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Rick Santorum stated on February 17, 2012 in a campaign event:

Says in the last 20 years, the French have not "stood by" the United States on foreign policy.

By Louis Jacobson• February 22, 2012

Mitt Romney stated on July 29, 2012 in an interview on 'Face the Nation.':

President Ronald Reagan sent troops into conflict "only in one circumstance, which was in Grenada … We were in a peacekeeping setting in Lebanon."

By Jon Greenberg• July 31, 2012

Facebook posts stated on March 30, 2025 in a video on Facebook:

Video shows “France and Denmark are sending troops to Greenland to prepare for (an) attack from Donald Trump.”

By Madison Czopek• April 1, 2025

Hillary Clinton stated on January 25, 2016 in a CNN town hall:

When terrorists killed more than 250 Americans in Lebanon under Ronald Reagan, "the Democrats didn’t make that a partisan issue."

By Lauren Carroll• February 1, 2016

Donald Trump stated on March 21, 2016 in a speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee:

"During the last five years, Iran has perpetrated terror attacks in 25 different countries on five continents."

By Louis Jacobson• March 22, 2016

Karl Rove stated on March 23, 2011 in an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News:

"American troops have never been under the formal control of another nation."

By Louis Jacobson• March 29, 2011

Donald Trump stated on June 04, 2017 in a tweet:

"At least 7 dead and 48 wounded in terror attack and Mayor of London says there is ‘no reason to be alarmed!’ "

By Katie Sanders• June 4, 2017

Jake Tapper stated on July 29, 2014 in comments on CNN:

Israel in the last three weeks has "killed more Palestinian children, more than 200, than the total number of Israeli soldiers killed in military operations since 2006."

By Derek Tsang• July 31, 2014

Karl Rove stated on September 08, 2013 in a segment of 'Fox News Sunday':

"Before President Obama acted in Libya in 2011, the American people were opposed to military action by 35 to 60. After he took action, they were in support of it 54 to 43."

By Jon Greenberg• September 10, 2013

Hillary Clinton stated on July 20, 2020 in an MSNBC interview:

Says President Donald Trump “is still yet to say anything as the president of the United States about bounties on American troops.”

By Miriam Valverde• July 23, 2020

Viral image stated on July 08, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says CNN reported that Joe Biden authorized “a U.S. intervention in Haiti after the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• July 13, 2021

John McCain stated on July 21, 2008 in a speech in South Portland, Maine:

"We now have a pro-American president in France, which shows if you live long enough, anything can happen in this world."

By Alexander Lane• July 23, 2008

X posts stated on September 18, 2024 in X posts:

“iPhones exploding in Lebanon blowing up random people.”

By Sofia Ahmed• September 20, 2024

Instagram posts stated on July 07, 2021 in an Instagram post:

“In a now deleted Telegram post, former President Trump congratulated the Navy Seals on a ‘perfect beautiful whack’" in Haiti.

By Jason Asenso• July 9, 2021

Charles Rangel stated on April 04, 2011 in an interview on the Fox Business network:

"Franklin Roosevelt (was) the last president to come to the Congress to ask for permission to engage into war."

By Louis Jacobson• April 5, 2011

Donald Trump stated on May 14, 2020 in a speech:

“You have areas of Pennsylvania that are barely affected and [the governor wants] to keep them closed.”

By Jessica Calefati• May 18, 2020

Threads posts stated on October 03, 2024 in a Threads post:

The U.S. government is offering Americans loans to pay for flights out of Lebanon while they have been flying Israeli citizens out of Israel on chartered flights for a year “on our dime.”

By Sofia Ahmed• October 9, 2024

Robin Wright stated on March 20, 2011 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":

The coalition of Arab states against Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi is the biggest coalition against a fellow Arab leader since the Persian Gulf War in 1990-1991.

By Louis Jacobson• March 22, 2011

Donald Trump stated on October 20, 2020 in a rally:

Pennsylvania “never opened.”

By Jessica Calefati• October 23, 2020

Rand Paul stated on February 27, 2015 in a speech at CPAC:

U.S. military involvement in Libya "allowed thousands of surface-to-air missiles to fall into the hands of radical Islamists."

By Lauren Carroll• March 9, 2015

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