Posted on 05/15/2015 10:02:16 AM PDT by Sean_Anthony
Boys, move the goalposts.
If youre having trouble keeping track of all the promises, threats, and red lines that Obama has applied to Syria and Assad, youre not alone. There have been so many that things tend to get confusing. However, one constant through it all has been a warning that, if the Assad regime uses chemical weapons, it would trigger a US military response.
Now we have widespread reports of the Assad regime deploying weaponized chlorine gas. So, if youre a President whos absolutely terrified of backing up his own proclamations with actual action, what are you to do? Thats right. You move the goalposts.
Pressed by a reporter, President Obama made it clear that he was responsible for Assad giving up his chemical weapons. This, he claims, has delighted the people of that region.
My commitment was to make sure that Syria was not using chemical weapons and mobilizing the international community to ensure that would not happen. And we positioned ourselves to be willing to take military action. The reason we did not, was because Asaad gave up his chemical weapons.
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Tell it to the soldiers in the trenches of WWI!
This is beyond lame. It’s a very legalistic argument even rabid Dem talking heads will have a hard time supporting.
Obama on Syria red line: weaponized chlorine isnt historically considered a chemical weapon.
Obama went to a fancy college and everything. Surely he knows the answers to both questions.
His remark is somewhat like saying, right after we bombed Hiroshima, that “nuclear bombs are not historically considered a weapon.
I’d suggest then that BO get a bottle of Clorox, a bottle of ammonia, go to the loo, mix them and see what happens.
Tell those that went through the Gas Chambers in basic training to get teargas then chlorine. If you know nothing anything can seem true.
Tell it to everyone you meet. Just make sure you attribute the statement to Sarah Palin. Then discuss. Then throw the switch and watch them die.
Historically, US Presidents aren’t considered to be weak to the rest of the world, but we’ve been cursed with one since 2008.
technically, chlorine is an element
So, he’s right!
;-)
“Tell it to everyone you meet. Just make sure you attribute the statement to Sarah Palin.”
That used to be a fun game I used to play on democrat blogs. No matter the topic, I would agree with something someone would say and say “Sarah Palin said that too”, and step back in amazement at how those two words would instantaneously hijack any thread totally and completely
(snort)
Give him (Obama) an open mike, and more face time. Please!
Hey Obunghole - get a good snootful of chlorine and tell us what you think then.
Tell that to my late great-Uncle who was gassed by ‘weaponized chlorine’ by the Germans in WWI and died a couple of years after the war.
Actually, chlorine gas is a diatomic molecule, Cl2, so it is a chemical.
March 2015: Kurds report more chlorine attacks, Iraq pauses Tikrit offensive
-PJ
He just will say anything to protect his Muslim buddies, and our press will not cover it.
He'll get a snootful of chloramine gas. Very unpleasant.
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