
Far-left Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) repeatedly advocated for Iran — the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism — on Thursday, tweeting multiple times that the United States should not take action against Iran, even as Iran has repeatedly attacked cargo ships in the area and shot down a U.S. military drone this week.
“To carry out such wars, American leaders have contrived pretexts to justify American aggression. That’s what Donald Trump’s administration—and especially its national security adviser, John Bolton—is doing now with Iran.”
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— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) June 20, 2019
“To carry out such wars, American leaders have contrived pretexts to justify American aggression. That’s what Donald Trump’s administration—and especially its national security adviser, John Bolton—is doing now with Iran.”
OH! Right! Trump and Bolton just FORCED Iran to attack cargo ships and our drone, right?
It wasn’t their fault!
She then suggested that we were the “aggressor” in the situation, despite the CLEAR and repeated attacks on Iran’s part:
Just as in Iraq, aggressors are using illegitimate pretexts to beat the drums of war.
Just as in Iraq, our media is taking these claims at face value.
Just as in Iraq, children will die, American lives will be lost, and the world will be less safe. #NoWarWithIran
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) June 20, 2019
“Just as in Iraq, aggressors are using illegitimate pretexts to beat the drums of war.
Just as in Iraq, our media is taking these claims at face value.
Just as in Iraq, children will die, American lives will be lost, and the world will be less safe. #NoWarWithIran”
Aaaand then she took a jab at Trump, because no rant of hers is complete without one:
Mr. President,
As a survivor of war, I want to tell you: going to war does not make you strong. It makes you weak.
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) June 21, 2019
Sending teenagers to die, or return with lifelong wounds seen and unseen, does not make you a bigger person. It makes you smaller.
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) June 21, 2019
Risking a regional or even global armed conflict does not strengthen our country. It weakens us.
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) June 21, 2019
I have seen firsthand the effects of war. Even in the best of cases, it never has the outcome you expect.
War is death, displacement, and terror. War is hell.
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) June 21, 2019
So I urge you: be strong. Do not listen to the warmongers and war profiteers whispering in your ear.
Do not send our men and women into harm's way.
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) June 21, 2019
“Do not send our men and women into harm’s way.”
Who, exactly, do you consider your “men and women,” Ilhan?
Where does your loyalty lie here?