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Carter criticizes Obama on ISIS: 'We waited too long'
CNN ^
| 10/8/14
| Ashley Killough
Posted on 10/08/2014 1:51:49 PM PDT by TangledUpInBlue
Former President Jimmy Carter said President Barack Obama "waited too long" to go after ISIS and criticized what he described as the president's changing foreign policy.
"First of all, we waited too long. We let the Islamic State build up its money, capability and strength and weapons while it was still in Syria," Carter told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram in an interview published Tuesday. The 39th president was in Texas working on a Habitat for Humanity project.
"Then when [ISIS] moved into Iraq, the Sunni Muslims didn't object to their being there and about a third of the territory in Iraq was abandoned," he continued.
The United States has so far led a coalition of countries in airstrike campaigns against ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria. But the militant group has continued to operate, and it's expected to soon capture the key Syrian border city of Kobani.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhogwot; carter; iraq; isis; jimmuh; jimmycarter; presidents
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You know it's bad when Peanut piles on.... good grief!
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To: TangledUpInBlue
Dang. Now they will accuse Carter of being a racist for criticizing 0bama.
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posted on
10/08/2014 1:53:56 PM PDT
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: Drango
And a sawed-off racist at that!
To: Drango
Carter himself has said that criticism of Obama is due to racism. So let’s hold Jimmy to his own standards.
To: F15Eagle
In other news: Tweedle Dee criticizes Tweedle Dum!
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posted on
10/08/2014 1:55:51 PM PDT
by
JaguarXKE
(1973: Reporters investigate All the President's Men. 2013: Reporters ARE all the President's men d)
To: TangledUpInBlue
OH NOOOOOOOOOOOEZ
Hell has frozen over...
To: TangledUpInBlue
Love it...love it...love it!
To: TangledUpInBlue
No, Jimmy, Hussein didn’t wait too long, while they aremed themselves. Hussein was busy arming them.
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posted on
10/08/2014 1:56:55 PM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: TangledUpInBlue
This guy must seriously be worried Obama is going to take his place as worstest...
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posted on
10/08/2014 1:57:30 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: TangledUpInBlue
The groundwork was laid with all the stupid ROE crap!
Let them shoot first isn't in my recipe book.
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posted on
10/08/2014 1:57:31 PM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
To: TangledUpInBlue
Peanut brain just trying to preserve his #2 ranking.
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posted on
10/08/2014 1:59:36 PM PDT
by
eyedigress
(e(!zOld storm chaser from the west)/?s)
To: TangledUpInBlue
Whatchu mean “we”, Kimosabe?
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posted on
10/08/2014 2:00:14 PM PDT
by
exit82
("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
To: Vendome
Jimmuh’s elated that he’s no longer Number One on the list of worst presidents. Now he’s just piling on.
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posted on
10/08/2014 2:00:53 PM PDT
by
AZLiberty
(No tag today.)
To: TangledUpInBlue
Exactly. And exactly what this represents. Even among orthodox liberals Obama has not made any friends with his arrogant anti-American butthole act. As his a$$-wipe pastor might say, the chickenzz are cominggg home to roost.
To: hinckley buzzard
Jimmy waited too long to get the Iranian embassy back. That is what started this mess.
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posted on
10/08/2014 2:05:40 PM PDT
by
Louis Foxwell
(This is a wake up call. Join the Sultan Knish ping list.)
To: TangledUpInBlue
To: TangledUpInBlue
Well Jimmuh we should never have pulled completely out of Iraq like Bammy boy did and campaigned on against the advice of the generals.
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posted on
10/08/2014 2:06:54 PM PDT
by
tflabo
(Truth or tyranny)
To: TangledUpInBlue
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posted on
10/08/2014 2:14:18 PM PDT
by
UB355
(Slower traffic keep right)
To: TangledUpInBlue
Got an ISIS problem?
Nope, not anymore!
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posted on
10/08/2014 2:15:10 PM PDT
by
Perseverando
(In Washington, it's common knowledge that Barack Hussein Obama is ineligible to be POTUS.)
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