Iraq vet calls for resignation of new Arkansas GOP chair

[holboz]

The head of a national veterans group called Wednesday for Arkansas Republican Party Chairman Dennis Milligan to resign over a statement in which Milligan said further terrorist attacks on American soil would convince detractors of the wisdom of President Bush’s Iraq war policy and the sacrifice of American fighting men and women.

Jon Soltz, chairman and cofounder of VoteVets. org, said Wednesday that the newly installed GOP chief had used the death of American civilians to bolster support for a failed foreign policy.

“Normally, I would ask somebody to apologize, but this is so ridiculous that this guy just needs to go away,” said Soltz, who said he is a retired Army captain and served in Iraq and Kosovo. “Is that really the policy of the Republican Party, that they’re inviting another terrorist attack on this country ?”

Milligan, a Saline County businessman elected Republican Party chairman last month, told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in a recent interview that “I think all we need is some attacks on American soil like we had on Sept. 11, 2001, and the naysayers will come around very quickly to appreciate not only the commitment for President Bush, but the sacrifice that has been made by men and women to protect this country.”

http://www.nwanews.com/adg/News/192324/

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Thanks, I try to avoid the Arkansas Fascist-Gazette as much as possible.