.MaddowBlog: Rep. Collins takes Iran debate in an unusually toxic direction.
There’s no shortage of reasons to have concerns about Donald Trump’s decision to order an airstrike that killed an Iranian general last week. After all, the mission risked sparking a war, while adding increased instability in the Middle East. It also alienated our allies in Iraq, and derailed, at least temporarily, U.S. efforts to combat ISIS.
“They are in love with terrorists,” Collins said of Democrats on Fox Business Network’s “Lou Dobbs Tonight.” “We see that they mourn Soleimani more than they mourn our Gold Star families who are the ones who suffered under Soleimani. That’s a problem.” But stepping back, there’s also a larger context to consider: has Doug Collins ever heard Donald Trump’s thoughts on foreign policy and Gold Star families?
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