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White House Chief Of Staff Squirms When Asked If Any Nation Has Committed Ground Troops In Syria
The Daily Caller ^ | 9/14/14 | Al Weaver

Posted on 09/14/2014 10:14:23 AM PDT by Nachum

When asked by “Meet The Press” host Chuck Todd if any nation has committed to putting boots on the ground in Syria to combat ISIS, White House Chief Of Staff Denis McDonough said “we’re not looking at that now.”

Todd shot back, “Wait a minute, why not?”

“We’re trying to put together the specifics of what we expect from each of the members” said the White House flack, referring to the “broad coalition” President Obama referenced in his speech Wednesday night.

McDonough tried to walk back his initial quote though.

‘”If you know you need combat troops on the ground, you don’t have any countries that have pledged to do that yet…,” the NBC host began asking.

“I didn’t say that Chuck. I said that you would hear from Secretary Kerry that countries are saying they’re ready to do that. That they’re ready to fly with us, but we’re going to get to that in due time,” McDonough said.

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TOPICS: Israel; News/Current Events; Russia; Syria
KEYWORDS: ground; iran; isis; lebanon; mcdonough; obamanewisisstrategy; russia; syria; troops
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1 posted on 09/14/2014 10:14:23 AM PDT by Nachum
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To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...

The list, Ping

Let me know if you would like to be on or off the ping list

http://www.nachumlist.com/


2 posted on 09/14/2014 10:14:41 AM PDT by Nachum (Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
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To: Nachum

Assad is the only target.


3 posted on 09/14/2014 10:15:47 AM PDT by The Toll
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To: Nachum

4 posted on 09/14/2014 10:18:08 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Nachum

The only “broad coalition” the mocha mullah has is his old lady’s azz.....


5 posted on 09/14/2014 10:28:24 AM PDT by clintonh8r (It's possible to love your country and hate your government. I'm proof of it.)
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To: Nachum

Obama has NO IDEA what he is doing. His goal is to get rid of Assad.


6 posted on 09/14/2014 10:30:30 AM PDT by Bryan24 (When in doubt, move to the right..........)
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To: Bryan24

“Obama has NO IDEA what he is doing. His goal is to get rid of Assad.”

Obama has NO IDEA what he is doing. His goal WAS to get rid of Assad.

With the mods throwing their hat in with ISIS, Obama is left with nothing but to protect the Christians as Assad hasnt persecuted them yet,


7 posted on 09/14/2014 10:39:28 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Manchuria Called. They want their Candidate Back!)
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To: Nachum

Anyone have another vid link? That site sucks on mobile.


8 posted on 09/14/2014 10:44:10 AM PDT by keat
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Yes. Iran has. Iran’s hizzie proxy has. Russia has.

Thanks Nachum.


9 posted on 09/14/2014 10:50:28 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Bryan24; All
Obama has NO IDEA what he is doing. His goal is to get rid of Assad.

I most respectfully disagree. The Indonesian-Kenyan bastard knows EXACTLY what he is doing. He's destroying America as a force and bastion of hope and freedom. And he's going after precise targets to do it.

He is eroding our standing with our allies by betraying them to tyrannical invaders.

He is crippling our ability to defeat our enemies through social engineering within our military ranks, sacking field and flag rank officers who resist him, and treating our veterans worse than he does illegal aliens and thugs.

He is paralyzing our ability to come together as a nation in times of crisis by spreading the seeds of racial division and animosity.

He is destroying our ability to produce the weapons and technology necessary for fielding the best military in the world by bankrupting industry and levying crippling regulations on our resources.

Oh, Obama knows exactly what he is doing.

And our House of Representatives, Senate, and media outlets are all complicit through their weak, cowardly obeisance to the will and whims of this man and his political machine.

10 posted on 09/14/2014 10:56:03 AM PDT by 60Gunner (The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. - Plato)
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To: Bryan24
I think so, too.

He should think about it a little.

If he's thinking of doing it to give Putin the finger, which I'm sure he is, he'd better think again.

What I do think is that he is absolutely confident that all the chem weapons have been removed and destroyed....Thanks to Putin...not Obama.

11 posted on 09/14/2014 10:56:52 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Nachum
“We’re trying to put together the specifics of what we expect from each of the members” said the White House flack

Amateur Hour.

12 posted on 09/14/2014 11:20:36 AM PDT by TigersEye ("No man left behind" means something different to 0bama.)
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To: 60Gunner

You got it Gunner..


13 posted on 09/14/2014 11:24:09 AM PDT by Tazz
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To: Nachum

More evidence this was just a speech and not the culmination of behind-the-scenes heavy lifting.

We’d be best served if the Brits took the ball and made this all happen. We’re too big for them to tell us to sod off but you know they would love to do just that.


14 posted on 09/14/2014 11:33:18 AM PDT by NonValueAdded ("Kerry, as Obama's plenipotentiary, is a paradox - the physical presence of a geopolitical absence")
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To: Nachum

That they’re ready to fly with us...
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Come fly with us, let’s fly, let’s fly away...


15 posted on 09/14/2014 11:50:35 AM PDT by RetSignman (Obama is the walking, talking middle finger in the face of America)
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To: 60Gunner

Excellent post bump, #10


16 posted on 09/14/2014 11:55:28 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: Nachum

Off-topic, perhaps, but I finally watched this dog of a show this morning - same old faces, same old lies, same, same, same - except that the newly skinny Chuck, walked around the set pointing at Andrea Mitchell like a 2nd grade teacher circa 1954.

This version will bomb as well. These shows are SO over.


17 posted on 09/14/2014 12:18:59 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard III: Loyalty Binds Me)
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To: Nachum

Arabs will offer to throw money our way...

maybe pay Hillay a few million for a 37 minute speech...

But death? Injury? No, that’s for American ‘boots’ and the ‘surplus’ men of ISIS...


18 posted on 09/14/2014 12:20:01 PM PDT by GOPJ ("If America was a house, the Left would root for the termites." - Greg Gutfeld)
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To: clintonh8r

The mocha mullah!!!! Ah ha ha ha!


19 posted on 09/14/2014 12:22:49 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: Yaelle

How would these criminals “squirm” if being dishonest led to prison time? Why are they never put in that position?


20 posted on 09/14/2014 4:07:40 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or reeducation Camp?)
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