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Obama Says Attacks In Libya And Egypt Are Just "Bumps In The Road"
60 Minutes via YouTube ^
| Sunday, September 23, 2012
| GOPICYMI
Posted on 09/23/2012 7:46:08 PM PDT by kristinn
(60 Minutes video clip at source link.)
This may be the first time in history that a President of the United States has called a terrorist attack against the country a "bump in the road." (September 23, 2012).
Transcript via The Weekly Standard:
CBS's Steve Kroft asked, Have the events that took place in the Middle East, the recent events in the Middle East given you any pause about your support for the governments that have come to power following the Arab Spring?
President Obama answered, Well, I'd said even at the time that this is going to be a rocky path. The question presumes that somehow we could have stopped this wave of change. I think it was absolutely the right thing for us to do to align ourselves with democracy, universal rights-- a notion that-- people have- to be able to-- participate-- in-- their own governance. But I was pretty certain and continue to be pretty certain that there are going to be bumps in the road because-- you know, in a lot of these places-- the one organizing principle-- has been Islam. The one part of society that hasn't been controlled completely by the government. There are strains of extremism, and anti-Americanism, and anti-Western sentiment. And you know can be tapped into by demagogues. There will probably be some times where we bump up against some of these countries and have strong disagreements, but I do think that over the long term, we are more likely to get a Middle East and North Africa that is more peaceful, more prosperous and more aligned with our interests.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; benghazi; bumpsintheroad; chrisstevens; christopherstevens; libya; obama
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To: kristinn
Yet he promised to use force to protect our interests.
...along with sternly worded letters from Shillary.
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posted on
09/23/2012 9:17:07 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
I feel certain the families of those four murdered Americans feel that the three+ years of B.Hussein Obama is a rut in the road that have truly harmed their families lives...
I would hope they speak publicly about their bump in the road they are feeling about now..
I weep for all of them and for our Country I once knew..never have I hated a president as much as I do the current one...
Please AMERICAN VOTERS help our nation to heal and recover and vote this fool OUT..
To: nicmarlo; stephenjohnbanker; Lakeshark
there are going to be bumps in the road because
Our sodomized and murdered Amabassador, the murder of 2 former Navy Seals, the murder of another American, American embassies besieged, the White House cover up and lies, the release of secret documents pointing to the attacks being an inside job, the lack of security to protect the life of our Ambassador and his staff, the willful and intentional refusal to heed warnings from Libya and repeated attempts of Netanyahu's calls days before the atrocity are all just 'bumps in the road' to the Marxist Obama.
No wonder he could go to sleep during the mortaring of our embassy and attend a gala fundraiser in Vegas the following day.
What an utterly evil and disgraceful pig.
And there are those right here within our ranks on FR, who would by default, prefer to see America destroyed by that vile pig in the White House, than to vote for Romney & Ryan on November 6th because Romney "isn't conservative enough".
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posted on
09/23/2012 9:24:22 PM PDT
by
mkjessup
(Jimmy Carter is the Skidmark in America's panties, 0bama is the yellow stain in front!)
To: kristinn
Mr. Obama, why don’t you tell that to the widow of the Navy seal that was killed in Libya?
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posted on
09/23/2012 9:26:39 PM PDT
by
navyblue
(<u>)
To: kristinn
To: mkjessup; stephenjohnbanker; Lakeshark
And there are those right here within our ranks on FR, who would by default, prefer to see America destroyed by that vile pig in the White House, than to vote for Romney & Ryan on November 6th because Romney "isn't conservative enough". Yes, indeed. And if Obama's re-elected, my innocent grandchild will have them and their ilk to thank for the trashed country they'll inherit.
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posted on
09/23/2012 9:30:59 PM PDT
by
nicmarlo
(I'll Take the Mormon Over the MORON)
To: kristinn
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posted on
09/23/2012 9:35:22 PM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: kristinn
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posted on
09/23/2012 9:39:41 PM PDT
by
toddausauras
(FUBO x 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000)
To: kristinn
Bumps in the road on the way to a global Caliphate.
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posted on
09/23/2012 9:40:32 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(dishonorabledisclosure.com - OPSEC (give them support))
To: tbw2
I’m not too thrilled over Roomney either, but I’ll be there to vote for him Those that say they won’t will have to see themselves in the mirror the next morning and say “I helped to re-elect Obama.” Nice goin guys!
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posted on
09/23/2012 9:41:09 PM PDT
by
navyblue
(<u>)
To: kristinn; All
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posted on
09/23/2012 10:13:02 PM PDT
by
newzjunkey
(Osama's dead... and so is our ambassador - Coulter.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
The bumps in the road are dead American bodies. When only a Presidential "Face Palm" will suffice.
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posted on
09/24/2012 12:28:51 AM PDT
by
spokeshave
(The only people better off today than 4 years ago are the Prisoners at Guantanamo.)
To: kristinn
To: kristinn
Here is a picture of Muslim rioters in Greece.
On a FOXNEWS website under the caption, here is what it says ( Sun. 23, 2012: A man wears a shirt bearing the name of an American newspaper, as Muslim protest against a film produced in the U.S. that they say insults the Prophet Muhammad, in Athens. (AP) ) .... well, well, well, things that make you go ... Hmmmm ???
To: kristinn
A few shovel-ready projects, and we’ll pave it over with bull@#$.
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posted on
09/24/2012 3:13:14 AM PDT
by
Eleutheria5
(End the occupation. Annex today.)
To: kristinn
Wow I never thought I would hear attacks on US property and the murder of our ambassadors being called “bumps in the road.” That really is unbelivable.
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posted on
09/24/2012 3:30:54 AM PDT
by
rod1
(CTLY)
To: rod1
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posted on
09/24/2012 4:52:41 AM PDT
by
Never on my watch
(I can see November from the Chick-Fil-A drive through lane.)
To: Never on my watch
Please excuse the large image, I should have made sure the pixel coding was in the post. However, I am REALLY livid about this idiot in the White House so the graphic size might be appropriate.
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posted on
09/24/2012 5:05:37 AM PDT
by
Never on my watch
(I can see November from the Chick-Fil-A drive through lane.)
To: kristinn
THIS ASSWIPE SAID THE DEATH OF AMERICANS ARE A BUMP IN THE ROAD.
IF WE HAD A REAL MEDIA, THE PHRASE WOULD BE THE LEAD STORY FROM NOW UNTIL THE ELECTION.
UN-F*****-REAL.
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posted on
09/24/2012 5:17:16 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(Gingers have no souls.)
To: kristinn
Bumps in the road....to where?
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posted on
09/24/2012 5:22:10 AM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(Conservatism didn't magically show up in Romney's heart in 2012. You can't force what isn't in you.)
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