Of course I already had the background. Here is a more extensive version of the same article you cite:
“In the sole debate of the campaign, [Martha]McSally, a retired Air Force colonel and combat pilot, asked [Krysten] Sinema to apologize for a 15-year-old radio interview about American intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan, suggesting that her comments were tantamount to levying war against the United States. Sinema responded by accusing the Republican of playing dirty. . . . Instead of answering a question about climate change, McSally turned to . . . comments made in 2003 by Sinema, then an activist with ties to the Green Party.
“As part of her effort to publicize a February 2003 antiwar protest in Patriots Square Park in Phoenix, Sinema appeared on the radio show of a local libertarian activist. The host . . . laid out a rambling hypothetical situation — difficult to follow at times — and concluded by asking Sinema if she would be okay with him joining the Taliban.
“’Fine, I don’t care if you want to do that, go ahead,’ Sinema replied, before adding: ‘What we’re talking about here are two different things. When you say, “We owe something to the world,” my definition of owing something to the world does not involve war and destruction.’ She then added that she wanted to get back to discussing her antiwar position.
“McSally characterized Sinema’s response as saying that ‘it was okay for Americans to join the Taliban to fight against us.’
“’You said you had no problem with that,’ she said. ‘Kyrsten, I want to ask right now whether you’re going to apologize to the veterans and me for saying it’s okay to commit treason?’
“As Sinema began to reply, the Republican added, ‘It’s treason.’ . . . As the hosts told the candidates that time had elapsed, McSally repeated again, ‘It’s treason.’ . . .
Of course I already had the background. Here is a more extensive version of the same article you cite:
“In the sole debate of the campaign, [Martha]McSally, a retired Air Force colonel and combat pilot, asked [Krysten] Sinema to apologize for a 15-year-old radio interview about American intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan, suggesting that her comments were tantamount to levying war against the United States. Sinema responded by accusing the Republican of playing dirty. . . . Instead of answering a question about climate change, McSally turned to . . . comments made in 2003 by Sinema, then an activist with ties to the Green Party.
“As part of her effort to publicize a February 2003 antiwar protest in Patriots Square Park in Phoenix, Sinema appeared on the radio show of a local libertarian activist. The host . . . laid out a rambling hypothetical situation — difficult to follow at times — and concluded by asking Sinema if she would be okay with him joining the Taliban.
“’Fine, I don’t care if you want to do that, go ahead,’ Sinema replied, before adding: ‘What we’re talking about here are two different things. When you say, “We owe something to the world,” my definition of owing something to the world does not involve war and destruction.’ She then added that she wanted to get back to discussing her antiwar position.
“McSally characterized Sinema’s response as saying that ‘it was okay for Americans to join the Taliban to fight against us.’
“’You said you had no problem with that,’ she said. ‘Kyrsten, I want to ask right now whether you’re going to apologize to the veterans and me for saying it’s okay to commit treason?’
“As Sinema began to reply, the Republican added, ‘It’s treason.’ . . . As the hosts told the candidates that time had elapsed, McSally repeated again, ‘It’s treason.’ . . .
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