I’m willing to forgo eviscerating the State Department for the utter ridiculous of asking for solutions to a very serious problem on Twitter in exchange for bringing you the responses of Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark). While you can be sure that these aren’t what the State Dept. had in mind, Cotton has effectively spoken for every American with a modicum of common sense.
From The Blaze:
On Friday afternoon, the U.S. State Department asked Twitter users to offer their “solutions” for countering “violent extremism.”
In addition to a number of sarcastic responses, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) offered the State Department a number of solutions to counter extremism. They probably weren’t what the department had in mind.
.@StateDept Special Forces #RLTW pic.twitter.com/RUDBTIiOiI
— Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) February 20, 2015
.@StateDept A-10 Warthog pic.twitter.com/NJqLlzBlrR
— Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) February 20, 2015
.@StateDept Forward Air Controller pic.twitter.com/w8L4kpJalF
— Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) February 20, 2015
.@StateDept B2 Bomber pic.twitter.com/GgIr3d1TtJ
— Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) February 20, 2015
.@StateDept Navy Seals pic.twitter.com/qfbBD0g4MX
— Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) February 20, 2015
.@StateDept Tomahawk strike pic.twitter.com/rVU4KWC5bk
— Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) February 20, 2015
.@StateDept C-130 pic.twitter.com/cVuijxIYdx
— Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) February 20, 2015
.@StateDept Carrier Strike Group pic.twitter.com/Hbfi8pFov4
— Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) February 20, 2015
.@StateDept 101st Airborne pic.twitter.com/kDk49g5iwu
— Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) February 20, 2015
I’d like to thank Arkansas for blessing our Congress with the brilliance of this man. It almost makes up for the Clintons. Almost.