Third Congressional District candidate calls congresswoman’s position ‘appalling’
BATTLE GROUND – Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez defended the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah. Townhall revealed that her blog stated it is “unfair to say Hezbollah is an entirely terrorist group.”
Third Congressional District candidate Joe Kent made the following statement:
“It is appalling that Marie Perez would argue Hezbollah is not a terrorist organization. Hezbollah has been at war with the US since they bombed the USMC barracks in Lebanon and then kidnapped, tortured, and killed the CIA station chief William F. Buckley. They went on to become the cadre of expeditionary terror throughout the Middle East, enabling their partners to bomb the US embassy in Kuwait and the US base at the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia. During the Iraq war, Hezbollah and Iran’s Quds force trained and led Iraqi Shia insurgents in brutal attacks against US forces. I fought against these Hezbollah-aligned terrorists in the battle of Najaf and numerous operations in Sadr City. Hezbollah deployed operatives like Ali Mussa Daqduq who helped kidnap and brutally murder five American soldiers in Karbala in 2007.
“I know exactly what Hezbollah is: they are nothing more than ruthless terrorists that must be ferociously fought. Hezbollah is cunning, and they will exploit ignorant, sheltered people like Perez to gain political traction to further their brutal ambitions. Perez is dangerous because she is siding with the very same Hezbollah terrorists who are attacking our troops in Iraq and Syria – the same troops she voted to leave in the crosshairs of Hezbollah.
“We need serious leadership that understands war and how to combat terrorism without dragging America into another bloody twenty years of war in the Middle East.’’
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Man, I hate having to do this, but the truth is the truth and attributing that quote to Perez isn’t truthful. Looking at the grammatically challenged blog, it says, “he by no means simplified the situation or really took sides which suprised [sic] me- HE SAYS (emphasis mine) nothing is black or while though and its unfair to say Hezbollah is an entirely terrorist group.” She is clearly quoting the person referred to. There’s plenty of criticism that could be leveled at Perez, but this doesn’t qualify.
Clark County Today, please reconsider. Playing a role in campaign dirty tricks damages your credibility. https://pretilytoldtale.livejournal.com/
William Francis BuckleyUnited States Army officer and the CIA station chief in Beirut
William Francis Buckley was a United States Army officer in the United States Army Special Forces, and a Central Intelligence Agency station chief in Beirut from 1984 until 1985. His cover was as a political officer at the U.S. Embassy. He was kidnapped by the group Hezbollah in March 1984. He was held hostage and tortured by psychiatrist Aziz al-Abub. Wikipedia
Dawn Seaver thinks she knows the truth! Did Perez say that?
You are either a terrorist group or not. Quilt by association.
Dawn are you in agreement with Perz? Why do you think this is a dirty trick?
HezbollahLebanese Shia Islamist political party and militant group
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Hezbollah is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and militant group, led since 1992 by its Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah. Hezbollah’s paramilitary wing is the Jihad Council, and its political wing is the Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc party in the Lebanese Parliament. Wikipedia
How dare you say Joe Kent, a veteran, is lying! He knows more about war than you will ever know.
I like that Kent said this,”We need serious leadership that understands war and how to combat terrorism without dragging America into another bloody twenty years of war in the Middle East.’’ I will vote for him in a heartbeat.
If the congresswoman Perz said that, in my opinion she is a fool! I remember Lebanese terrorists back when George Habash was high jacking planes. I met a Palestinian man who went to fight in Lebanon, in the 1970s. The older people who lived through Yasser Arafat’s Palestinian rule, remember nothing but fighting. Some relatives of George Habash live in San Francisco.
Does Perez support all the wars the democrats got us in? If Perez defends terrorist, hopefully she won’t get re-elected.
And this is why I was reluctant to weigh in–because of the starry-eyed Kent loyalists who feel the need to defend his every word and deed regardless of the merits.
The history lesson is unnecessary and irrelevant–I’m old enough to remember Arafat’s reign as well. It boils down to this simple fact: He claimed she made a statement she did not make. End of story.
Dawn: You still have not shown any proof that Kent lied about Marie Perez’s statement. Just because you say so, doesn’t mean a thing without proof. Where’s is Perez statement written or videoed, so we can see what you claim? Without proof Your statement is meaningless.
Maybe Kent should show the link, so we could witness Perez’s statement.
There was an article that the Democrats spent $14 million to keep Joe Kent out of office, last election. I don’t think Kent would lie and make up a story, with all the back lash he would get.
I do trust him. I don’t believe you!
We are in WWIII and we need Joe Kent to help save us. His qualifications exceed anyone he is running against.
Pull the plug and drain the swamp. Get us out of the UN and stop these wars. Kent is the man to do that!
Did you not read the article? It says, “Third Congressional District candidate Joe Kent made the following statement:
‘It is appalling that Marie Perez would argue Hezbollah is not a terrorist organization.'”
I posted the link to the blog that shows the comment was clearly made by someone else. It’s very cut-and-dried.
You’re free to vote for whomever you want. The Democrats will spend even more money this time and he still won’t be able to unite Republicans.