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John Kerry under fire for 'unbelievably small' comment
POLITICO ^ | September 9, 2013 | TAL KOPAN

Posted on 09/09/2013 7:13:00 AM PDT by maggief

As President Barack Obama kicks off an all-out push for a strike on Syria, Secretary of State John Kerry came under fire on Monday for saying any attack would be “unbelievably small” and suggesting the Syrian ruler still had a week to give up his chemical weapons to avoid a U.S. assault - a remark Kerry’s spokeswoman later attempted to clarify.

The off-key comments came in a joint press conference in London with Britain’s foreign secretary, where Kerry said the strike would be able to harm Assad without putting American troops on the ground and with a “very limited, very targeted, short-term effort.”

“That is exactly what we are talking about doing – unbelievably small, limited kind of effort,” Kerry said, according to reports.

The comments, which dismayed even supporters of an attack on Syria, added fuel to the debate as Obama launches a full court press 48-hour media and political blitz to try to sell the plan to a skeptical American public and Congress.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: assad; bho44; bhomiddleeast; kerry; lurch; small; soskerry; syria; unbelievably; unbelievablysmall; vietnam
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To: Liz
Kerry said that it would be limited. In fact he will be leaving on his yacht any day now to shoot some bottle rockets at Assad.
41 posted on 09/09/2013 7:30:41 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: maggief
unbelievably small-

Did his momma eat a lot of chicken?

42 posted on 09/09/2013 7:30:51 AM PDT by JPG (Obama, Juan and Linda Do Syria.)
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To: maggief

43 posted on 09/09/2013 7:30:59 AM PDT by expat1000
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To: cotton1706

Incompetents in office is always dangerous.
******
The rest of the world is watching, taking notes, of this bungling buffoonery.

Weakness invites aggression. Always has, always will.


44 posted on 09/09/2013 7:31:14 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Grampa Dave

They have no message discipline.

Kerry says the airstrikes would be unbelievably small.

Rice said airstrikes might fall outside legal framework..(ie be illegal.)

Incredible.


45 posted on 09/09/2013 7:31:35 AM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: Starboard
Weakness invites aggression. Always has, always will.

"Our enemies are little worms, I saw them in Munich." - Adolf Hitler, 1938

46 posted on 09/09/2013 7:32:04 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: cotton1706
Incompetents in office is always dangerous

Men and women who lack wisdom and a grasp of the situation at hand tend not to admit a mistake. Already, this administration has asked for war to save Obama from embarrassment. Now they want permission for a little tiny strike. Wasn't the bombing of Libya supposedly just so the defeated "freedom fighters" would be protected as they returned home? Oops.

Nobody's connecting the dots. Obama never saw one unintended consequence of labelling Snowden a traitor. That would be that with that Obama alienated a lot of his base....the already disillusioned progressives.

A wounded beast is the most dangerous.

47 posted on 09/09/2013 7:32:33 AM PDT by grania
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To: BenLurkin

Note the clean desk, devoid of any indications of work. Also note the empty chairs. Just sayin....


48 posted on 09/09/2013 7:33:40 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: maggief

Has he found an aspirin factory in Syria to blow up with cruise missiles?


49 posted on 09/09/2013 7:34:40 AM PDT by MulberryDraw (That which cannot be paid, won't be paid.)
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To: Col Frank Slade

CORRECTION - Power not Rice.


50 posted on 09/09/2013 7:36:55 AM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: maggief

Bottle rockets?


51 posted on 09/09/2013 7:37:16 AM PDT by proxy_user
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To: Texas Eagle
What's really going on while we're being distracted by the shiny object?

You are correct again. This is always the first question to ask each and every time something "new and important" engages the news media collective's total attention.
52 posted on 09/09/2013 7:40:13 AM PDT by Resettozero
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To: Col Frank Slade

Excellent point/observation:

They have no message discipline.

Kerry says the airstrikes would be unbelievably small.

Rice said airstrikes might fall outside legal framework..(ie be illegal.)

Incredible.

Reminds me of what my Granddad used to say about liberals decades ago. “How do you know liberals are lying? When they start to talk!”


53 posted on 09/09/2013 7:40:41 AM PDT by Grampa Dave ( When insane/feral Islamics are killing each other, stand back and let Allah sort them out!)
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To: maggief

The incompetence just keeps oozing out the these POS wannabe’s and then they spend 3 days trying to weasel out of what they meant to say! All the while the little fire is turning into an inferno!

Our poor USA is turning into a laughing stock of a country. :(


54 posted on 09/09/2013 7:43:11 AM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (Tastes like Heaven, Burns like Hell! Mmmmmm. What is it?)
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To: Liz
what kind of brain?..plian worm brain, w/all that
space...maybe even vacuous vessel.

55 posted on 09/09/2013 7:43:55 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass (who'll take tomorrow,$pend it all today;who can take your income & tax it all away..0'Blowfly can :-)
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To: Grampa Dave

“What’s it to him if a few US pilots get shot down, “

Scott Speicher: Dead or alive?

Navy Still Thinks Gulf War Pilot Captured

http://www.pownetwork.org/saudi/sd017_3.htm

USAF 27 November 2006 – F-16CG, serial 90-0776, from the 524th Fighter Squadron crashes near Fallujah while on a low-altitude ground-strafing run. The pilot, Major Troy Gilbert, was killed. His body was taken by insurgents. It was never recovered.[183][184]

NAVY 2 May 2005 – Two F/A-18C Block 39/40 Hornet fighter jets of VMFA-323, BuNos 164721 and 164732, collide over south-central Iraq, during a sortie from USS Carl Vinson, killing the two pilots.[185]

USAF 8 April 2003 – A-10A 78-0691 of 124th Wing/190th FS shot down by Iraqi Roland SAM; pilot survived

USAF 7 April 2003 – F-15E 88-1694/SJ of 4th FW/335th FS crashed on a combat bombing mission near Tikrit, Iraq. Both the pilot and Weapon Systems Officer (WSO) were killed.[191][1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aviation_shootdowns_and_accidents_during_the_Iraq_War


56 posted on 09/09/2013 7:44:55 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: Texas Eagle

Yeah.

Things are urgent, but not too urgent to interrupt Obama’s golf games.

Things are urgent, but not too urgent that Obama delays until Congress returns from vacation.

Things are urgent, but not too urgent that Obama can delay addressing the Nation for nearly a week on how urgent the need to take action is.

Things are urgent, but not too urgent that they would need ‘boots on the ground’ to ensure that the chemical weapons were secured.

Things are urgent, but not too urgent that Kerry says the strikes would only be small.

==

We continue to get mishmash of jumbled up information.

The Administration cannot even state why they are supporting the rebel faction over the Assad faction.

The Administration cannot even state what the compelling national interest is for the US.


57 posted on 09/09/2013 7:48:07 AM PDT by TomGuy (.)
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To: Hotlanta Mike

They got her coming so she can look good for 2016. Automatic coronation to the presidency!


58 posted on 09/09/2013 7:48:12 AM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (Tastes like Heaven, Burns like Hell! Mmmmmm. What is it?)
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To: maggief

Yeah! Trip him and make him eat dirt! Yeah! And give him a wedgie!

We have 10 year olds running our government.


59 posted on 09/09/2013 7:49:38 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Liz

60 posted on 09/09/2013 7:50:28 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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