Just a "supporting role" for the USA. As all too typical. USA does almost everything. 0bama lies.
Posted on 05/27/2011 11:08:50 AM PDT by GreatJoeMcCarthy
I am listening to a debate between students regarding the 3-month-old Libyan war. The tone of the debate seems to be centered around a comment in a speech where Obama said that US military involvement in Libya would last days and not weeks. I started a conversation with some listeners and they also assume Obama said the same thing. I do not remember Obama saying that. I searched for a transcript of Obama making that comment and I found nothing. I did find a quote where Obama said the transition to NATO of control over US military forces would occur in days and not weeks. I do not find any comment were Obama said US involvement would last days and not weeks and yet most people seem to assume thats what he said.
I have head quite a few GOP strategists say that we should hang the "Days, not weeks" line around Obama's neck. Is this comment a myth? If so, how did this misconception happen to become so widespread? Please, if you have a transcript of this "Days, not weeks" comment by Obama, post it here. Many thanks!
just did a google search of “days not weeks”
a variety of contemporaneous (to the event) sources report he made the comment to a bipartisan congressional delegation
I heard him say it during a speech. I was in a Red Robin in Bellingham, Washington. Keep looking, it’s there but I cannot remember the date
Rush played it on his show.... I believe it was yesterday.
March 18, 2011 7:10 PM
In his meeting with Members of Congress today, sources tell ABC News, President Obama said he expected that the period that the US would be involved in heavy kinetic activity would be "days, not weeks," after which he said the US would then take more of a supporting role.
The president met with a number of Members of Congress today to talk about Libya. Joining him at the White House or by conference call were Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., Sen. Dick Lugar, R-Ind., Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and others.
- Jake Tapper
And Congress, and the MSM, and the Left-wing anti-war (Code Pink) nuts, do not say a word about it.
Since when can a President on his own, just bomb foreign countries with no provocation, with no American interest, with no Congressional approval, simply because he wants to?
Since the Obamanation came to town.
If Obama said it, then you know it’s a lie. That’s essentially all you need to know.
1) http://abcnews.go.com/International/libya-crisis-obama-moammar-gadhafi-ultimatum/story?id=13164938
These may help
Liberals let him wiggle out of this....because ‘now, the UN is in charge’.
Nevermind that they can’t see the folly of letting the UN be ‘in charge’, or the obvious fact that UN military action = Majority US participation...they’ve got their answer. We are now ‘just in a supporting role’.
Why isn’t congress investigating a clear violation of The War Powers Act?
Just a "supporting role" for the USA. As all too typical. USA does almost everything. 0bama lies.
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