With Iran’s Revolutionary Guard s shooting down an unmanned U.S. military aircraft in international airspace over the Strait of Hormuz, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., took to Twitter to accuse the United States of being the “aggressors” here.
But then, if this surprises you, you haven’t been paying attention to how much hate the freshman Democrat harbors in her heart.
Omar, one of the first two Muslin women elected to Congress in 2018, has already established a rich history of attacking Jews in her first six months in office, and the controversial lawmaker cited Iraq in claiming U.S. aggressors “are using illegitimate pretexts to beat the drums of war.”
“Just as in Iraq, aggressors are using illegitimate pretexts to beat the drums of war,” she tweeted. “Just as in Iraq, our media is taking these claims at face value. Just as in Iraq, children will die, American lives will be lost, and the world will be less safe. #NoWarWithIran
Just as in Iraq, aggressors are using illegitimate pretexts to beat the drums of war.
Just as in Iraq, our media is taking these claims at face value.
Just as in Iraq, children will die, American lives will be lost, and the world will be less safe. #NoWarWithIran
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) June 20, 2019
After ignoring Iran’s long history of aggression and demonizing her adopted country for being attacked, the Somali refugee then set her sight on President Donald Trump, suggesting he may be out to improve his poll numbers by countering the Iran attack — never mind that Trump ran on getting out of drawn out wars in the Middle East.
Omar tweeted a pair of old tweets from Trump suggesting Barack Obama may do just that.
Wonder how his poll numbers are doing 🤔 pic.twitter.com/MUrRGdl9ZG
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) June 20, 2019
On Monday, Omar blames the “increasing tensions and threats of war” on President Trump pulling out of the disastrous Iran nuclear deal.
“None of this would be happening if Trump didn’t back out of the Iran nuclear deal,” she said in a tweet. “America’s response should be to return to the table and reinstate the Iran nuclear deal.”
As if a first-term congresswoman who has been in office 6 months is an authority on what is best for the U.S. when it comes to foreign policy and dealing with the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism.
So intent was Omar in dissuading any possibility of retaliating against Iran, she then posted a series of tweets appealing to the president’s rational side, in case smearing him doesn’t have the intended effect.
This coming just before reports that Trump ordered a military strike, but aborted it at the last minute.
Sending teenagers to die, or return with lifelong wounds seen and unseen, does not make you a bigger person. It makes you smaller.
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) June 21, 2019
So I urge you: be strong. Do not listen to the warmongers and war profiteers whispering in your ear.
Do not send our men and women into harm's way.
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) June 21, 2019
Here’s a sampling of reactions from Twitter, beginning with Piers Morgan, who asked of Omar, “Good grief, whose side are you on?”
This is your response to an act of deliberate aggression by Iran against the United States?
Good grief, whose side are you on? https://t.co/3UCgAbnkT3— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 21, 2019
No one wants war. Now, please name the illegitimate pretext. Would it be Iran bombing ships in the Gulf of Oman or them shooting down an American drone? https://t.co/1tBQj7yzD6
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) June 20, 2019
This is absolutely disgusting
Ilhan Omar is calling the United States the "aggressors" in the situation w/Iran
The U.S. did not blow up oil tankers and shoot down a U.S. military drone this week, Iran did
The U.S. is not the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism, Iran is https://t.co/VrobchMAtr
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) June 21, 2019
It's a great week for the freshman class- AOC says we are running death camps on the border, and now Omar is justifying Iran shooting down drones and attacking sovereign ships… https://t.co/tiBEiZmlAI
— Lenny Briscoe (@onekayeighty) June 21, 2019
https://twitter.com/LAnhanger/status/1141800862953685005
Resign. You’re anti-American. Your views put other countries interests ahead of ours…
— Larry Dagnon (@Ldagnon11) June 21, 2019
Illegitimate pretexts? Like… Limpet mines on oil tankers and firing surface-to-air missiles in international waters?
— Sean Agnew (@seanagnew) June 20, 2019
Hey Minnesota: Thanks for this #TrojanHorse
— ( eMarc21 ) (@eMarc21) June 21, 2019
Cool. Now tell the Mullahs not to attack civilian ships.
— Sea Salt Enthusiast (@EnthusiastSea) June 20, 2019
Wait. A few months ago you berated people for not believing our career intel officials.
But on this issue, you’re saying their intel is “ illegitimate “
These masks of political convenience are tiresome and hard to keep up with.
— Daddio (@Slo_D) June 20, 2019
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