Michele Bachmann: Hezbollah Could Build 'Missile Sites' In Cuba

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) warned an audience of supporters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa Monday that Hezbollah could build "missile sites" in Cuba. "Why would you normalize trade with a country that sponsors terror?" said Bachmann, in response to a supporter's question asking her to explain her position on trading with Cuba.

"There are reports that have come out that Cuba has been working with another terrorist organization called Hezbollah. And Hezbollah is looking at wanting to be part of missile sites in Iran and, of course, when you are 90 miles offshore from Florida, you don't want to entertain the prospect of hosting bases or sites where Hezbollah could have training camps or perhaps have missile sites or weapons sites in Cuba. This would be foolish."

Bachmann was apparently referring to an unsourced report in the Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera, which was picked up by conservative blogs like Glenn Beck's The Blaze and Andrew Breitbart's Big Peace.

Bachmann later opined how the United States would soon be paying for China's military through debt spending. "We're told by 2020, nine years from now, we'll be paying for all of their army," she said. "We'll be paying for their military weaponry."

China's military spending is thought to be less than $100 billion, while the Pentagon budget for Fiscal Year 2011 was $549 billion.

She later warned the GOP not to pick a "compromise candidate," emphasizing her appeal to the base. However, she has been sinking in the polls since her win at the Iowa Straw Poll and the entrance of Texas Gov. Rick Perry into the GOP primary race.

Comments

[Dragontech]

02:15 AM on 10/10/2011

wait, what?
How did that tortured logic dribble out of her mouth? Is there no check function going on behind that vapid gaze?
The complete utter lack of smart in any form from this woman is stupefying. She not only is suffering from "dumb" but she is also a carrier. Instead of Typhoid Mary we have Stupid Michelle..

[Harbinger08]

02:45 PM on 10/03/2011

Hey, do I smell flop sweat?

[GM1966]

06:59 AM on 10/02/2011

So she is resorting to fear mongering in order to look electable? She reeks of desperation as she continues to fall in the polls. I'm glad people are waking up and rejecting her ideology.

[MANOFCOMMONSENSE]

12:36 PM on 10/01/2011

I just wish she would say she would bet any pension she gets on it!!

[jbw1948]

01:12 PM on 09/30/2011

OK michelle do you really think they can hit Isreal from Cuba easier than from Lebanon?

[johntangier]

12:47 PM on 10/03/2011

SHE IS TRULY NUTS, YEAH HEZBOLLAH WANTS THE SUN TO ITS BACK, SHE SERIOUS?

[Mochilero]

07:45 PM on 09/29/2011

I have a desk button that says the words "that was easy" whenever I press it. Now if I could only get one for my dog that says "move Maud," and one that says "Michele Bachmann made a false claim today," I could further avoid straining my vocal cords.

[Patriot Games]

06:37 PM on 09/29/2011

Could you imagine an administration with Bachmann and Angle talking in tongues to one another. Hell just straight english is hard enough.

[Patriot Games]

06:35 PM on 09/29/2011

Michelle aren't you glad Reagan installed all those Star Wars defense mechanisms to thwart the threat. Maybe they aren't a waste of money after all. Install a battery of Patriot missiles in Guantanamo. End of threat.

[Patriot Games]

06:28 PM on 09/29/2011

So this is the shlt Bachmann and Palin read. I wouldn't want to fess up to it either.

[sshelly]

06:21 PM on 09/29/2011

Her husband need's to be fully vetted because she keep's saying she does what HE say's! Conservatives were so worried that Bill clinton would tell Hillary what to do when she was running so why are we not hearing anything about the Bachmans? To me this is scary!

[Topps]

05:54 PM on 09/29/2011

This lady has talked B/S for so long she's gone weigh over the edge.It's not funny any longer just sad people are listening to her no matter how small the group.

[Topps]

06:01 PM on 09/29/2011

correction :way

[ILuvFla]

04:57 PM on 09/29/2011

I watched her comments three times yesterday because I couldn't make sense of her logic. Then I figured it out... No sense, no logic, No facts, just noise.

[ThinkCreeps]

03:56 PM on 09/29/2011

Thanks for that - the brains trust keeping us save.

[ThinkCreeps]

03:56 PM on 09/29/2011

Her trajectory is certainly worrying NORAD.
Straight up out of WI, and looking like an impact in IA

[ThinkCreeps]

07:39 PM on 09/29/2011

Apologies WI, that should be MN.

[Fractal122635]

03:31 PM on 09/29/2011

Gee, I can't wait to read the inevitable insults. Perhaps those who want to make fun of the comments might research the Argentine synagogue bombings. Masterminded by whom? Hezbollah, and of course, Iran.

[Harbinger08]

02:44 PM on 10/03/2011

Um, the question was on her policy towards Cuba. Maybe before you ask others to do research you should "research" this tiny article by reading each word in it, then contemplating its meaning. It would be a start.