Sunday, January 15, 2012

Hero: Gov. Rick Perry criticizes the Obama administration for its “over the top” rhetoric in response to Marine video


Gov. Rick Perry thinks the reaction to the Marines urination on Taliban is :over the top."
(USA Today) — GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry today criticized the Obama administration for its “over the top” rhetoric in response to a video that purports to show four U.S. Marines urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters.
Perry, speaking on CNN’s State of the Union program, said the reactions from Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to the video is indicative of what he says is a “disdain” for the military by Obama officials.
“These kids made a mistake, no doubt about it,” Perry said, adding that when you’re 18 or 19 years old you do “dumb” things. “…To call it a criminal act is over the top.”
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