“The United States is losing the war with radical Islamists,” said Gingrich in a speech at Rep. Steve King’s Iowa Freedom Summit.
He likened the Obama administration’s approach to extremism to the appeasement of Adolf Hitler in the 1930s, and criticized Hillary Clinton’s record on the issue as secretary of state, saying he had given up hope that she would adequately address the threat if she were president.
But the former speaker of the House and candidate for the Republican nomination in 2012 did not reserve his criticism for Democrats alone.
“We have an elite frankly in both parties who won’t tell the truth. …You cant win this war if you won’t admit it’s a war.”
“The State Department was about equally bad under George W. Bush,” he said. » | Ben Schreckinger | Saturday, January 24, 2015
