Congressman Matt Salmon Suggests President Obama Is 'Faking' War On ISIS

[big_dog]

Source: Right Wing Watch

Rep. Matt Salmon, R-Ariz., is joining other Republicans in expressing doubts that President Obama actually wants to defeat the ISIS terrorist group, telling the Family Research Council’s that he is wary of voting for the Authorization for the Use of Military Force because he fears Obama has no intention to fight the so-called Islamic State, also called ISIL.

Salmon said in an interview on “ Washington Watch” that Obama doesn’t want to defeat ISIS because he is afraid of upsetting Iran, which is currently bombing ISIS forces in Iraq.

“This president, I believe, does not want to do anything to make Iran mad, and so I think if he did what it takes to topple Assad and destroy ISIL, it could upset his applecart,” Salmon said. “I don’t believe that the president really wants to prosecute a war that would truly destroy ISIL, I don’t think he has any intention of doing that it. I think he wants to micromanage his generals to the point that it’s a political front, it is not a real prosecution of an effort to destroy ISIL.”



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[sakabatou]

1. So many nutjobs

[Roland99]

2. Oh...he's just missing ol' Georgie Boy who invaded Iraq instead of Saudi Arabia

Probably wants Obama to invade Peru to get back at ISIS

[candelista]

3. Iran "is currently bombing ISIS forces in Iraq"?

The Pentagon claims this, but Iran denies it. Which liars should I believe?

[Comrade Grumpy]

14. Iran is supporting the Iraqi government in Baghdad as well as the Syrian government.

It has fighters, er, advisers, in both countries.

It is a deadly foe of ISIS.

This guy is incoherent. Or else he wants to replace the governments in Damascus and Baghdad...with what, I don't know.

[Fred Sanders]

4. Fake Christian say what?

[louis-t]

5. Tell ole Matt to make sure his

eligible children sign up for the military. I would like them to be the first boots on the ground in Syria.

[Jack Rabbit]

6. Good grief

Mr. Salmon doesn't have either his facts or his logic straight. I guess that makes him a typical Republican.

Without regard to whether putting boots on the ground is a good idea or not:

1. I don't think President Obama will make any of Iran's leaders mad if he makes a move against ISIS. The Sunni members of ISIS think the Shiite leaders of Iran are heretics. The two groups have no love for each other.
2. Beyond that, I presume that Mr. Salmon wants to take action against ISIL. How is that to be done without giving the Commander-in-Chief authority?

Of course, perhaps Mr. Salmon really wants to go to war with Iran. In that case, perhaps he should introduce a resolution of support for ISIL. He'd really grab some headlines if he did that.

[SnowCritter]

9. Perhaps he could go over on a "fact-finding" tour

You know, go see for himself.

[GeorgeGist]

7. I have no doubt that Matt isn't faking stupidity.

[adieu]

8. Pure GOP projection

The people who want to fake a resolution to conflict are the GOP people. The people who don't want wars to end are exactly the members of the GOP.

Remember, it was Obama who ended OBL, not the Bush Administration or the GOP.

You want to see an end to ISIL? Give Obama his AUMF. (Personally, I'd rather just leave the place, pay Jordan, Israel, Iran and maybe Turkey several gazillion dollars and tell them to fix it. Now, you'll get an alliance of nations that have been traditionally foes, and perhaps we'll get them to agree to put together a coalition party to handle the political vacuum there. And then, after ISIL is gone, throw a lot of good money into the area to provide infrastructure rebuilding.)

[Dr. Xavier]

10. Salmon is faking brain waves n/t

[LiberalLovinLug]

11. Could see this happening from a mile

You just knew that there'd be a slant like this from the GOP. I don't get Fox News up here, but I'm sure they are raising this same "issue" on there.

I'd not be surprised if they actually denied Obama the authorization. Or at the very least tried to get some kind of back room compensation on another bill in exchange. They are scraping the barrel to find some reason, any reason, to not allow Obama to get the inevitable "war president" bump. (which is sad and another topic)

[CJCRANE]

12. Iran supports Assad and wants to defeat ISIS, so he's got it *ss-backwards.

How do GOPers manage to say the opposite of the truth everytime?

[Lint Head]

13. Two words come to mind.

Fucking idiot.

[yurbud]

15. Iran's military budget is about what ours spends on toilet paper

Our government is in no way afraid of Iran.

At most, they are an irritant that fully obey transnational corporations and bankers.

We are concerned about them getting nukes because that would make it easier to continue to stay their own course.

Or more likely, our government isn't that concerned about the nukes, they're just looking for an excuse to sanction Iran and make them fall in line.