Eleanor Holmes Norton is the Democrats' non-voting congressional observer from the District of Columbia. You may remember her as the genius who claimed that people didn't know they had to sign up for ObamaCare because evil Republicans had convinced everyone it had been repealed.
Well, Democrats, congratulations. Your brain trust is at it again. This is a woman you actually elected and she's dropped another nugget of wisdom in your laps. An incensed Ms. Eleanor Norton wants everyone to know that the Iraq war was "perhaps the most catastrophic war of the 20th century."
Here's the clip:
Unfortunately, as usual, Ms. Norton is a bit confused. We know these people can't get in front of a microphone without making some sort of inane "blame Bush" comment, but come on. Can't they do better than this?
First of all, the Iraq war took place in the 21st century, not the 20th. Oops.
However, even if she was right about the 20th century, the rest of what she's saying would still be wrong. Vietnam was far more "catastrophic" for the United States, and World Wars I & II were vastly more "catastrophic" for pretty much the entire planet - by virtually every possible metric.
What any of this had to do with today's House Oversight Committee Benghazi hearings, I don't know. The only way I can tie the claim to the consulate attack is if I assume that the Iraq war was "catastrophic" because it set up a situation where Barack Obama and his inept regime could get elected.
...But I sort of doubt that's the point Ms. Norton was trying to make.
