https://youtube.com/watch?v=YicsLrAfijk
“When [President Obama] left Iraq, he did so based on a campaign promise. He’s trying to close Gitmo based on a campaign promise. His campaign promises are getting a lot of people killed.” So said South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham last week. On Sunday’s Meet the Press, he defended his comments to a skeptical Chuck Todd.
“I think his policies are getting people killed. I think sound military advice was given to the president to leave a residual force in Iraq, and he turned it down, and as a result Iraq has collapsed. His entire national-security team suggested three or four years ago to create a no-fly zone and train the Free Syrian Army while it mattered. Almost 300,000 people have been killed in Syria on his watch.”
“[In] Syria,” Graham warned, “the worst is yet to come. Lebanon and Jordan have closed their borders; where do the people in Syria — where do they go now? Hell on Earth is about to descend upon Syria, and it matters to us. The safe havens in Syria and Iraq enjoyed by ISIL and other terrorist groups are a direct threat to the United States. Letting people out of Gitmo in this environment I think is irresponsible, so, yes, his campaign promises should be adjusted based on reality.”