Need to watch this movie again. Soon.
Posted on 01/27/2011 7:06:04 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama experienced a rare speaking stumble Thursday, mixing up Iraq and Afghanistan when responding in a YouTube interview to questions challenging the wars in those countries.
The president twice referred to Afghanistan when clearly talking about the situation in Iraq.
He said that the United States would withdraw all combat troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2011 and that combat operations there had ended, which actually describes the situation and policy for Iraq.
It was unclear whether Obama realized his mistake. He then correctly stated the situation in Afghanistan, saying the United States would start withdrawing some forces beginning in July, with the goal of handing over full security responsibilities to the Afghan government in 2014.
The 40-minute interview was part of a White House communications offensive in support of this week's State of the Union speech, with a series of events in which top administration officials spoke directly to Americans about administration policies set out in the address Tuesday night.
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I have never heard this one and I thought that I followed the news. WOW! This is real ignorance of something that is of vital importance to the USA.
Rare? All he has to do is be off the teleprompter or have no earpiece with someone telling him what to say.
“President Barack Obama experienced a rare speaking stumble”-—
You mean one that got out...
His speaking stumbles aren’t rare. That’s why he always uses a teleprompter. CNN is in Fantasyland. The reality is that Obama has difficulty speaking off-the-cuff.
Excuse me, but didn't he say he was going to begin pulling troops out of Afghanistan in July during the SOTU?
This guy has no idea what is going on does he?
I’m still trying to figure out what those 7 other states are, that Obama was talking about.
Geobels wouldn’t be proud.
He’d be envious...
Only the “Corpse Men” know.
;-)
I’m actually surprised that CNN reported it..
...if Palin had mixed up North and South Korea.
Need to watch this movie again. Soon.
Took me a second to get that one. I thought what in the heck, what Corpse Men....LOL
It is on TBS right now!
Everyone is picking on Obama about the “57 States”. It was actually worse, he said “we’ve been to all 57 States and have TWO MORE to go”. So he even f’d up his own mistake.
Rare? Seriously?
CNN = News Outlet that doesn't pay attention to All the News.
(Choicy News Network)
That’s right, I forgot exactly what he had said. I just remember the 57 states part. Hmmmm, well then I’d like to know what those other 9 states are?...lol I can’t wait for this man to be out of office. God help us if he wins another 4 years.
“Rare”?
You gotta be kidding.
Anytime the teleprompter falls over or loses power or stops scrolling, we get this little treat.
Flash video. Wish my new iPad could display it.
Or when he said "give the kid a breathalyzer...no an inhalator".
Yeah, realy rate. Right.
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