This has got to be the end of Mike Huckabee’s campaign. When asked in the debate tonight about the recent events in the Strait of Hormuz Huckabee gave one scary response. “I think we need to make it very clear, not just ot the Iranians, but to anybody. That if you think are going to engage the United military, be prepared not simply to have a battle. Be prepared first to put your sights on the American vessel, and then be prepared that the next thing you see will be the gates of hell, for that is exactly what you will see after that.” Are you kidding me? Forget whether we were really threatened there, and if that threat came from the Iranian military or not. He’s really saying that those who put an American vessel in their sights are going to be killed and they’re going to hell? He’s saying we’re the righteous ones and those who oppose us are of the devil and going to hell when we smite them?
I don’t have a problem with a person of faith being in the office of the Presidency, regardless of what particular religion they ascribe to. As long as that person is able to separate their personal beliefs from what the role of the federal government is. I definitely won’t accept the type of rhetoric that paints us as the righteous and those opposed to our policies as wicked. Saying put our ships in your sights and we’ll send you straight to hell is scary as hell.
Then every candidate while agreeing that the commander made the right decision and they should be the ones to make those decisions. But then they all go on to spout more rhetoric and ramp up the “Iran is dangerous” line. In spite of Ron Paul’s mention that earlier today the Navy commander announced that maybe the voice on the radio talking about ships blowing up might not have come from those speedboats after all. So how do they justify using the incident to ramp up the aggression.
