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Foreign policy a mess

Wed., Nov. 4, 2015

“The war is over in Iraq.” These were the Feb. 13, 2013, words of our president, our incompetent buffoon of a commander-in-chief. In January 2014, there were fewer than 50 combat troops in Iraq, but because our leader and former secretary of state have unfriended just about all of our former allies, we now have 3,320 and counting troops in Iraq.

Russia is taking charge of the Middle East. Think it over. Does Hillary Clinton, with her Benghazi comment, “What difference does it make,” look like a good choice for commander-in-chief?

David Darlow

Spokane

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