Republican Presidential Hopeful Says There’s No Such Thing As A War Crime

[demmiblue]

Source: Think Progress

Ben Carson, who is considering mounting a campaign for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, said Monday that the United States should not hesitate to put boots on the ground to defeat the Islamic State — and that they should be free to fight them without any fear of prosecution for their actions whatsoever.

In a Fox News interview, Carson offered a broad criticism President Obama’s handling of national security. Asked how he would take on ISIS were he president, the neurosurgeon voewed he would “not hesitate to put boots on the ground.” He then suggested that the military should not be micromanaged or subject to any war crimes law:

CARSON: Our military needs to know that they’re not gonna be prosecuted when they come back, because somebody has, said “You did something that was politically incorrect.” There is no such thing as a politically correct war. We need to grow up, we need to mature. If you’re gonna have rules for war, you should just have a rule that says no war. Other than that, we have to win. Our life depends on it.

Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/security/2015/02/16/3623391/ben-carson-no-war-crimes-rules/

[TwilightGardener]

1. Well, gosh, he'd better let the DoD know, they have all sorts of

long-standing conduct and engagement rules on the books that they can simply throw away now..

[Panich52]

2. Gee. He looks old enough to have learned about WW II & Geneva Convention

I think many would say WW II was 'politically correct,' esp after Dec 7, 1941.

Is his concern about war crimes concern f/ troops or because Bush & Cheney have been convicted of war crimes?
..

[guillaumeb]

3. He is a neurosurgeon?

Has he ever operated on himself to remove his commonsense gland? or

Did he graduate from the same medical school as Rand Paul? or

Is there a contest on the GOP side for craziest candidate?

[spanone]

4. dear ben, take your single digit I.Q. and go home, america has enough right-wing idiots.

[ret5hd]

5. Well, My Lai was okey-dokey then!

[sibelian]

6. Ugh. Normally I would make some attempt to delve under the surface of something like this...

But I don't have to. He's just a freaking idiot.

[muntrv]

7. That;s what the Nazis said, Ben!

[onecaliberal]

8. I am positive I have stood upon dirt with higher intellect.

This brand of stupidity is dangerous. He's too stupid to realize the people in his party hate him and would string him up if they could get away with it.