Campaign Statements — Michele Bachmann

Thursday December 15, 2011

“[Obama] is choosing intentionally to lose the peace.”

“Well, I think clearly the biggest mistake that President Obama has made—and there are many when it comes to foreign policy—has been the decision that he made regarding Iraq. He was essentially given on a silver platter victory in Iraq, and he’s choosing intentionally to lose the peace. And we all know what’s going to happen. We know that Iran is going to be the hegemon and try to come into Iraq and have the dominant influence. And then Iraq will essentially have dominance from the Persian Gulf all the way to the Mediterranean through its ally, Syria.”


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CATEGORIES: Iraq | Michele Bachmann |

Thursday December 15, 2011

“Without a shadow of a doubt…[Iran] will take a nuclear weapon.”

“…we know, without a shadow of a doubt, that Iran will take a nuclear weapon, they will use it to wipe our ally, Israel, off the face of the map, and they’ve stated they will use it against the United States of America.”


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CATEGORIES: Iran | Israel/Palestine | Michele Bachmann |

Saturday December 10, 2011

“That’s how the Palestinians teach their children to hate the Jews.”

“When I was in [Israel], I—I had asked Fayad about the issue that we were very concerned about, and that’s how the Palestinians teach their children to hate the Jews and call them pigs and swine and descendants from Hades. …I pulled out a manila envelope that I’d brought with me, and I pulled out the pages that I’d photocopied out of current books that were being used that clearly showed that. And he said, ‘Oh, but these are old textbooks.’ And he said—I said, ‘Really? Well, then why don’t you send me the new textbooks that no longer say that and compare them with the old?’ And I checked my mailbox today; he still hasn’t me those textbooks.”


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CATEGORIES: Israel/Palestine | Michele Bachmann |

Wednesday November 23, 2011

“If [Iran] has a nuclear weapon [it] will use it to wipe Israel off the face of the Earth

“[Ahmadinejad] has said that if he has a nuclear weapon he will use it to wipe Israel off the face of the Earth. He will use it against the United States of America.”


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CATEGORIES: Iran | Michele Bachmann | War on Terror |

Tuesday November 22, 2011

“We don’t give Miranda warnings to terrorists”

“We don’t give Miranda warnings to terrorists, and we don’t read them their rights. They don’t have any”


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CATEGORIES: Civil Liberties | Michele Bachmann | War on Terror |

Sunday November 13, 2011

“If I were president, I would be willing to use water boarding”

“If I were president, I would be willing to use water boarding”


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CATEGORIES: Civil Liberties | Michele Bachmann |

Saturday September 17, 2011

“We saw President Mubarak fall while President Obama sat on his hands.”

Blamed President Obama for “the hostilities of the Arab spring” and expressed regret that “we saw (Egyptian) President (Hosni) Mubarak fall while President Obama sat on his hands.”


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CATEGORIES: The Arab Spring | Michele Bachmann |

Friday May 20, 2011

“If we reject Israel, then there is a curse that comes into play”

“As a nation we have been blessed because of our relationship with Israel, and if we reject Israel, then there is a curse that comes into play”


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CATEGORIES: Israel/Palestine | Michele Bachmann |

Saturday January 01, 2011

“No right of return to Israel for Palestinian so-called refugees.”

“No right of return to Israel for Palestinian so-called refugees.”


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CATEGORIES: Israel/Palestine | Michele Bachmann | Official Statements |

Saturday January 01, 2011

“We will not allow Al Qaeda in our criminal courts”

“I can assure you that as President we will not allow Al Qaeda in our criminal courts, and I’ll repeal this President’s executive order banning the CIA from using methods of interrogation beyond the Army Field Manual, and I’ll pursue radical Islamic terrorists as Sen. John McCain has said, to the gates of hell.”


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CATEGORIES: Civil Liberties | Michele Bachmann | Official Statements |

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