Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Wouldn't Rule Out Re-Invasion of Iraq

[Faygo Kid]

Source: ABC News

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says he wouldn’t rule out a full-blown re-invasion of Iraq if he were to become the next commander-in-chief.

The likely Republican presidential candidate and early frontrunner in several polls said he would consider a re-invasion if it were deemed necessary to protect American national security at home and abroad.

"It would not be limited to anything out there," Walker told ABC's Jonathan Karl in an exclusive interview with for “This Week.” "Once we start saying how far we're willing to go or how many troops we're willing to invest, we send a horrible message, particularly to foes in the Middle East who are willing to wait us out." . . .

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wisconsin-gov-scott-walker-rule-invasion-iraq/story?id=31590709

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Because it worked out so well the first time . . .

[StevieM]

1. Of course it worked out the first time. Haven't you heard? The war was won until Obama some how

dropped the ball and gave victory back to the enemy.

[cstanleytech]

3. StevieM, even I wouldnt rule out military action if I was running for president and I dont

expect any president to paint themselves into such a corner.
That aside Walker as president would be as bad if not worse than Bush imo and the rest of the clown car republicans arent much better.

[HassleCat]

2. Makes perfect sense

At first, I questioned the idea of invading a country where we already have occupying military forces, but then I realized this fits in with the Republican notion that the president has "abandoned" Iraq and turned it over to ISIS. If Walker wants to invade something, he should start small, the Michigan Upper Peninsula.

[Faygo Kid]

7. Hey, I'm not a Yooper, but am a Michigander.

Yoopers would fight back by hurling the best-tasting pasties in the world at the cheesehead invaders, and a good meal would be had by all.

[jmowreader]

28. You are making a very broad assumption here

Which is that there's such a thing as a good-tasting pasty.

[edbermac]

4. I'm all for that.

As long as he's leading the way.

[SoapBox]

5. Let's see...how would Iraq like it...

PALETES of money dropped from planes.

Hundreds of tanks.

Thousands of armored Humvees.

Go in and build billions worth of facilities.

Kill off tens of thousands of people.

Sure! I'll bet Iraqi leadership will work it different this time, making sure they personally get their hand on some stuff.

Say, what happened to paying for Iraqi War I, with all that revenue from OIL?

[Populist_Prole]

6. MUST. PANDER. TO. REACTIONARY BASE.

He doesn't want to lose his place among the hardest of the hard right contenders now, does he.

[marble falls]

8. Only if he leads an infantry company personally. And not even then.

[pinto]

9. And Lindsey Graham was bluntly clear this AM in a call for Iraq invasion 2.0

or whatever iteration another boots on the ground operation there would be.

I've no clue as to what a "solution" to the convoluted multi factional civil wars in the region would look like, but another military intervention is not one I support.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

10. Idiot

Send him alone. People are getting fed up of Iraq nonsense.

[valerief]

11. Of course, he wouldn't. Cuz that's what evil people do. nt

[Half-Century Man]

12. One would think that a key factor in an effective American security strategy

Would be not appearing as heavily armed psychopath of a country.

This will not be part of any platform adopted by this Koch addicted sycophantic moral gumby of a presidental not-yet candidate.

[DallasNE]

13. This Shows That The "Deepening" Process Still Has A Long Ways To Go

What does he mean by "a full blown re-invasion" of Iraq. You invade for the purpose of conquering a country to remove the current government. We deposed of Saddam in that manner. And if this is where he stands on Iraq, where does he stand on Syria? Invade them at the same time. Will he start up the draft again in order to find the troops to fight these endless wars. Lastly, isn't "deepening" the same thing as to "bone up"? Stay tuned tomorrow for the walk-back as this interview was a disaster on all levels.

[City Lights]

14. He better be the leading the charge.

Or else he's just another chickenhawk Republican willing to send someone else's kids off to die for the MIC.

[lastlib]

19. Of course he'll be leading it--

from the REAR, where ALL the chickenhawks "lead" from. Put themselves or their own kids in harm's way? Not a frickin' chance of it. Profit from it?? (Is the Pope Catholic?)

[olddad56]

15. why not invade Wisconsin and liberate the people from their tyrannical dictator.

[Jack Rabbit]

16. So, Walker wants to win one for Gipper, eh?

“next to of course god america i
love you land of the pilgrims’ and so forth oh
say can you see by the dawn’s early my
country ’tis of centuries come and go
and are no more what of it we should worry
in every language even deafanddumb
thy sons acclaim your glorious name by gorry
by jingo by gee by gosh by gum
why talk of beauty what could be more beaut-
iful than these heroic happy dead
who rushed like lions to the roaring slaughter
they did not stop to think they died instead
then shall the voice of liberty be mute?”

He spoke. And drank rapidly a glass of water

--e. e. cummings

[SmittynMo]

17. Wow. And this is their best candidate so far?

WTF

[Thor_MN]

18. He wouldn't rule it out because he hasn't checked with the Koch Bros.

Walker's answer to any spontaneous question will be that all possibilities are open, because he doesn't know what the Koch's want his opinion to be.

[Turbineguy]

20. During the 2000 campaign GW Bush promissed to invade Iraq.

But I guess his handlers told him to leave that bit alone until after he got in.

[Vinca]

21. Does Scotty have any military-age kids he's willing to sacrifice or is it just

the kids of those "other people" who get to go?

[Kingofalldems]

22. Of course, as long as he doesn't have to go.

[Sancho]

23. Wisconsin's invading Iraq?

I suppose the History channel gave him the idea with all that Texas stuff.

[louis-t]

24. Yep, he's working on capturing the "too crazy to breathe"

warmongers.

[Judi Lynn]

25. Idiot! n/t

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

26. Somewhere, Lee Greenwood just had an orgasm

Thinking of all the pro-war rally money he can make from another round of "Proud to be an Amurican" performances.

[passiveporcupine]

27. this needs to go viral n/t

[jmowreader]

29. Oh-KAY!

If he's willing to conscript every military-age person related to any member of a Republican club, Tea Party club or any other war-loving group, and everyone caught with a "Choose Life" license plate or "If you can't stand behind our troops, feel free to stand in front of them" bumper sticker...naah, even if he was perfectly willing to stick everyone who loves war into the ranks and ship them to the box right now, I wouldn't support this.

OTOH, I WOULD support sending some container ships and airliners to the Middle East to evacuate any US civilians who want to get the hell out.