He always looked scared out of his mind when he spoke to the public. Obummer has some kind of power over him, something he is bribing/blackmailing him with. The crapola they used to have him say was absurd (just like the rest of the spokes-robots). IMHO he was forced to say the stuff the islamic administration told him to say.
Your post #6 is exactly what I am thinking. Adm Kirby was in an impossible position of defending this regime.