Democrats have been making a habit of defending Congresswoman Ilhan Omar whether it is her anti-Semitism or her declaration the 9/11 attacks were "something some people did".
But will they defend her when it comes to the death of American troops?
A 2017 tweet from Omar regarding the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu in which 19 U.S. soldiers were killed, 73 wounded and two Blackhawk choppers were shot down during the second phase of the UN Operation in Somalia has resurfaced. Omar tweeted, “In his selective memory, he forgets to also mention the thousands of Somalis killed by the American forces that day! #NotTodaySatan.” While it is not known how many Somalis were killed that way, it wasn't in the thousands and most of those who did die were armed terrorists.
Omar's tweet was too much for retired Sgt. Major Kyle Lamb, who served in the Battle of Mogadishu. Lamb wrote a rebuttal of Omar's tweet in The Federalist. Here is a portion of his essay:
On June 5, 1993, two dozen Pakistani soldiers working for the United Nations peacekeeping effort were attacked and killed by forces loyal to Farah Aidid (three Americans were injured in that attack as well). The next day, the U.N. passed a resolution condemning the attack and calling for the arrest of those responsible and of those inciting and organizing other attacks against U.N. forces. The man most responsible for the violence was Aidid himself, who unilaterally declared himself president (he was never recognized as a legitimate political leader).
Task Force Ranger was the 1993 military effort ordered by President Bill Clinton to capture Aidid and his lieutenants so the U.N. could deliver food and medical aid without fear of being attacked or killed by Aidid’s forces. The American soldiers Omar attacked in her tweet — the men of Task Force Ranger –weren’t sent to Somalia for fame or fortune. They weren’t there because of a deep desire to visit the God-forsaken nation of Somalia. They were deployed to support peacekeepers who were desperate to rescue the country from starvation and the ravages of civil war. To do that, they had to capture the men responsible for it.
By the time Task Force Ranger had been launched, Aidid’s network of drug-addled, Khat-dealing gun runners had taken over Mogadishu and were doing everything they could to oppress any and all rival clans, including that of Omar, the Majeerteen. In other words, we were sent halfway across the world to help protect people just like Omar and her family. Nineteen incredible men gave their lives defending her country while serving ours. They deserve to be lauded for their service, not attacked for it.
I am thankful Omar and her family and countless others were able to escape to neighboring Kenya while we fought to protect those left behind, but I simply cannot comprehend her attitude towards those of us who fought to protect her country and countrymen from warlords who plunged Somalia only further into violence and starvation. I am glad that Omar can now enjoy the very freedoms we fought to protect, like the freedom of speech and the free exercise of religion affirmed in the U.S. Constitution, but I don’t understand why she uses those freedoms to slur the men and women of the U.S. military who made her security and liberty a reality.
At what point do Democrats stop defending Omar? If Democrats insist on defending her then it is incumbent to ask them, particularly those running for President, if they agree with her view that American soldiers are killers. It is particularly important to ask since some Democrats seem to think that terrorists who murdered Americans on our soil should have the right to vote. The longer Democrats wait to distance themselves from Omar or take action against her then the more likely it is Donald Trump will win a second term in office.
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