Petition candidateTommy Ravenel demonstrates immaturity in foreign policy

Foreign policy has been a strong
point for US Sen. Lindsey Graham.
 Is petition candidate Tommy Ravenel
on the wrong side of the our county's
best interests?

Foreign policy is not something Liberal-Tarian Ravenel should bring up. Are his views the epitome of failure?

Tommy Ravenel is accusing US Sen. Lindsey Graham of “warmongering and fearmongering” because of our attempts to stop murder and brutality by radical Muslims in Iraq.

Ravenel is a petition candidate for US Senate, and he issued a press release today.

Iraq was a victory, supported by a bi-partisan Congress.

President George W. Bush helped direct US military forces in a mission that lead to the execution of a brutal dictator, who was harboring terrorists, bent on attacking the US again.

If our country could have maintained any level of stability in Iraq, the benefit economically, and the saving of lives, would have been monumental.

But President Barack Obama employed Ravenel's, and the Liberal-Tarian's “bury-your-head-in-the-sand” isolationist foreign policy.

The result has been a disaster. How many innocent Christians have been crucified because Obama let Iraq go back into the hands of murderous animals on religious Jihad? After we sacrificed so much to save so many people; ignorant policy negated the effort of our service personnel. Ravenel supports that failure.

Here's Ravenel's press release

RAVENEL: LINDSEY GRAHAM NEEDS TO GIVE US A PRICE TAG, BODY COUNT FOR HIS VISION IN IRAQ

EDISTO, S.C. – Lowcountry businessman and independent U.S. Senate candidate Thomas Ravenel today issued the following statement challenging Lindsey Graham to stop “warmongering and fearmongering” and provide taxpayers with the specific costs associated with his vision for Iraq.

During an appearance on “Fox News Sunday,” Graham said U.S. president Barack Obama needed to “go on the offensive” against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

“First of all, I’m confused by Senator Graham’s statements,” Ravenel said. “Didn’t his buddy John McCain recently pose with ISIS fighters that our government supported in Syria? How exactly does he square that? Why would we support ISIS in one country yet bomb it in another?”

Ravenel also said Graham’s “if we don’t go there, they will come here” argument was nothing but “recycled McCain rhetoric.”

“John McCain spouted the same nonsense in 2008,” Ravenel said. “Nobody bought it then, and nobody’s buying it now. Here’s my challenge to Lindsey Graham: Stop fearmongering using other people’s sound bites – and other people’s blood and treasure – and give us some hard numbers. Tell us exactly how much is it going to cost to mold Iraq into the country you want it to be? We know trillions of dollars and thousands of lives have already been lost there in the name of ‘nation-building’ – yet the situation is worse than it’s ever

been. So tell us Senator: How many more trillions of dollars is it going to take? How many more dead heroes? How many more lost limbs? How many more shattered families? How many more PTSD victims?”

Ravenel said Graham needed to provide those numbers to the people of South Carolina at a series of citizen-led town hall debates proposed by Ravenel last month. Graham has yet to respond to Ravenel’s challenge.

“It’s telling that Linsdey Graham had time to appear on yet another insider talk show in Washington, D.C. – yet he still refuses to answer to the people by participating in the citizen-led town hall debates I’ve proposed,” Ravenel said. “Every candidate in this race needs to stand before the people and hear their views and answer their questions – especially Lindsey Graham.”