Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Kevin Drum — Quote of the Day: Why Republicans Don't Want to Vote on Airstrikes in Iraq

From Republican congressman Jack Kingston, explaining why no one wants to hold a vote to approve military action in Iraq:
A lot of people would like to stay on the sideline and say, ‘Just bomb the place and tell us about it later.’ It’s an election year. A lot of Democrats don’t know how it would play in their party, and Republicans don’t want to change anything. We like the path we’re on now. We can denounce it if it goes bad, and praise it if it goes well and ask what took him so long.
Mother Jones
Quote of the Day: Why Republicans Don't Want to Vote on Airstrikes in Iraq
Kevin Drum

1 comment:

Detroit Dan said...

Here's what I wrote on Drum's site:

To be fair, it seems that congressman Kingston was attributing that sentiment to both Democrats and Republicans, and not as something that he personally agrees with He article says that he wants Congress to hold an authorization vote...