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Joe Scarborough: Obama no strategy against ISIS is a tactic straight out of “The Art of War”
Hotair ^ | 08/29/2014 | AllahPundit

Posted on 08/29/2014 2:02:37 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Via Ace, who notes that this is part of a broader “Morning Joe” narrative lately that imagines Obama as some sort of warrior-poet whose endless golfing and fundraising demonstrates imperturbable resolve in the face of terror. Same with the “we don’t have a strategy” line at yesterday’s press conference. Maybe that was just a Clausewitzian ploy contrived to get ISIS to lower its guard before O rolls out his devastating, multi-point plan to tighten the noose. It’s possible.

Also possible: This guy really doesn’t have a strategy.

His remarks came after days of heated debate inside the top levels of his own national security bureaucracy about how, where, and whether to strike ISIS in Syria. But those deliberations – which included a bleak intelligence assessment of America’s potential allies in Syria — failed to produce a consensus battle plan

Those inside the administration advocating for going after ISIS in both Iraq and Syria were sorely disappointed – and lamented their boss’s lack of urgency in rooting out a threat that only days before was being described in near-apocalyptic terms…

To many outside the administration who have worked on Syria and the ISIS problem, Obama’s decision not to decide on a broader course of action will have negative implications for the war against ISIS. The administration raised expectations about altering its three-year policy of avoiding intervention in Syria, before Obama dashed those expectations Thursday.


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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: isil; isis; micromanagement; micromanager; obamanation; obamatruthfile; scarborough; strategy
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To: Jimmy Valentine

Sun Tzu geeeze!


21 posted on 08/29/2014 2:42:58 PM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: SeekAndFind

I’ve been waiting for some crazy leftwing kook to offer up this “Obama is a genius” defense.

I kinda thought someone else would beat smokin’ joe with this idea.


22 posted on 08/29/2014 2:43:17 PM PDT by newfreep ("Evil succeeds when good men do nothing" - Edmund Burke)
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To: SeekAndFind

Lets take his statement at face value. He has no strategy because he’s working to undermine his enemy-America.
0bama, America’s #1enemy.


23 posted on 08/29/2014 2:46:10 PM PDT by grumpygresh (Democrats delenda est. New US economy: Fascism on top, Socialism on the bottom.)
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To: grumpygresh
Ha!

As if Obama read the Art of War.....LOL

24 posted on 08/29/2014 2:48:24 PM PDT by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: SeekAndFind

Golf optics and no strategy. Right, genius and “ one cold bastard.”

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3195443/posts


25 posted on 08/29/2014 2:48:35 PM PDT by maggief
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To: SeekAndFind

There is a vast difference between too stupid to have a plan, vs being so good as to not need one.


26 posted on 08/29/2014 2:57:20 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (Solve problems, don't bitch about them.)
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To: Jimmy Valentine

Sub Tzu describes Obama well.


27 posted on 08/29/2014 3:07:44 PM PDT by Bogey78O (We had a good run. Coulda been great still.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Joe hasn’t had a clear vision since he stuck his head up Obama’s nether regions.


28 posted on 08/29/2014 3:22:04 PM PDT by Iron Munro (Why democrat voters are like sperm: Only 1 in a million work.)
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World Renown Military Strategist General Bronco Bama

The General Gives The Joint Chiefs Of Staff A Few Pointers


29 posted on 08/29/2014 3:30:33 PM PDT by Iron Munro (Why democrat voters are like sperm: Only 1 in a million work.)
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To: Iron Munro

Joe will be getting a tingle next.


30 posted on 08/29/2014 3:31:59 PM PDT by Palio di Siena
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To: SeekAndFind

Hey, Moron Joe:

Remember Lori Klasutis?

You had a great strategy there.

http://kennysideshow.blogspot.com/2008/03/look-back-at-joe-lori-klausutis.html


31 posted on 08/29/2014 4:04:28 PM PDT by miserare (2014--The Year We Fight Back!)
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To: SeekAndFind
Joe Scarborough: Obama no strategy against ISIS is a tactic straight out of “The Art of War”

I think we need to take up a collection for Scarborough's new Knee Pads. His old ones are worn with much and repeated use. I think the heavy duty repeat usage model is what he needs. I would hate for his knees to be hurt by repeated in the position adoration of "The One."

32 posted on 08/29/2014 4:25:53 PM PDT by cpdiii (deckhand, roughneck, geologist, pilot, pharmacist. The constitution is worth dying for!)
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