Posted on 10/29/2013 1:27:04 PM PDT by IBD editorial writer
Scandal: In recent days, President Obama has claimed ignorance about spying on allies and the ObamaCare meltdown. How can it be this president is always the last to know whenever anything goes wrong in his administration?
Even though the NSA tapped the phones of German Chancellor Angela Merkel some time ago, President Obama claims he didn't know anything about it until after an internal review he ordered earlier this year.
Why should he? After all, "the president doesn't sign off on this stuff," one official said.
If Obama's ignorance of this seems dubious, consider that a German weekly reports that Army Gen. Keith Alexander, the NSA chief, briefed Obama on the Merkel wiretaps back in 2010.
Ridiculous or not, pleading ignorance has become routine for Obama whenever a scandal arises.
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He’s President Bystander
Ok, after five years with this person as president, the question still remains: WHO THE HECK IS THIS PERSON? His foreign policy choices demonstrate he’s in the pocket of or part of the Muslim Brotherhood and Islamic Jihad. That’s whose back he has.
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