Posted on 09/11/2014 8:51:02 AM PDT by Starman417
On this somber anniversary the NY Times has the entire above the fold section of the front page devoted to Barack Obama. Among them is the expected sycophantic plug from Gail Collins:
"A Man with a Plan"
But then we come to a article that purports to be serious but either was written by a 12 year old or someone for whom history began on January 21, 2009- Mark Landler.
He opens:
President Obama on Wednesday authorized a major expansion of the military campaign against rampaging Sunni militants in the Middle East, including American airstrikes in Syria and the deployment of 475 more military advisers to Iraq. But he sought to dispel fears that the United States was embarking on a repeat of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Obama's not Bush, you know.
The president drew a distinction between the military action he was ordering and the two wars begun by his predecessor, George W. Bush. He likened this campaign to the selective airstrikes that the United States has carried out for years against suspected terrorists in Yemen and Somalia, few of which have been made public.
He notes that after the Obama fanfare of claiming to end the war and bring all the troops home, that Obama now has re-deployed 1600 troops in Iraq. Landler then becomes the dummy to Obama's ventriloquist "Did I remind you that I got Bin Laden?"
Standing just outside the Blue Room, steps from where he announced the raid that killed Osama bin Laden in May 2011....
Then Landler jumps the shark.
Unlike Mr. Bush in the Iraq war, Mr. Obama has sought to surround the United States with partners.
Wow. Just wow.
George Bush put together a substantial coalition. A total of 40 countries put boots on the ground as part of the Multi-National Force. democrats mocked Bush's coalition as they sought to downplay the any comparison between the efforts of Bush and Obama. In addition to being patently false, Landler's assertion is politically charged and biased as hell. All on the front page.
Let's see how many countries Obama assembles for his "broad" coalition. Let's see how many of them put ANY boots on the ground.
To his credit, Nicholas Kristof recognizes that the Obama plan is not likely to succeed:
(Excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net...
Obama’s fiction writers are working overtime
This is your mind on Kool-Aid.
Not to worry, Obama’s got our back!
The NYT jumped it, raped it, beat it up, ate it and buried the bones long ago. The Enquirer is more factual and unbiased than is the NYT.
It is hardly a surprise that The Old Grey Streetwalker would whore it up for their pimp daddy.
The Times will eventually have to give itself Four Pinocchios over that one.
Perfect!
Sunni militants
They wouldn’t be Muslim terrorists?
Sunni=Muslim
Terrorist=kill innocent non military
Behead others and circulate videos
Genocide against other religions
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
What a spectacular display of ignorance! It's spellbinding.
I wonder if the author delivered this line in the voice of Jack Benny...
They shark-jumped a long while ago.
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