Posted on 11/16/2015 4:17:03 PM PST by markomalley
President Barack Obama on Monday firmly rejected calls for a shift in U.S. strategy against the Islamic State following the Paris attacks, saying Republicans who want to send ground troops into the volatile region are "talking as if they're tough" but fail to understand the potentially grave consequences.
"Folks want to pop off and have opinions about what they think they would do," Obama said in a news conference wrapping up a two-day summit of world leaders in Turkey. "If they think that somehow their advisers are better than the chairman of my Joint Chiefs of Staff and the folks who are actually on the ground, I want to meet them. And we can have that debate."
In a stinging rebuke, the president condemned Republicans who have suggested U.S. assistance to refugees fleeing the Middle East should focus on Christians, not Muslims. GOP presidential candidates Jeb Bush and Ted Cruz have made such suggestions, while some Republican governors want to ban all Syrian refugees from their states.
"That's shameful," he said. "That's not American. It's not who we are."
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Why mess with Obama’s success? /s
“If they think that somehow their advisers are better than the chairman of my Joint Chiefs of Staff “
The Muslim Brotherhood?
The EXEMPT, hated, lying, submissive and complicit GOP
has NEVER stood in the way of Obama.
Documentation missing? GOP: No problem.
Arming al Qaeda? GOP: No problem.
Quartering cured diseases? GOP: No problem.
Killing witnesses? GOP: No problem.
Covering up Benghazi? GOP: No problem.
Help initiate IRS abuse? GOP: No problem. Let’s roll.
But lets elect them. No matter what. It’s a lesser evil.
When has your crack team every been right about anything ? That is the first question in your debate.
I’ll bet that the Joint Chiefs of Staff are either a)telling him differently or b) hand picked yes men who will say whatever Obama wants to hear in order to keep their positions.
I’m betting on b.
B for sure.
Come on Norm, we’ve known B for years
Yup. True enough. Sadly.
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