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John Kerry Is Getting Relentlessly Mocked For Saying Syria Strikes Will Be 'Unbelievably Small'
Business Insider ^ | 09/09/2013 | Brett LoGiurato

Posted on 09/09/2013 8:18:39 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Making the case for intervention in Syria to a war-weary American public, Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday that the strike will be "unbelievably small" — a comment that has already earned him relentless mocking in its immediate aftermath. "We’re not going to war. We will not have people at risk in that way," Kerry said during a press conference in London with UK Foreign Secretary William Hague, according to a transcript released by the State Department.

"We will be able to hold Bashar Assad accountable without engaging in troops on the ground or any other prolonged kind of effort in a very limited, very targeted, very short-term effort that degrades his capacity to deliver chemical weapons without assuming responsibility for Syria’s civil war.

"That is exactly what we’re talking about doing – unbelievably small, limited kind of effort."

Kerry's comments are a microcosm of the poor job the Obama administration has done trying to explain the rationale for intervention. On one hand, they realize they are dealing with a "war-weary" public skeptical of engaging in another Middle East conflict.

On the other hand, Kerry has made repeated comments casting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as the greatest villain of the 21st century, in response to an alleged chemical-weapons attack against his own people on Aug. 21. The U.S. says the attack killed 1,429 people, including 426 children.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: johnkerry; rehash; small; syria; unbelievably; unbelievablysmall
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To: SeekAndFind
"We will be able to hold Bashar Assad accountable without engaging in troops on the ground or any other prolonged kind of effort in a very limited, very targeted, very short-term effort that degrades his capacity to deliver chemical weapons without assuming responsibility for Syria’s civil war.

What do you know about degrading a military.

Wait. What am I saying. You work for Obama. What are you going to do? Demand Assad allow womyn and homosexuals to serve in his military?

21 posted on 09/09/2013 8:27:04 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: mom.mom

“Yeah, what is that tongue action? You expect him to nail a fly on the other side of the room.”

Inside the human visage, Jean-Francois Kerre` is actually a humanoid lizard, much like the aliens in the TV series “V”.

That would explain a lot.


22 posted on 09/09/2013 8:28:55 AM PDT by alloysteel (Those who deny natural climate change are forever doomed to stupidity. AGW is a LIE.)
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To: SeekAndFind

You wouldn’t catch Anthony Weiner using phraseology like that.


23 posted on 09/09/2013 8:30:19 AM PDT by Arthur McGowan (If you're FOR sticking scissors in a female's neck and sucking out her brains, you are PRO-WOMAN!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Naaa, the rest of his face has gotten longer and just makes his chin look shorter.


24 posted on 09/09/2013 8:31:32 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the people. T Jefferson)
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To: SeekAndFind

Yes. His jaw was so long back in 1971, it qualified as a facial deformation. He had about an inch hacked off his jaw some years ago.


25 posted on 09/09/2013 8:31:47 AM PDT by Arthur McGowan (If you're FOR sticking scissors in a female's neck and sucking out her brains, you are PRO-WOMAN!)
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To: SeekAndFind

His Botox has made his face immovable.


26 posted on 09/09/2013 8:31:47 AM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: ZX12R

They are going all the way and do all three.


27 posted on 09/09/2013 8:33:16 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the people. T Jefferson)
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To: SeekAndFind

Agree or disagree with the action, I don’t recall that Clinton had such a display of incompetence, by himself, his administration, and by the US military establishment regarding the Balkans.


28 posted on 09/09/2013 8:33:51 AM PDT by truth_seeker
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To: ExTexasRedhead
"...Kerry has made repeated comments casting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as the greatest villain of the 21st century..."

I guess it's just a matter of al-Assad was O.K. before he wasn't O.K.

29 posted on 09/09/2013 8:33:57 AM PDT by skimbell
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To: SeekAndFind

Of course, “unbelievably small” all depends on Russia, Syria
or Iran NOT striking back. Once our first cruise missile is fired,
it may not end up “small”.


30 posted on 09/09/2013 8:35:44 AM PDT by tennmountainman (Stop Worrying And Just Learn To Love The Bomb!)
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To: ZX12R

NO! That would be silly.

Per another thread they are going to take away his spoon and make him eat his Cheerios with a fork, according to an administration official.

Obama Admin. Official: Assad Will 'Still Be Able to Eat Cheerios' After U.S. Strike
31 posted on 09/09/2013 8:35:54 AM PDT by TomGuy (.)
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To: SeekAndFind

SOS John Kerry should not get mocked...he should get fired, today!!! And....his failed boss, POTUS Muslim barack Hussein Obama should be impeaached!!!


32 posted on 09/09/2013 8:37:39 AM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX ( My only objective is to defeat and destroy Obama & his Democrat Party, politically!!!)
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To: SeekAndFind

The never ending wisdom of Lurch!

The Lurch and Biteme comedy hour with constant appearances by Obozo the Clown, will not be canceled until 2016...


33 posted on 09/09/2013 8:38:19 AM PDT by PoloSec ( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
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To: SeekAndFind

Now imagine him as your President.

Thank you, Thank you, THANK YOU, Ohio!!!


34 posted on 09/09/2013 8:39:06 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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John and jigsaw, uncanny
35 posted on 09/09/2013 8:39:25 AM PDT by BuckeyeGOP
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Marfans disease ?


36 posted on 09/09/2013 8:40:15 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks ("Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth.")
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To: SeekAndFind

This is what you get when there are no consequences for failure.

Put these bozos in any company and they would be fired for incompetence in their management of numerous areas.

Economy, Immigration, Foreign Policy etc.

They are lucky they get to operate in the Washington environment where
accountability is for everyone else, and oh by the way don’t forget to
pay your taxes.


37 posted on 09/09/2013 8:42:50 AM PDT by patriotspride
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To: TomGuy
Per another thread they are going to take away his spoon and make him eat his Cheerios with a fork, according to an administration official.

Kerry's epically stupid comment "strikes will be unbelievably small" is going to echo for days in the realm of humor production.
38 posted on 09/09/2013 8:44:19 AM PDT by ZX12R (Never forget the heroes of Benghazi, who were abandoned to their deaths by Obama)
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To: SeekAndFind
'Unbelievably Small'

A phrase seared into his memory from many a nocturnal encounter.

39 posted on 09/09/2013 8:44:41 AM PDT by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Know what i was hoping for? A few examples of him being mocked. I was virtually salivating.

“Kerry earned immediate fire from even supporters of the administration’s plan, including Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), the chair of the House Intelligence Committee.

“I don’t understand what he means by that,” Rogers said when asked to analyze Kerry’s comments Monday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”

“This is part of the problem. That’s a very confusing message. Certainly a confusing message to me — that he would offer that, as somebody who believes this is in our national security interest.”
Thats the one example and it doesn’t rise to the level of mock. Not blaming you Seek. Simply expressing frustration with what passes for journalism these days.


40 posted on 09/09/2013 8:45:40 AM PDT by wiggen (The teacher card. When the racism card just won't work.)
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