Rep. Walter Jones: America Borrowing From 'Uncle Chang' To Fund Afghanistan War

TPM reports: Rep. Walter Jones: America Borrowing From 'Uncle Chang' To Fund Afghanistan War "In a question to the Commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, General John Allen, Jones [R-VA] said, 'What is the event that the administration and General Allen, you sir, are going to be candid with the United States Congress and more important than the Congress, the American people as we spend $10 billion a month that we can't pay for, the Chinese, Uncle Chang, is lending us the money we are spending in Afghanistan.'"

I happened to see this live on CSPAN and couldn't quite believe it. A. I hadn't heard that slur before and B. I couldn't believe a congressman said it while questioning a General in a hearing and no one called him out for it!