What? No arbitrary withdrawal date from Iraq is set?
I remember that Charlie Rangel, when Operation Just Cause was hours old, was asking for a definite date to cease operations in Panama. Before we even deployed to the Middle East for Desert Storm, Congress wanted a date certain for withdrawal. Of course, for most of the Iraq War, the Left was pestering President Bush for an end date for operations there. But now, for some reason, it’s not important for this, the third war in Iraq;
President Barack Obama on Saturday refused to give a time limit on America’s renewed military involvement in Iraq, saying he doesn’t think “we are going to solve this problem in weeks” as the country struggles to form a new government.
“I think this is going to take some time,” he said at the White House before departing for a vacation on Martha’s Vineyard off the Massachusetts coast.
Obama warned Americans that the new campaign to bring security in Iraq requires military and political changes and “is going to be a long-term project.”
That’s the same thing Bush said, but there was an outcry from the media talking heads about how Bush was out of his depth and inexperienced in the working of these things when he said that the global war on terror would be a long and arduous task. But, the silence in this case is deafening.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Democrats in Congress are generally supportive of the President.
Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D., Md.) said that the threat of the Islamic State was serious and urged the U.S. to assemble a group of allies to respond. “In the end, it’s going to take more than air, so we have to get a coalition together,” Mr. Ruppersberger said.
Yeah, good luck with that, I’m sure our allies are beating down the door to join a coalition after the way either they abandoned us or we abandoned them over the last 40 years.
Category: Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Terror War
I shudder when I contemplate how B. Hussein 0bama & Company can fxck this up like there’s no tomorrow, let alone how badly they’re fucking it up already!
How nice. He starts it, and then goes on vacation. That’s so cool. Clearly, none of what is going on in the real world has anything to do with him. He can just watch from his hilltop while the rest of the world is rolling around in the mud. (Must I put ‘sarc’ here?)
Here’s to hoping he at least told the ‘professionals’ at the 5-side to do X and with him out of town they can now do X with out him trying to micro manage. But then again I may be wishing for too much.
He specifically said ‘no boots on the ground’ in his speech.
Watch what happens between August 17 and August 29. I believe he will not only retract that statement, but also say he meant something else, and there WILL be boots on the ground.
But he was against Iraqi before he was for it. Then against it to pull out, but now for it going back in.
Our state department should be abolished. It serves no purpose any longer.
Dude cut Obama and John “you know he is a war hero” Kerry a break, being in charge in hard! They can’t just sit back and campaign anymore.
Coalition? I can just imagine the Brits’ response:
“Oh, ye want help with the ‘Raqis again, eh? Remember that time when you supported the fookin’ Argies and couldn’t even get THAT right? Ye know, when ye called the Falklands the Maldives? Kiss our collective Old-World arse, ye fookin’ Kenyan tosser!”
What are we supposed to call it instead of the war on terror? I forgot.
How about the War OF Terror?
“I think this is going to take some time,” he(Barrycade Obama) said at the White House before departing for a vacation on Martha’s Vineyard off the Massachusetts coast. Cut him some slack, Barrycade was talkin’ bout his vacation, doncha know? He could give a shit less about Iraq.