Republican senator makes a fool of himself.

[taranaki]

Posted on Sat, Mar. 05, 2005

Congressman says Syria nuke comment a joke

Associated Press


DALLAS - A congressman who raised eyebrows with recent remarks about personally wanting to drop a nuclear bomb on Syria now says he was joking.

The Feb. 19 remarks by Rep. Sam Johnson, R-Texas, at a church pancake breakfast were first reported this week in Roll Call. The Capitol Hill newspaper reported it had heard a recording of the talk made by someone in attendance.

According to Roll Call, Johnson said he was talking with President Bush and GOP Rep. Kay Granger at the White House about weapons of mass destruction that troops failed to find in Iraq.

According to Roll Call, Johnson said he told the president: "Syria is the problem. Syria is where those weapons of mass destruction are, in my view. You know, I can fly an F-15, put two nukes on 'em and I'll make one pass. We won't have to worry about Syria anymore."

Johnson, 74, is a former Air Force combat pilot who served in Korea and Vietnam, where he was shot down and spent 7 1/2 years as a prisoner of war.

Johnson did not respond to a request for comment by The Associated Press on Friday. However, he told The Dallas Morning News that he was surprised anyone took his comments seriously and has never advocated a nuclear strike on Syria.

"I was kind of joking - you know, we were talking between veterans," he said. He added that President Bush knew he was joking.

[ec437]

so you've never said anything sarcastically before, taranaki? right.

[thegladhatter]

Originally Posted by ec437

so you've never said anything sarcastically before, taranaki? right.

Great point! +10

[taranaki]

I'm not a member of the governing body of my country.You'd think in a nation of 295million,you'd be able to find better.....

Maybe not.After all, you ended up with Bush.

[ec437]

Originally Posted by taranaki

I'm not a member of the governing body of my country.You'd think in a nation of 295million,you'd be able to find better.....

Can someone say double standard?

Remember, even some liberals have a sense of humor.

[taranaki]

I can say double standard as it goes.Fuckwitted Republicans who start wars on the basis that 'WMD are definitely in Iraq' and are consequently proven to be wrong should refrain from joking about the possible location of WMD in other countries.If it were any other nation or any other political persuasion joking about using nukes in Iraq, I might see the funny side, but until Bush is dumped, such 'jokes' from the US have to be viewed in the context of the Iraq joke.

[KustmAce]

It may be a joke, but in the situation we are in now, someone like that can not say something like that.

I would say the same if a Liberal said it. Its just not funny.

[RSX-S777]

Scumbag Republican warhawks. It's all a big joke to them, I suppose. Laugh it up at your leisurely pancake breakfast while people are suffering, starving and dying a world away. In jocus veritas.

Is anyone surprised that this fool hails from the glorious state of Texas?

[Kurtdg19]

Another Bush bashing thread.

But in all seriousness whether he meant it or not, it should not have been said.

[taranaki]

Originally Posted by Kurtdg19

Another Bush bashing thread.
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Nobody is bashing his actions in this incident.
Nice behaviour on the part of Rep. Sam Johnson though, advocating a war crime at a church picnic.I say we take those nukes and drop them on his family, see if he still thinks it's a huge joke. It's time that assholes like him admitted that there were no WMD.

[Rbraczyk]

^agreed.

[YogsVR4]

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[eversio11]

I think a war veteran who spent 3/4 of a decade as a POW can say anything about war and fighting that he fucking wants. It's not like he made a public statement, he was just joking around with a few people at an informal picnic. Agreed with Yogs, big fucking deal.

[crayzayjay]

Fuckwit. What are the odds he even knows where Syria is?

[Raz_Kaz]

Guess what, I overheard some people talk about how they recorded Osama joking about bombing America again. Man he should do some stand-up.


Please, I guran-damn-tee you if any government bodies from a middle-eastern country were to say a similar joke abuot America, they'd go on another crusade.