Posted on 05/22/2015 2:55:29 AM PDT by Libloather
Obama: We're definitely not 'losing' in Iraq - ISIS storming into Ramadi was just a 'setback' and it would be a mistake to send in U.S. ground troops
President Barack Obama echoed the many claims of his administration officials in an interview released today and said that the fall of Ramadi is a mere 'setback.'
'No, I don’t think we’re losing,' the president told The Atlantic in the Tuesday interview. 'There’s no doubt there was a tactical setback,' he said, but 'Ramadi had been vulnerable for a very long time.'
The president dug in his heels and said he would not send in U.S. ground troops to defend the war-torn country. Last time the U.S. came to the rescue, the Iraqi government 'squandered' the country's new found freedom, he said, by refusing to reach out to to different sects of the population.
'If the Iraqis themselves are not willing or capable to arrive at the political accommodations necessary to govern, if they are not willing to fight for the security of their country, we cannot do that for them,' Obama told The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg.
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Finally, he tells the truth, because he is on the side of IS.
“The only thing Obama’s drawing is attention to his yellow streak.”
And he’s just incompetent, right?!
Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin when God gets ready. Don’t forget God....
Perhaps Bill can explain to obamam what the meaning of IS is.
The Kurds don't play.
You always have to remember that Obama is an moslem and is the enemy of this country. When he says “WE are not losing” he is not talking about America. He has been working to destroy us for years.
His side isn’t losing; they’re winning.
The Kurds don’t consider Mosul theirs, so will only provide support, not combat front line troops
the assault on Mosul was meant to be the Iraq’s army responsibility .
Thanks for the clarification.
He is delusional. He should be declared incompetent and Biden take over. At this point how much worse could it get?
Missing a high-value kill is a “setback.”
ISIS overrunning and occupying Ramadi, Fallujah and Mosul are DEFEATS.
As for you Obama supporters lurking this site, and you know who you are... GFY. ALL of you.
A little white-out can change a map...
The usual and customary Lies and Bullsh!t.
If you can't accept those facts, then you're still wondering what he's up to.
As long as Baghdad doesn’t fall, Obama can claim Iraq is not losing and the MSM will give him cover. There are a lot of Shities in Baghdad, so that will probably be too big for ISIS to digest anytime soon.
Obama is just running guns (tanks) to his brotherhood.
“We’re Definitely not losing in Japan. Hiroshima and Nagasaki are just setbacks.” Emperor Hirohito.
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