Al Franken: Supported the Iraq War, Supports Syrian Strikes

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Sen. Al Franken offered his support to the Obama Administration and its plans to have a military strike against the Assad Syrian government.

The attack is to chastise the Assad regime for an alleged chemical attack on rebels and civilians in August.

Speaking in St. Paul on Tuesday, Franken called the use of chemical weapons "unacceptable."

"There is no question that there was a massive chemical attack there," said Franken. "Doctors without Borders was there to confirm there were toxins. This is an outrage. It is hideous. There has to be a response."

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http://www.kare11.com/news/article/1037147/391/Franken-supports-White-House-Syrian-military-strikes

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1. He initially supported the Iraq War because he believed the Secretary of State.

Franken initially supported the Iraq War but opposed the 2007 troop surge. In an interview with MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough,[33] Franken said that he "believed Colin Powell", whose presentation at the United Nations convinced him that the war was necessary. However, since then he had come to believe that "we were misled into the war" and urged the Democratically-controlled Congress to refuse to pass appropriations bills to fund the war if they don't include timetables for leaving Iraq. In an interview with Josh Marshall, Franken said of the Democrats, "I think we've gotta make [President George W. Bush] say, 'OK, I'm cutting off funding because I won't agree to a timetable.'"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Franken

[Th1onein]

2. He'll never get another dime from me.

[AnotherMcIntosh]

3. He initially supported NSA's spy-upon-everyone program because he believed ...

A great many of us believed that he was a liberal because he was entertaining, seemed to have an absence of animosity towards us, and had unkind things to say about Bush, et al.

Please excuse me if I am not in a rush to support a "Franken for President" campaign.