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Obama squanders what U.S. accomplished in Iraq
lowell sun ^ | 7/20/2014 | peter lucas

Posted on 06/20/2014 6:59:38 AM PDT by luke1825

If Secretary of State John F. Kerry ever gets the chance to catch President Barack Obama coming off the golf course, or in between fundraisers, he should ask him this:

"Mr. President, how do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?"

That is the question Vietnam War veteran John Kerry asked when he appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations committee as a leader of the anti-Vietnam War movement in April 1971.

Nobody knew back then he would become a U.S. senator, the Democrat Party nominee for president in 2004, or Obama's secretary of state. So he is in a good place.

Maybe he should ask the question again, this time with Iraq in mind.

How do you ask a man to be the last man to die because of the president's mistake in failing to negotiate a status of force agreement with the Maliki government in 2011 that would have left enough U.S. troops in Iraq to combat terrorism?


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: government; iraq; politics

1 posted on 06/20/2014 6:59:39 AM PDT by luke1825
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To: luke1825

Patrician idiot.


2 posted on 06/20/2014 7:08:14 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: onedoug

I wonder where he docks his luxury sailing yacht these days? It is still conveniently in Rhode Island to avoid taxes?


3 posted on 06/20/2014 7:10:04 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: luke1825

Not just Iraq. He is out to destroy any and all gains the United States of America has made since the beginning. He’s done a good job putting the screws to us. Now, there is no justice. He has killed it with the media’s help. He brazenly commits crimes then commits even further crimes to cover them up. At this point, we are not exceptional in the world. We cannot stop our dictator either. So far.


4 posted on 06/20/2014 7:12:23 AM PDT by ryan71 (The Partisans)
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To: ryan71

Obama say: I want to “Fundamentally transform the United States of America.”

Speaker Boehner say: Okay, how can I help?


5 posted on 06/20/2014 7:17:36 AM PDT by Graewoulf (Democrats' Obamacare Socialist Health Insur. Tax violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
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To: luke1825

What did the US gain that was worth the price we paid in lives and maimed men and women?

The government of the US has become the government of the rich and powerful, for the rich and powerful and by those, in congress, the administration, the courts, the police and the press, who serve the rich and powerful.

The poor and lower middle classes since they cannot contribute to making the rich and powerful, richer and more powerful in any other way, are used as cannon fodder, making those invested in big pharma, prosthesis, ammunition, ad weapons of war, richer and more powerful by giving up their lives and body parts.


6 posted on 06/20/2014 7:18:39 AM PDT by The_Republic_Of_Maine (Be kept informed on Maine's secession, sign up at freemaine@hushmail.com)
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To: luke1825
Obama “The Destroyer.” This is why Rush said he hopes Obama fails.

Obama’s mission was/is to dismantle America.

Creating and Constructing require diligence and planning.

Dismantling is generally done quickly by much lesser skilled methods.

It takes time, hard work and genius to create greatness.

Any fool can come along and knock down what others toiled to build.

7 posted on 06/20/2014 7:19:55 AM PDT by Awgie (truth is always stranger than fiction)
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To: luke1825

Quagmire.


8 posted on 06/20/2014 7:27:31 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: luke1825

The mistake was in allowing Obama to become president when he has no genuine documentation to prove he is actually a citizen.


9 posted on 06/20/2014 7:30:50 AM PDT by Iron Munro (The Obamas' Black skin has morphed into Teflon thanks to the Obama Media)
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To: luke1825

Sure did!


10 posted on 06/20/2014 7:32:45 AM PDT by YourAdHere (I flip off all Obama bumper stickers.)
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To: luke1825

You see photos of him from his news conference where he was over 1 hour late to?
Iraq is being lost, thousands are dying, millions at risk all because of a drug addict.


11 posted on 06/20/2014 8:12:48 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: The_Republic_Of_Maine
[i]What did the US gain that was worth the price we paid in lives and maimed men and women?

The government of the US has become the government of the rich and powerful, for the rich and powerful and by those, in congress, the administration, the courts, the police and the press, who serve the rich and powerful.

The poor and lower middle classes since they cannot contribute to making the rich and powerful, richer and more powerful in any other way, are used as cannon fodder, making those invested in big pharma, prosthesis, ammunition, ad weapons of war, richer and more powerful by giving up their lives and body parts.[/i]

Thank-you

I was going to answer that our accomplishments include a constitution based upon Sharia, and the persecution of one of the few remaining Christian communities in the ME.
12 posted on 06/20/2014 8:42:09 AM PDT by khelus
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Thank you, are you starting to see why so many of want to secede on June 12, 2018.
13 posted on 06/20/2014 8:49:31 AM PDT by The_Republic_Of_Maine (Be kept informed on Maine's secession, sign up at freemaine@hushmail.com)
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To: luke1825
The MOST blood thirsty President EVER !! Image and video hosting by TinyPic
14 posted on 06/20/2014 9:15:57 AM PDT by MtnMan101
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To: Starboard

I hear he’s taken it up-river in Cambodia a few times, where he wears his CIA gift hat demonstrating his command authority.

There’s some holy man out there who specializes in removing rice from the ass without damaging the brain. Though he sure seems a quack by every measure I’ve seen.


15 posted on 06/20/2014 11:09:54 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: onedoug
Patrician idiot.

To me, he has always been a patrician TRAITOR.

16 posted on 06/20/2014 11:13:02 AM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: luke1825

al Maliki and his government did a better job of squandering it than Obama ever could.


17 posted on 06/20/2014 11:16:01 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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