Can we talk about what we think was one of Hillary Clinton’s biggest gaffes of the night at the Commander-in-Chief forum last night please?
Here’s the Democratic nominee saying that if she’s elected, there will be no ground troops in Syria or Iraq to fight ISIS:
Clinton says no ground troops in Iraq 'ever again,' wouldn't use ground troops to fight ISIS https://t.co/Rk4M6oTIys pic.twitter.com/SS2RwKGbrP
— ABC News (@ABC) September 8, 2016
Here’s the video:
Clinton: "We are not putting ground troops into Iraq ever again, and we're not putting ground troops into Syria." https://t.co/J40mfT0H0f
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 8, 2016
Unbelievably — or maybe not so unbelievably — moderator Matt Lauer didn’t follow up and ask the “often confused” former Secretary of State what about the thousands of ground troops already in Iraq and Syria:
Lauer getting rightly whacked for Trump interview, but Clinton half also lame: Follow up on email but not Syria? Not ground troops in Iraq?
— Alex Burns (@alexburnsNYT) September 8, 2016
"We're going to defeat ISIS w/o committing ground troops."
Uh, Hillary. The US has thousands of troops in Iraq & Syria. #NBCNewsForum
— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) September 8, 2016
Someone let the ground troops Obama just put in there know they're not really there… https://t.co/7d4x9Xa1NH
— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) September 8, 2016
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No ground troops in Iraq ever again, Hillary says.
There are thousands of US ground troops in Iraq now.
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) September 8, 2016
The idea that special forces aren't "ground troops" is just absurd.
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) September 8, 2016
But even worse, how can she as a candidate promise something like that? Who knows what might happen in the next few months that might necessitate the need for ground troops:
.@DanaPerino: "[HRC] said as commander-in-chief would not send any ground troops in…how can she know that? She knows she can't know that"
— Fox News (@FoxNews) September 8, 2016
She’s doubly wrong, and she needs to be called on it.
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