(84,259 posts) Sun Jun 7, 2015, 01:49 PM Jun 2015

Sen. Joni Ernst: U.S. troops ‘are ready to go back’ to fight a new war in Iraq [View all]

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) said over the weekend that U.S. troops were “ready to go back” to Iraq to fight ISIS.

In an interview with ABC’s Jonathan Karl that aired on Sunday, Ernst pointed out that she had not yet made a call for ground troops to be redeployed to Iraq.

“I am not ready to put ground troops in, but I think we are coming to a juncture where we will have to make that hard decision,” Ernst argued.

“How would you tell those military families, again though, when so many have fought, so many have died, how do you say we’re going to go back again?” Karl wondered.

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/sen-joni-ernst-u-s-troops-are-ready-to-go-back-to-iraq/

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Sen. Joni Ernst: U.S. troops ‘are ready to go back’ to fight a new war in Iraq [View all] RandySF Jun 2015 OP

You first, Joni dearest. . . DinahMoeHum Jun 2015 #1

Ready vs. eager HassleCat Jun 2015 #2

We've always been at war with Iraq. Who do you think ARMED Iraq? Octafish Jun 2015 #3

My 2 nephews don't want to go back gwheezie Jun 2015 #4

Joni Ernst, so fresh, so eager, so willing to sacrifice others for her ambitions. Half-Century Man Jun 2015 #5

and your party, joni dearest, is primed and ready to send them to their deaths. spanone Jun 2015 #6

Rah, rah, rah! Go cheerlead someplace else Jodi. Maybe you can recruit at your livetohike Jun 2015 #7

Six years exboyfil Jun 2015 #8

Just like Nam n2doc Jun 2015 #9

You going to be in the first assault wave, Joni. If not, then STFU. hobbit709 Jun 2015 #10

What's that phrase about insanity and doing the same thing over and over and over again? Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2015 #11

A few slices short of a full loaf Blue Owl Jun 2015 #12

The GOP is going full-blown war, war, war this election. Vinca Jun 2015 #13

LMAO. Oh, she's serious. Idiot. Solly Mack Jun 2015 #14

Did she have that stupid smile on her face? PCIntern Jun 2015 #15

I wonder if she has spoken to any, you know, actual soldiers hifiguy Jun 2015 #16

Jon Karl ripped her a new one on ABC This Week MinM Jun 2015 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author olddots Jun 2015 #18