Bachmann: I Would Close Our (Non-Existent) Embassy In Iran

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Bachmann: I Would Close Our (Non-Existent) Embassy In Iran

Thomas Lane

Michele Bachmann has had her fair share of foreign policy stumbles, but she just hit a whole new level.

According to a tweet from NBC News’ Jamie Novogrod, Bachmann responded to the recent raiding of the British embassy in Iran, by saying that if she was President, she would close down the U.S. embassy there.

There’s just one problem: The U.S. has not had an embassy in Iran ever since the Iranian hostage crisis, when revolutionaries from the budding Islamic state held 52 Americans for 444 days. Indeed, frustration over this helped bring down Bachmann’s bete noire Jimmy Carter by defining his presidency as weak. The two countries have not had official diplomatic relations since that time. Furthermore, President Obama’s short-lived offer of outreach “without preconditions” was a critical part of Republican attacks against his foreign policy.

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Still crazy!

[Thrill]

1. LOL!!

Although it shouldn't be funny that people this dumb can run for President

[AndyTiedye]

2. Or That there are People Dumb Enough to Vote for Her

[pinto]

3. So much cluelessness...has any (R) presidential field been such an embarrassment in recent memory?

Politically a plus for us, but a part of me cringes at what the larger process has become from their end of the spectrum. "The world is watching" echoes in my mind at times. Pathetic.

[Tx4obama]

4. And it's scary considering she has a seat on the Select Committee on Intelligence in the House

SNIP

Committee assignment

Bachmann was selected by House Speaker John Boehner for a position "on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, giving her a new role as overseer of the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency and the rest of the U.S. intelligence community. ....

SNIP

[DCBob]

5. Its almost as if she tries to sound stupid.

No one in her position could actually be that stupid.. right?

[AtomicKitten]

6. Well by golly, send her on a mission to close that embassy tout suite!!!

That should keep her chasing her tail for a long while.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

7. I don't know who is worse or bettter - Palin or Batchmann

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

8. Why doesn't she run for a non-existent office like Princess of Mars

I'm sure she'd win, hands down.

[Enrique]

9. what's next?

calling for a ban on Cuban cigars? :wow:

[Mister Ed]

11. Maybe she'll vow to stand firm against Soviet aggresssion. (nt)

[DesertRat]

10. LOL n/t