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Liberals get it: Obama is hopeless on national security
Washington Post ^ | January 14, 2015 | Jennifer Rubin

Posted on 01/14/2015 5:40:50 PM PST by SJackson

President Obama’s non-appearance in Paris for a rally in the wake of the attacks there is a rare moment when liberal elites have no excuse for their icon. There is no way for them to defend his refusal to stand, literally shoulder to shoulder, with world leaders in defense of liberal satirists. When you’ve lost Jon Stewart (“Je suis to be kidding me”), you have gone beyond the pale.

U.S. President Barack Obama pauses while speaking about immigration reform during a visit to Del Sol High School in Las Vegas, Nevada November 21, 2014. Obama imposed the most sweeping immigration reform in a generation on Thursday, easing the threat of deportation for about 4.7 million undocumented immigrants and setting up a clash with Republicans. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY IMMIGRATION) President Obama (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

In liberal foreign policy circles, this is just the latest embarrassing, infuriating instance in which they see the president giving fuel to conservatives who deplore him as clueless about the jihadist threat. The latest to register horror is Beltway veteran Leslie H. Gelb, who fumes: “It wasn’t just because President Obama’s or Vice President Biden’s absence was a horrendous gaffe. More than this, it demonstrated beyond argument that the Obama team lacks the basic instincts and judgment necessary to conduct U.S. national security policy in the next two years. It’s simply too dangerous to let Mr. Obama continue as is—with his current team and his way of making decisions.”

Well, yes, but of course, this ignores the real problem: It demonstrated beyond argument that Obama lacks the basic instincts and judgment necessary to conduct U.S. national security policy in the next two years. It’s simply too dangerous to let Mr. Obama continue as is . . .

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To: SJackson

I don’t think Obama could reach Hopeless even he was on a Ladder


21 posted on 01/14/2015 8:06:40 PM PST by molson209 (Blank)
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To: SJackson

You don’t send a boy to do a man’s job.


22 posted on 01/14/2015 8:56:10 PM PST by wjcsux ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: SJackson

” It’s simply too dangerous to let Mr. Obama continue as is .”

Agreed. Let the impeachment hearing begin.


23 posted on 01/14/2015 9:33:16 PM PST by garjog (Obama: bringing joy to the hearts of Terrorists everywhere.)
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To: Qwackertoo

“What excuses will they make for the Boy King then?”

Bush’s fault.

Hateful speech of talk radio.

Tea Baggers.

Islamophobes.

Basic bigotry of America.

Lack of gun control.

Poverty and oppression caused by imposing American culture on innocent Muslims.


24 posted on 01/14/2015 9:36:39 PM PST by garjog (Obama: bringing joy to the hearts of Terrorists everywhere.)
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