Islam Times - Afghanistan was ’Obama’s war’: Trump’s Spokeswoman

Islam Times - Spokeswoman of US presidential hopeful Donald Trump said that Barack Obama was responsible for the invasion of Afghanistan

Spokeswoman Katrina Pierson said on Saturday that Afghanistan was “Obama’s war”.

Touching on Trump's last week claim that Obama was the “founder” of ISIS terrorist group, Pierson told CNN “If you want to go way back, we can look at the troop surge. And after 2007, Al-Qaeda was essentially in ashes.”

“It was Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton who then destroyed the entire rollout by wanting to pull out early, announcing their plan, ignoring intelligence.”

Trumps national spokeswoman said “Remember, we weren’t even in Afghanistan by this time. Barack Obama went into Afghanistan creating another problem. It was Hillary Clinton in Libya which was also a reckless decision to create that vacuum. They armed the rebels and they’re even funding them now.”

CNN interviewer, seeking to clarify the comment asked Pierson “So you’re saying Barack Obama took the country into Afghanistan post-2009. Is that what you're saying?”

She replied: “What I'm saying is - the policies of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton…That was Obama’s war, yes.”

The comments come days after Donald Trump claimed that Obama was the founder of ISIS terrorist group.

“In many respects, you know, they honor President Obama,” Mr Trump told a crowd in Florida on Wednesday night. “He’s the founder of ISIS. He’s the founder of Isis. He’s the founder. He founded IISIS.”