You nev­er know for sure when  you say some­thing stu­pid if it will ever come back to haunt you, how­ev­er in this case most pro­fes­sion­als think that in fact this was like­ly the most igno­rant thing that ever came out of this par­tic­u­lar politi­cians mouth. 

What difference does it make?

When it comes to the lives of brave Amer­i­cans in harms way and your the per­son that is respon­si­ble for the saftey of per­son­al, well it makes a big dif­fer­ence. 

OH yes it does.