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2015-05-22 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

What Syrian Chemical Weapons Reveal about Obama

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Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2015-05-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Obama is no more than a paper tiger

No he is a

Opposite color than a white flag, but just the same effect, surrenders to the opposition with out a real fight, but with a black flag he seems, with his rhetoric, to really be fighting the good fight. "Rah, Rah, look at me , I'm a fighter" then he drops the flag and runs.

Posted by Ulusoque Ulairt2917 2015-05-22 00:55|| 2015-05-22 00:55|| Front Page Top

"These demands are not open to negotiation or discussion. The Taliban must act, and act immediately. They will hand over the terrorists, or they will share in their fate."
George W. Bush, Statement To Joint Session Of Congress
September 20th 2001

The Taliban didn't hand over anyone. Yet less than a month later Secretary of State Powell offered political power to Taliban 'moderates'.

When it comes to 'red lines' and ultimatums loose talk and sending mixed messages are traits of both the Bush and Obama administrations.

The Bush administration's lapse was arguably much more serious because it concerned basic, vital and non-negotiable security interests of the US.

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2015-05-22 01:06|| 2015-05-22 01:06|| Front Page Top

#3 Right, Obama's not at fault, It's all Bush (*Obama's lie".)

Posted by Redneck Jim 2015-05-22 01:41|| 2015-05-22 01:41|| Front Page Top

#4 We know who Obama's enemies are---and it's not Assad, or ISIS, or MM.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-05-22 02:29|| 2015-05-22 02:29|| Front Page Top

#5 Elmerert Hupens2660: It was made quite clear that these moderate Taliban were to turn over ben Laden first.

Posted by BernardZ 2015-05-22 06:24|| 2015-05-22 06:24|| Front Page Top

#6 The only war Obama has a stake in is to eliminate political opposition at home. All else is just a distraction.

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-05-22 07:46|| 2015-05-22 07:46|| Front Page Top

#7 Bibi, p2k?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-05-22 08:22|| 2015-05-22 08:22|| Front Page Top

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