Louie Gohmert: “In recent years, after this administration blindly supported what it called--and others in North Africa and the Middle…”

“In recent years, after this administration blindly supported what it called--and others in North Africa and the Middle East called--an Arab Spring, we have come to find out what many of us suspected even at the time and said was likely to be even more of a devastating winter than an Arab Spring. It has seen the fall of the government in Libya. It has seen the chaos arise in many parts of Libya. It has seen terrorists take control of parts of Libya. It has seen the fall of the governments in Algeria, Tunisia, and the takeover of radical Islam. I was amazed at the ignorance of many in the mainstream media when I said back at the time that what radical Islamists--what the Muslim Brotherhood--were seeking to re-create was the beginning of the Ottoman Empire and that, in its ignorance, our executive branch--this administration here in the U.S.--actually helped jump-start what the Muslim Brothers are hoping will be the new Ottoman Empire. I was surprised how many reporters asked what did I mean by ``Ottoman Empire.'' They had not had the kind of education that I was fortunate to have had in public schools in east Texas and in public school by way of Texas A&M University and then law school at Baylor. So they didn't know what the Ottoman Empire was. Hopefully, they did some research. Many of us did not realize that the date 9/11--when the worst attack on America occurred--also marked the anniversary of the worst defeat that the Islamic caliphate ever suffered in history.…”