Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) said Monday that the Obama administration is making the United States look "like a bunch of cowards" by closing 19 embassies amid intelligence reports about possible terrorist attacks.

Gohmert, guest-hosting on Sean Hannity's radio program Monday, said the administration failed to learn from last year's deadly attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, which killed four Americans.

"We don't want any more people to die," Gohmert said in response to a caller's question. "But it brings us back to the question that [then-Secretary of State] Hillary Clinton asked, what difference does it make at this point?

"The difference it makes is, that if you will bother to find out exactly what went wrong, why you didn't have security where you needed it, where you need security to shore up, what you can do to make sure that doesn't happen again, you don't have to close your embassies like a bunch of cowards that go running away," he continued.

Gohmert said the U.S. also failed to learn after bombings on U.S. embassies during President Clinton's administration, and warned that failing to look tough will only invite more attacks.

"We didn't learn it then, by golly, we better learn it now or we're going to get hit again and we're going to look weak," he said.

Gohmert seemed to relish his turn at the microphone, and took a few pokes at Democrats and the press during his opening remarks.

"All of you on the left coast, the left bloggers that … you couldn't fine your rear-end with both hands, well listen: I know you monitor every word I say," he said. "Well, grab some popcorn, we're going to have a fun three hours."

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Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) is winning my heart with his intelligence and leadership on the Benghazi and IRS scandals.

Now he is a foreign policy genius when compared to the POS occupying the WH.....

He is absolutely correct ....we look like FOOLS !!

He is absolutely correct ....we look like COWARDS !!

The problem is..if something happened...then what? More war? I, personally, am tired of seeing our kids killed by these animals...and thats what these soldiers are..kids...young kids!

If we would have nuked the entire middle east to parking lot status after 911..we wouldnt be having this problem.....because thats the only way this crap will ever end.

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He is absolutely correct ....we look like FOOLS !!

He is absolutely correct ....we look like COWARDS !!

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The problem is..if something happened...

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Maybe thats what they are tryng to avoid..us getting involved in another battle..

Dont get me wrong, I dont want to look like cowards...but with what we have (weapons) today, there was NEVER a reason for any young man or woman to get killed. If they would forget this politically correct war crap..then I would be all for it...but since they seem to like to get our kids killed, instead of using things where they wont..then, maybe running away is for the best, until we get someone up there who is willing to bomb the bastards off the face of the earth...then I am for running.

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but since they seem to like to get our kids killed, instead of using things where they wont..then, maybe running away is for the best

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You lost me, there.



Closing the embassies while allowing the idiots on the Hill to chatter away about specifics on the talk shows only serves to embolden al Qaeda and make us look like scared ninnies.

If we are the bastards that can kill bin Laden and then brag about it afterwards, we had better be willing to stand our ground at our own embassies.

Benghazi wasn't an embassy. There cannot be a Bengazi part Deux at another embassy in the Middle East.

If al Qaeda is so powerful that we close up shop and hide in the Middle East we have shown how weak we are abroad and at home.

Obama is laughing his ass off. He gets away with weakening us and making the US population frightened of its own shadow.

Don't you feel safer knowing that men like Lindsey Graham believe that NSA snooping is good for you?

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Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) said Monday that the Obama administration is making the United States look "like a bunch of cowards" by closing 19 embassies amid intelligence reports about possible terrorist attacks.

Gohmert, guest-hosting on Sean Hannity's radio program Monday, said the administration failed to learn from last year's deadly attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, which killed four Americans.

"We don't want any more people to die," Gohmert said in response to a caller's question. "But it brings us back to the question that [then-Secretary of State] Hillary Clinton asked, what difference does it make at this point?

"The difference it makes is, that if you will bother to find out exactly what went wrong, why you didn't have security where you needed it, where you need security to shore up, what you can do to make sure that doesn't happen again, you don't have to close your embassies like a bunch of cowards that go running away," he continued.

Gohmert said the U.S. also failed to learn after bombings on U.S. embassies during President Clinton's administration, and warned that failing to look tough will only invite more attacks.

"We didn't learn it then, by golly, we better learn it now or we're going to get hit again and we're going to look weak," he said.

Gohmert seemed to relish his turn at the microphone, and took a few pokes at Democrats and the press during his opening remarks.

"All of you on the left coast, the left bloggers that … you couldn't fine your rear-end with both hands, well listen: I know you monitor every word I say," he said. "Well, grab some popcorn, we're going to have a fun three hours."

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So we look weak? Would we rather attempt to defend these compounds militarily? against RPG attacks? How about tank assaults? Air raids? These were never intended to be defensible positions by embassy personnel. If the host nation doesn't, can't or won't guarantee their safety then we should pull out. Otherwise we are sitting ducks.

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I didnt mean to confuse anyone..I was just trying to say, in a nice way...they should bomb the crap out of them..without anyone on our side getting hurt.

In all honesty...I dont want to see, not even one more American, dying over there. I would rather look like cowards..than have anyone killed.

One thing puzzles me tho. Why all the talk? Why announce the time period they will be closed? What? The animals cant wait it out? And this is what I mean..nothing there will ever change. They will always be a threat...so....BOOM!! Its what they understand, if any of them are left.

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So we look weak? Would we rather attempt to defend these compounds militarily? against RPG attacks? How about tank assaults? Air raids? These were never intended to be defensible positions by embassy personnel. If the host nation doesn't, can't or won't guarantee their safety then we should pull out. Otherwise we are sitting ducks.

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Fine. Close the embassies permanently.

Anything else is foolish.

If we declare the embassies American soil then they need to be defended as such. If not, we have no business putting any American personnel, military or governmental, in harm's way at these locations.

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I didnt mean to confuse anyone..I was just trying to say, in a nice way...they should bomb the crap out of them..without anyone on our side getting hurt.

In all honesty...I dont want to see, not even one more American, dying over there. I would rather look like cowards..than have anyone killed.

One thing puzzles me tho. Why all the talk? Why announce the time period they will be closed? What? The animals cant wait it out? And this is what I mean..nothing there will ever change. They will always be a threat...so....BOOM!! Its what they understand, if any of them are left.

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Well looking tough sounds good but security for our Embassies in foreign countries is the responsibility of the host nation.

So we look weak? Would we rather attempt to defend these compounds militarily? against RPG attacks? How about tank assaults? Air raids? These were never intended to be defensible positions by embassy personnel. If the host nation doesn't, can't or won't guarantee their safety then we should pull out. Otherwise we are sitting ducks.

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Isn't that an insult to all the host nations in that case?

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So we look weak? Would we rather attempt to defend these compounds militarily? against RPG attacks? How about tank assaults? Air raids? These were never intended to be defensible positions by embassy personnel. If the host nation doesn't, can't or won't guarantee their safety then we should pull out. Otherwise we are sitting ducks.

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Fine. Close the embassies permanently.

Anything else is foolish.

If we declare the embassies American soil then they need to be defended as such.

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