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White House: Putin 'Owns' World's Syria Strategy
Breitbart ^ | 9/12/2013 | John Nolte

Posted on 09/12/2013 9:39:41 AM PDT by mojito

Apparently, once again with respect to Syria, the White House was caught off guard by events they are frantically reacting to instead of shaping. Speaking to CNN's Jake Tapper, a White House official publicly responded to Russian President Vladmir Putin's New York Times op-ed with the admission that Putin "now owns" and has "fully asserted ownership" of America's current foreign policy focal point; pushing Syria to surrender its chemical weapons:

“That’s all irrelevant,” the White House official said in response [to Putin's op-ed]. “He put this proposal forward and he’s now invested in it. That’s good. That’s the best possible reaction. He’s fully invested in Syria’s CW disarmament and that’s potentially better than a military strike – which would deter and degrade but wouldn’t get rid of all the chemical weapons. He now owns this. He has fully asserted ownership of it and he needs to deliver.”

On its face, the lack of statesmanship in the language of "owns this" is troubling enough. And while it is apparent that what the White House is trying do here is frame a failure to rid Syria of its chemical weapons as a personal failure for Putin, once again we have a White House playing checkers as Putin plays three-dimensional chess.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Russia
KEYWORDS: chemicalweapons; fail; obama; putinoped; putinsyriacheckmate; putinsyriaoped; syria
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This failure thing is really getting out of hand.
1 posted on 09/12/2013 9:39:41 AM PDT by mojito
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How odd that I find myself rootin’ for Putin!


2 posted on 09/12/2013 9:42:12 AM PDT by Mr. K (Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and then Democrat Talking Points.)
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Once again Putin bitch slaps HUSSEIN. I’m surprised HUSSEIN isn’t curled up in the fetal position sucking his thumb.


3 posted on 09/12/2013 9:42:20 AM PDT by rockabyebaby (We are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo screwed!)
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Yeah, and he pwnd Obama too.


4 posted on 09/12/2013 9:42:42 AM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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To: mojito

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/79354.html


5 posted on 09/12/2013 9:42:48 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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is this sort of like the way obama claimed he owned the economy???


6 posted on 09/12/2013 9:45:40 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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Obama owns the arming of the rebels in Syria which includes the arming of Al Qaeda and the ethnic cleansing of Christian towns.


7 posted on 09/12/2013 9:46:42 AM PDT by FreeReign
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Putin owns the Syrian situation, I agree.

Putin also owns Barack Obama.

8 posted on 09/12/2013 9:48:12 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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He would be except there are white balls to chase around.


9 posted on 09/12/2013 9:49:24 AM PDT by rod1 (CTLY)
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Putin is playing masterful global chess---while Obama is playing "Go Fish"......fishing for a diplomatic solution to his bungling.

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The collateral effects of Obabma's bungling keep reverberating as Ososo's approval ratings dive to 38%.

Obama's Dem suckups actually thought the world would believe their hogwash---the DNC party line---as 2014 looms.

<><>Nancy Pelosi---who talked of Obama's "strength" bringing Putin to the table,

<><> David Axelrod (now at CBS---egging on Ohaha in a tweet to media),

<><> The Black Caucus suck-up,

<><> Susan no-brain Rice's nonsensical blather,

<><> Kerry's nonsense.

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THANK YOU JESUS Let's be grateful that this incident has permanently hindered Obama's sub rosa plans to become president for life.

10 posted on 09/12/2013 9:49:46 AM PDT by Liz
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I’m surprised HUSSEIN isn’t curled up in the fetal position sucking his thumb.

We don't know what goes on in the White House after hours.

11 posted on 09/12/2013 9:50:32 AM PDT by McGruff (No wars for Arab pipelines!)
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Why are we surprised.

No matter what room he steps into, Barry’s always the smallest guy in it.


12 posted on 09/12/2013 9:55:00 AM PDT by FAA
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Zero claimed in his speech this that he came up with this. It was Obama who pushed Assad to get rid of chemical weapons.

Zero’s story changes by the moment.


13 posted on 09/12/2013 10:00:51 AM PDT by moviefan8
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This kind of crap only plays if you have the media 100% in the tank to fly cover for you. But now Zero is being exposed on the international stage and it is comical and tragic at the same time how these morons are trying to sell their parallel reality to a world that sees them for what they are.

Much as I enjoy seeing the Regime exposed, it is not good for the American President to be seen as a fool by the world, enemies and friends alike.

14 posted on 09/12/2013 10:03:41 AM PDT by colorado tanker
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Obama is so anxious to not be blamed for anything that could go wrong, that he is willing to allow the KGB drive the bus... !!Obama, you-are-a PUSSY!!


15 posted on 09/12/2013 10:03:54 AM PDT by dps.inspect (rage against the Obama machine...)
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They say “when you’re in a hole, stop digging”. But Obama is such a narcissist, and his administration a bunch of elitists, they can’t resist opining on everything.


16 posted on 09/12/2013 10:08:55 AM PDT by Starboard
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Reggie will be there soon to comfort him.


17 posted on 09/12/2013 10:09:57 AM PDT by Starboard
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...once again we have a White House playing checkers as Putin plays three-dimensional chess.

Would that they were playing checkers! Checkers at least requires a modicum of strategy. No, they're not playing checkers, they're playing Candy Land...


18 posted on 09/12/2013 10:13:38 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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To: colorado tanker

Much as I enjoy seeing the Regime exposed, it is not good for the American President to be seen as a fool by the world, enemies and friends alike.
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The international repercussions are just beginning. There is going to be a lot of “piling on”. The world has measured him and found him to be weak, indecisive and easily out maneuvered.

America made a huge mistake, not once but twice, and we are going to pay a big price for that. Stupidity has consequences.


19 posted on 09/12/2013 10:14:48 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: mojito

Obama takes credit but Putin owns it?


20 posted on 09/12/2013 10:16:58 AM PDT by maggief
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