Dem Congresswoman Attacks Obama Admin’s Lack of Mission in Iraq

Dem Iraq Vet and Congresswoman Goes After Obama Admin’s Incoherence in Iraq (National Review Online)

Democratic representative Tulsi Gabbard criticized the Obama administration’s lack of focus and strategy in Iraq. When asked by ABC’s Martha Raddatz whether she’d rule out troops on the ground, Gabbard, an Iraq War veteran, said such questions are secondary when the White House is actively denying that it wants victory in Iraq.

“We’re missing a critical question here: What is our mission?” Gabbard said onThis Week. “Adam [Kinzinger, a Republican congressman] and I both joined the military after 9/11 because we heard our nation’s leaders say after that attach that we would go and take out these Islamic extremists wherever they are. . . . That stated mission has been lost.” 

“We heard from the White House last week, and I quote, ‘these airstrikes are not part of a broad-based counterterrorism campaign against ISIS.’ So if our mission is not to take out the Islamic extremists who continue to threaten and wage war against us, then I think we’ve got a real problem here,” Gabbard said.