Former Senator Rick Santorum, who has announced Launching a Presidential Exploratory Committee, said Tuesday that Senator John McCain, who spent 5 1/2 years enduring brutal treatment at the hands of his North Vietnamese captors, doesn’t know how effective waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques can be. The Republican presidential contender insisted the tactics led the United States to al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. McCain disputed Santorum’s contentions saying that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, did not provide information that led to bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan. Santorum has no military experience.
On September 7, 2006, Santorum outlined his views on foreign policy in an op-ed piece for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and discussed Islamic fascism, closing with a rally cry:
“I believe we are at war with Islamic fascists and I singled out Iran and Syria as examples of Islamic fascist regimes. Many Muslims say the same thing, and the editors should, too, for it is undeniable. […]
I have said time and time again across Pennsylvania these past weeks that the fight against Islamic fascism is the great test of our generation. Leaders are obliged to articulate this threat and to propose what is necessary to defeat it. That is my purpose, and our national calling. The American people have always rallied to the cause of freedom once they understood what was at stake. I have no doubt that they will again.”
In a 2002 Washington Times op-ed article Santorum wrote that intelligent design “is a legitimate scientific theory that should be taught in science classes.”
Wikipedia provides an excellent biography of Rick Santorum. Read it and you will understand that he is a true Christian conservative. Most likely he would not appreciate some of the things reported about him.
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