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Leon Penetta: U.S. too late for Syria, or was that Benghazi?
2014-09-23
The rise of the brutal Islamic State group can partly be blamed on President Champ's failure to arm moderate Syrian rebels far earlier, said former U.S. defense secretary Leon Panetta.
Pure deflection. Champ now 'partly' under his own bus. Note the absence of mention of the U.S. troop pull-out from Iraq.
Posted by:Besoeker

#6  The answer was hold your ground in Iraq, damn pantywaist.
Posted by: newc   2014-09-23 23:44  

#5  so sayeth the Teabagger monkeys

Sorry to keep you waiting, Jerky. Suppertime. Paraphrasing your post:

"Teabagger monkeys in my soup
See them duck when I throw poop
Gosh oh gee, I'm smelling gas
Following 'Burgers to kiss their ass
In every bowl of soup I see
Teabagger monkeys watching me
I made 'em put me in their zoo
Those teabagger monkeys in my stew

When I get hold of the big bad apes
I just push them under to drown
They pop back up with a million japes
And I run and pout and frown

Teabagger monkeys in my head
Didn't even hear the words I said
I hope I entertained the troupe
Of Teabagger monkeys in my soup"
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2014-09-23 21:55  

#4  
Posted by: Harry Schwarzeneggar2307   2014-09-23 20:14  

#3  Too late when he failed to bomb Assad's forces a couple of years back.

Had he done that the Syrian war would be long over.
Posted by: phil_b   2014-09-23 17:26  

#2  It was too late right before they took down Quadaffi, but it made the Euro's happy.
Posted by: ed in texas   2014-09-23 07:22  

#1  In fairness, in an interview yesterday Penetta did mention that he "wished we could have retained a residual force in Iraq".... or words to that effect. Evidently he's stumping a new book which he has written.
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-09-23 01:40