The ISIS threat? Hey, don't sweat!
Before leaving for New York for a series of fundraisers, President Obama held a press conference at the White House to discuss his lack of strategy on Syria.Obama told reporters that his strategy was still developing, and that he would continue to consult with congress and the American people about any action in Syria.“I don't want to put the cart before the horse,” he said. “We don't have a strategy yet.”Obama criticized the news media for “getting a little further ahead of where we're at than we currently are” on confronting ISIL in Syria.“I think that's not just my assessment but the assessment of our military, as well,” he said.Obama said that to solution to the situation in Syria was not simply a military issue but also a political issue.He suggested that the United States would support a “moderate opposition” inside of Syrian to give the country’s citizens a choice.“We have to give people inside of Syria a choice other than ISIL or Assad,” he said, “And I don't see any scenario in which Assad somehow is able to bring peace and stability to a region that is majority Sunni.”
There's the world the rest of us live in, and then there is the world of the MEC's imagination. Would he like to say where he sees this viable "moderate opposition in Syria?"
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ReplyDeleteHe could have at least added a "but the world can rest assured that we are diligently working on a strategy which cannot be disclosed at this time due to its sensitive nature but it definitely involves the annihilation of ISIS. And soon."(Thunderous applause from American Legionaires in attendance)
ReplyDeleteWould have helped. But since that's not the case, could he have pulled it off?
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ReplyDeleteI am sure there are multiple strategies being considered. Have you ever wondered why these players want to draw us into a wider conflict? Why would they want to rain more death and destruction on themselves by committing blatant acts of horror and destruction for all the world to see and to make us angry and vindictive? Maybe Obama sees that and is not going to play that game. Increasing numbers here stateside are again foaming at the mouth to praise the Lord and pass the ammunition. Are we playing right into the hands of evil? Lord knows we've not been having a whole lot of fun here since 9/11/2001,although your ilk claims we are having too much of it outside the fields of battle. Just debating this issue here is tearing us all apart. Well, that and a host of other issues you say are of various degrees of urgency and priority. Even if Obama does not see it, I do. Is there a way to finesse all this? We aren't the crazed Muslims you know.
ReplyDeleteThe Fortunate Felon is all over the airwaves now comparing Obama to his 80s boss, pointing fingers. Uh yeah, Ollie, them Central American countries we were battling have not bothered us since, although we still continue to hear about the dire threat from the Reaganites.
ReplyDeleteSee finger pointing here at http://foxnewsinsider.com/2014/08/28/col-oliver-north-delaying-action-syria-%E2%80%98-tantamount-neglect%E2%80%99
To refresh your memory about Ollie, go here to http://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/06/opinion/oliver-north-fortunate-felon.html
"Oliver North won't go to prison even though he lied to Congress, shredded White House documents and accepted a $14,000 security fence from an Iran-contra arms profiteer. His punishment of 1,200 hours of community service, $150,000 fine and three years' suspended sentence doesn't fit his felonies. Even a brief imprisonment might have inspired more public officials to comply with the law and legitimate inquiries from Congress. Perhaps uniquely among convicted felons, Mr. North escapes prison largely because he still will not acknowledge that what he did was a crime and a perversion of public service. ''Jail would only harden your misconceptions,'' said the trial judge, Gerhard Gesell."
I thought it was grand what OIlie did. He knew this money would be coming in that was not on the books and said, "I know a good use for it - aid to the anti-Marxist resistance in Nicaragua!"
ReplyDeleteNo lack of strategy there!
There are billions of words of strategy in Washington. Now and before and hereafter. You will this spin when the White House elucidates today,
ReplyDeleteOle Ollie had a strategy. The judge thought iwas a problem keeping it to himself
ReplyDeleteOh well, he went to West Point.Duty, Honor.
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