Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) said in a recent interview that she thinks the U.S. foreign policy should have a “Green New Deal”-style overhaul, claiming that she can help by bringing “the perspective of a foreigner.”
Omar, who currently holds a seat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, continued by saying, “It’s important for me to think about what an overhaul of our foreign policy should look like from the standpoint of really thinking how it impacts those around the world, and where our values intersect with what’s happening.”
“We spend a lot of money in engaging unwinnable wars, and I don’t think it matches with the values of trying to create prosperity in the United States,” she added.
Omar, who came to the United States as a refugee from Somali and became naturalized, did not explain what she meant by saying she has “the perspective of a foreigner.” But according to the Star-Tribune, “she'd like to see a vastly downscaled U.S. military presence around the world, and much less direct intervention in the domestic politics of other countries.”
The freshman congresswoman has repeatedly received widespread condemnation for her anti-semitic rhetoric, comments related to other foreign policy issues like Venezuela, and what some call a blame-America attitude.
“This particular bullying and the use of sanctions to eventually intervene and make regime change really does not help the people of countries like Venezuela, and it certainly does not help and is not in the interest of the United States,” she added.
Omar’s Ties to Radical Anti-US Group
The Epoch Times previously reported that Omar’s links with the far-left group Witness for Peace had raised some questions about her suitability to serve on the House Foreign Affairs Committee.It was revealed in February this year that she had traveled with the group to Honduras in 2017 while she was serving in the Minnesota state legislature.
The Witness for Peace group was formed during the Reagan administration to oppose U.S. policies aimed at stopping the spread of communism, and it also supports Cuban and Venezuelan socialism.
Trevor Loudon, an expert on Marxist groups and the radical left who is a contributor to The Epoch Times, said in a previous interview that the group has been supporting revolutionary movements in Latin America since the Reagan era.
“Witness for Peace was there trying to help the revolutionary groups that the American government was trying to suppress. They were working directly to help foreign enemies of America against this country,” he said.
“[They were] sort of an alliance of the religious left, the hard Marxist left, Latin America’s revolutionary movements who are militantly opposed to America.”
He said it was concerning that Omar attended the travel delegation not long before she was elected to Congress and while she was serving in the Minnesota state legislature.
“Ilhan Omar is connected to many socialist groups in Minnesota, but this one is international in scope and very well connected to active revolutionary movements who are working to cause trouble in America,” he said.
“Basically, she has put her loyalty to the revolutionary groups in Latin America over her loyalty to the United States. So how can she be trusted with secrets? How can she be trusted to not promote their policies?”