More Sessions’ Disrespect for Military Families
Pete Sessions called 9/11 and Iraq War a “game”
Pete Sessions’ recent comments that he considers the Taliban to be a role model for Congressional Republicans is not the first time he has exposed such a cynical and dangerous point of view. In 2004, in a televised debate, Sessions compared the attack on the World Trade Center Towers and the ongoing war in Iraq as “games.” In simplistic and insulting terms, Sessions called 9/11 a “home game” and U.S. military intervention in Iraq an “away game.” The video exchange between Sessions and his 2004 opponent, Martin Frost.
Sessions made these comments on September 12, 2004, at a time when more than 1,000 American soldiers had already been killed in Iraq and more than 7,000 had been wounded in action. (Source: http://icasualties.org) In that month alone, 80 Americans were killed in Iraq.
GOP Leaders Fail to Call on Sessions to Retract Statement
Last week National Republican Campaign Committee Chair Pete Sessions outrageously praised the terrorist Taliban insurgents and cited them as role models. To date, not a single Republican leader in Washington or in Texas has criticized Sessions or distanced themselves from his comments.
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Sessions is expressing a point of view and strategy of the Republican leadership that even the most extreme and ideological tactics are warranted in their efforts to block progress in addressing our nation’s challenges.
