Posted on 08/09/2014 6:54:28 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
Edited on 08/09/2014 8:46:10 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Saturday proposed a broader long-term strategy to confront Islamic militants in Iraq, who have surprised U.S. intelligence with the fast pace of their approach on the Kurdish capital of Irbil.
Obama warned Americans that the new campaign to bring security in Iraq requires military and political changes and "is going to be a long-term project." He wouldn't give a timetable for how long the U.S. military involvement would last, saying it depends on Iraq's political efforts.
"I don't think we are going to solve this problem in weeks," Obama said. "I think this is going to take some time."
The president said Iraqi security forces need to revamp to effectively mount an offensive, which requires a government in Baghdad that the Iraqi military and people have confidence in. Obama said Iraq needs a prime minister — an indication that he believes he's written off the legitimacy of the incumbent, Nouri al-Maliki.
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“We have saved the Yazidis through the LIMITED and JUDICIOUS use of American air power. We also made LIMITED strikes on ISIS artillery positions outside of IRBIL to protect our servicemen, and incidentally our Kurdish allies. Gotta go now, bye!”
Save it Hussein.
Everybody knows your sponsors’ cabal is really in charge anyway.
Four hundred putts and 182 rounds of golf ago,
You idiots elected me as pResident,
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Everyone said that if you choose not to leave a force behind in Iraq, then chaos will ensue. This was the ‘main’ point made on Cable TV for about six months.
Now, chaos is ensuing. Shock!!!
There is absolutely no logical reason to help in Iraq today based on President Obama’s previous arguments. If it wasn’t important four years ago, why is it important now?
Obama chose once again to score short-term political points at the cost of what was best for the country.
Did we really vote for this guy?
A do-over of his previous do-over?
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An update on Operation Martha’s Vineyard.
Let him go, he’s just cementing his place in history. Nero has nothing on the Øne!
The sooner he’s on Vacation forever...the better off the world will be...altho something tells me he thinks he will be leader of the NWO...
The Current FReepathon Pays For The Current Quarters Expenses?
So.... where are Michelle and the kids going for their vacation ?
He’s not going away. He has the media’s ear and will continue to opine, pontificate, politicize and lay blame. That’s what he does; its who he is.
If a Republican somehow manages to get elected in 2016, Obama will never give him a moment’s peace. It will be barrage of never ending criticism and cheap shots.
And Obama will continue to be a fund raising machine for the Dems.
Connie Francis would not be amused.
Exactly
GREAT PIC!!!! Never saw that one before.
Thanks for posting.
Not directly. Someone else does all the voting for us.
Again? Not another one?
How many tunnels do they have under Martha’s Vineyard ?
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