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Rick Santorum Doesn't Care If We Offend Our Allies

Republican Senator Rick Santorum spoke with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and let this nugget out:

Bush dropped references to Islamic fascists when the State Department “went ballistic because we are offending our allies in the Middle East,” Santorum said. “I don’t care if we offend our allies in the Middle East.”

You have to commend Santorum for his refreshing honesty. Unlike some Republicans who will barely acknowledge they’re Republicans (Mark Kennedy, Michael Steele), Santorum is a far-right conservative and unafraid to say it (who else would release a ‘women shouldn’t work’ book like he did?). And with an increasingly unpopular war with a scant coalition of the willing, Santorum’s not afraid to say he doesn’t care if the US offends our allies who are already hesitant to help us in the Middle East in the first place.