Posted on 09/11/2014 6:22:06 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
Reaction to the president’s prime-time speech on ramping up efforts to take on the terror group ISIS ranged, not surprisingly, from very supportive — loyal huzzahs from Democrats such as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Richard J. Durbin — to openly dismissive: Sen. Ted Cruz called the president “unserious.”
“Tonight’s speech was disappointing, but not surprising. The President’s approach to ISIS has been – and remains – fundamentally unserious,” the Texas Republican said in a statement.
An even more withering assessment of President Barack Obama’s address came from Oklahoma Republican Sen. James M. Inhofe.
“Tonight, the President’s strategy re-plowed the ground of what he has already done and requested what Congressional leaders have already offered. At ISIL headquarters in Raqqa, Syria, you can hear a sigh of relief.”
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According to Breaking News the CIA is estimating ISIS is up to 25,000 to 31,500 fighters now. I’m afraid that the net result of Obama’s “not war” will be to at least double that number.
I’m certain that they were all throwing popcorn at the screen last night.
Not me, I was eating mine, lightly buttered, with rum and Coke chasers.
A couple weeks of work if prosecuted when they mass for an attack.
Matthew 5:22
But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, “Raca,” is answerable to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell.
Raqqa Syria? any relation?
“No,no,no. What I mean by I want an ISIS vote , is That I want ISIS members to be able to vote”, said obama
On page 261 of the paperback edition of “Audacity of Hope” Obama wrote: “I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.”
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