Hey Barry, you mean this like gentleman?
Posted on 06/18/2013 6:01:10 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Obama: You Can't Understand Syria Policy 'If You Haven't Been in the Situation Room'
Obama: I hear folks saying, "Katie, bar the door, let's just go in and knock out Syria." 7:03 AM, Jun 18, 2013 • By DANIEL HALPER
Charlie Rose last night asked President Obama his new Syria policy. The president first objected to it being called a new policy. "I'm not sure you can characterize this as a new policy. This is consistent with the policy that I've had throughout," he said.
Obama then explained the goal is regional stability, and especially in Syria. "Really, what we're trying to do is take sides against extremists of all sorts and in favor of people who are in favor of moderation, tolerance, representative government, and over the long-term, stability and prosperity for the people of Syria," said Obama.
And after a little back-and-forth, Rose said to Obama, "So you think a no fly zone is not necessary?"
Obama, the transcript suggests, seemed to think Rose wasn't getting it. "What I’m saying is, that if you haven’t been in the Situation Room, pouring through intelligence and meeting directly with our military folks and asking, what are all our options, and examining what are all the consequences, and understanding that for example, if you set up a no-fly zone, that you may not be actually solving the problem on the zone," he said. "Or if you set up a humanitarian corridor, are you in fact committed not only to stopping aircraft from going that corridor, but also missiles? And if so, does that mean that you then have to take out the armaments in Damascus and are you prepared then to bomb Damascus? And what happens if there’s civilian casualties. And have we mapped all of the chemical weapons facilities inside of Syria to make sure that we don’t drop a bomb on a chemical weapons facility that ends up then dispersing chemical weapons and killing civilians, which is exactly what we’re trying to prevent. Unless you’ve been involved in those conversations, then it’s kind of hard for you to understand that the complexity of the situation and how we have to not rush into one more war in the Middle East. And we've got --"
Rose then interrupted, "So that's why people think you haven't, because you do not want to get involved in another conflict, having extricated the United States from Iraq and also soon from Afghanistan."
"Charlie, I --" Obama tried, before being cut off again.
"And the idea of another conflict and getting involved in a war that had real significant Sunni-Shia implications and could explode into the region, you want no part of that, even though there has been a turn in the tide in Syria with the Assad regime and the Assad army, with the help of Hezbollah, doing better."
Obama explained, "Yeah, Charlie, that shouldn't just be my concern, that should be everybody's concern, you know. We went through that. We know what it's like to rush into a war in the Middle East without having thought it through. And there are elements within the Middle East who see this entirely through the prism of a Shia-Sunni conflict and want the United States to simply take the side of the Sunnis. And that I do not think serves American institutes. As I said before, the distinction I make is between extremists and those who are recognized in a 21st century world that the way the Middle East is going to succeed is when you have governments that meet the aspirations of their people, that are tolerant, that are not sectarian. And working through that is something that we have to do in deliberate fashion. So when I hear debates out there, on the one hand, folks saying, you know, 'Katie, bar the door, let's just go in and knock out Syria' --"
"They're not asking that," Rose conteded.
Hey Barry, you mean this like gentleman?
Well, the Brits actually built most of the Confederate blue water Navy, including commerce raiders like the CSS Alabama and CSS Shenandoah.
Translation: I follow Saudi orders but I can’t come out and say that.
I’m confused: Then is Obama admitting that he doesn’t understand the complexities of the situation?
....dude couldn’t find the situation room even if it had a cigarette machine in it.
“Obama: You Can’t Understand Syria Policy ‘If You Haven’t Been on a prayer rug.’”
There, fixed it.
You can’t fight in here.
This is the War Room...
I hear they have to wear gas masks in the Situation Room, not to get knocked out by the smell of poppers. And that other smell, of course.
It’s a gift and the only one he has.
Great Leader is telling us to just trust him. By golly, I sure will.
nobama is sooooooooo condescending. nobama belongs in a solitary cell in a Fed Supermax for the rest of his worthless existance. nobama is the Uber-Worst president.
‘You can’t understand Syrian policy if you haven’t been Photoshopped in the Situation Room’
He gets all his information from the paper - when Bo and Carney alternately get the paper from the front porch of the White Crib each morning.
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Hmmm- you can’t really understand crippling poverty in America unless you’ve been in the gutter looking for dropped food- And by the way dear leader- your wife just spent more taxpayer money on ONE LUNCH with bono than most poor people get in one year- but gee- thanks for the lectures abotu responsibilities-
“Right .... We’re arming the very terrorist organization that killed over 3,000 people on American soil on September 11th, 2001 and we’re all too stupid to understand Obama’s brilliant foreign policy.”
Do you think that’s what he means; as opposed to admitting he had no clue what he was talking about in his campaigns? ;)
He couldn’t find Syria on a map.
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