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Jimmy Carter: President Obama blew it on ISIL
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Posted on 10/08/2014 7:02:07 AM PDT by Bigtigermike

Former President Jimmy Carter is criticizing President Barack Obama’s Middle East policy, saying he has shifting policies and waited too long to take action against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

In an interviewed published Tuesday in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the 39th president said the Obama administration, by not acting sooner, allowed ISIL to build up its strength.

“[W]e waited too long. We let the Islamic State build up its money, capability and strength and weapons while it was still in Syria,” he said, using an alternate name for the terrorist group. “Then when [ISIL] moved into Iraq, the Sunni Muslims didn’t object to their being there and about a third of the territory in Iraq was abandoned.”

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: iraq; isis; jimmycarter; obama
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To: Bigtigermike

When will this mad cow infected human booger kick the bucket?
He created the atmosphere in which this crap thrives to begin with.
Without a terrorism supporting regime in Iran, many of the nightmares since would never have come about.


21 posted on 10/08/2014 7:18:36 AM PDT by Darksheare (People who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Bigtigermike

If Jimmy Carter is saying that the way a President is handling Islamic terrorism is not strong enough, that’s bad.


22 posted on 10/08/2014 7:28:14 AM PDT by walford (https://www.facebook.com/wralford [feel free to friend me] @wralford on Twitter)
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To: Bigtigermike

sort of like michael moore accusing others of being fat...


23 posted on 10/08/2014 7:28:49 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: Bigtigermike

I think Obama has officially hit bottom. If Carter is criticizing King O’s policy with ISIS (what policy?),,then someone has just switched on the fan.

Wow. Never thought I’d read anything like this.


24 posted on 10/08/2014 7:29:35 AM PDT by austinaero
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To: Bigtigermike

25 posted on 10/08/2014 7:30:42 AM PDT by Diogenesis (The EXEMPT Congress is complicit in the absence of impeachment)
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To: caligatrux

Even a broken clock...

...

However, Carter is an expert on blowing it.


26 posted on 10/08/2014 7:31:35 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: caligatrux

In this case, he is a blind squirrel who happened to find a nut.


27 posted on 10/08/2014 7:35:10 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: austinaero

In short, the Democrats are tripping all over themselves now to throw Obama under the bus before he destroys their party.


28 posted on 10/08/2014 7:40:38 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: thackney
January 20, 1981 - Reagan takes oath of office, minutes later, hostages released.

I remember watching that on a split screen television; Reagan being sworn in on the left screen, the plane load of hostages on the tarmac on the right side. As soon as Reagan completed the swearing in, the Iranian guards stepped out of the path of the plane and signaled it to take off.

Walter Cronkite was practically in tears as he prattled on about how poor Jimmy had done all the heavy work of negotiation and had to leave office before it came to fruition.

Ronald Reagan was such a class act that he asked Jimbo to go greet the plane when it arrived on U.S. soil a few days later. As I recall, there was a few day's stop at our airbase in Germany to medically examine and debrief the hostages.

29 posted on 10/08/2014 7:44:13 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Bigtigermike

30 posted on 10/08/2014 7:47:01 AM PDT by PLD
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To: God luvs America
sort of like michael moore accusing others of being fat...

...or Bob Uecker calling someone a lousy hitter.

31 posted on 10/08/2014 7:49:30 AM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: Bigtigermike

You have to wonder if this administration is astute enough of history to understand just how bad it is that Carter, of all people, has just dissed them. Ol Jimmy must be loving life these days knowing he will no longer be judged as the worst president in modern times. He now has the freedom to “look down” on obama and company and “correct” them. Very embarrassing for 0’s administration.


32 posted on 10/08/2014 7:50:37 AM PDT by Ghost of SVR4 (So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
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To: skeeter

ISIl includees land that ISIS wants and then will become ISIL. ISIS = Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, ISILO + Islamic State of Iraq and Levant. Levant = Syria Jordan and Israel. obama like to refer to them as ISIL as if it is a done deal.


33 posted on 10/08/2014 7:53:29 AM PDT by duffee (Dump the Chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party, joe nosef.)
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To: Servant of the Cross
You know the rats are in full panic mode when they bring out Jimmy Carter to criticize the bamsters foreign policy moves........

The move to separate themselves from the bamster is in full swing, the humor in them trying to claim it was his fault and they were innocent bystanders in all this almost makes me want to laugh. Crying or puking might be more appropriate.......

34 posted on 10/08/2014 7:56:23 AM PDT by Lakeshark
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To: Bigtigermike

I think what Carter meant to say is that Obama waited too long and should have immediately surrendered when given the opportunity.


35 posted on 10/08/2014 7:59:11 AM PDT by cincinnati65
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To: Bigtigermike

Even Carter criticizes Obama!!!

Obama became a fire hydrant where even dogs will urinate

36 posted on 10/08/2014 8:04:52 AM PDT by Dqban22
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To: Bigtigermike

Interesting that JC is going along with the “Islamic State” nomenclature.


37 posted on 10/08/2014 8:08:55 AM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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To: caligatrux

Usually I agree, but I think he’s right on this one. Sad when Jimmy Carter, the ultimate wimp, says someone wimped out.


38 posted on 10/08/2014 8:10:54 AM PDT by leapfrog0202 ("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
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To: Bigtigermike

Obama was raised a Sunni. Just follow who he has supported and opposed in the Middle East, and it’s no surprise to see he supports ISIS.


39 posted on 10/08/2014 8:35:31 AM PDT by aimhigh (1 John 3:23)
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To: Bigtigermike

Jimmy trying to help his son’s campaign for office.


40 posted on 10/08/2014 9:32:55 AM PDT by what's up
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