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WaPo's Ignatius: Obama's Weird 'I Told You So' About His Own Failed Syria Policy
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 10/13/2015 5:25:35 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest

Michelle might want to gently tap the president on the shoulder and remind him "umm, Barack, you're not in the faculty lounge any more. You're actually, uh, President and Commander-in-Chief. So you don't get to criticize your own failed policies as if you're not responsible for them. They're, umm, your policies, you know?"

Commenting on President Obama's 60 Minutes interview in which he said he was "skeptical from the get-go" about his administration's failed policy of training Syrian rebels, WaPo's David Ignatius on today's Morning Joe called the president's reaction "weird," adding "he spoke almost like a man vindicated when a policy of his own administration had collapsed in failure. And he was, he took the line almost of, see, I told you so."

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: barackobama; davidignatius; leadingfrombehind; syria; worstpresidentever
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1 posted on 10/13/2015 5:25:35 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: AmericanCheeseFood; netmilsmom; Behind Liberal Lines; Miss Marple; an amused spectator; ...

Obama takes ‘leading from behind’ to surreal new depths.

Ping to Liberal Media Criticism list.


2 posted on 10/13/2015 5:26:39 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (FReepmail or ping me to be put on my ping list for criticism of liberal media)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Without his teleprompter he is lost.


3 posted on 10/13/2015 5:29:11 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Obama is, without a doubt, a total psychopath.....


4 posted on 10/13/2015 5:32:04 AM PDT by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

The Limbaugh Theorem at work.


5 posted on 10/13/2015 5:35:57 AM PDT by Skeptical constituent
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I’ve noticed a slight uptick of lib heads around the msm of all of sudden becoming seemingly aware & critical of Bamako’s bs.
Guess theyre working on trying to get some credibility back before the next prez takes office so they don’t appear too partisan.


6 posted on 10/13/2015 5:38:47 AM PDT by SteveinSATX (C'mon Cruz, Trump or Carson ...baby needs a new pair of shoes!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Looks like he’s high on something.


7 posted on 10/13/2015 5:49:34 AM PDT by refermech
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To: refermech

I can frame-grab any major public figure and make them look stoned, buffoonish, or furious, even if they were none of those things. The Won is an idiot of the first water, but basing that on a single image is DU-level ad hominem.


8 posted on 10/13/2015 5:56:53 AM PDT by Little Pig
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To: SteveinSATX

To use the phrase of his very dear friend, Juan McCain, Bo-rock is as loony as a wacko bird in a ‘Jason’ kind of way.


9 posted on 10/13/2015 6:02:51 AM PDT by V K Lee (from TRUMP to triumph follow the step!! TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP MAKING AMERICA GREAT)
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To: refermech

And he has grey hair again. Seems to come and go.


10 posted on 10/13/2015 6:06:11 AM PDT by McGruff (Trump-Cruz 2016. Make America Great Again.)
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To: McGruff

Only his hairdresser knows for sure!


11 posted on 10/13/2015 6:09:36 AM PDT by Eagles6 ( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
His only real job was scooping ice cream at a Baskin ' Robbins where he gave free ice cream to his friends. Just like he governed. All's good until the owner runs out of ice cream.

Then he was put in charge of the free world.

The moron didn't have the resume to run the night shift at the Kwik Mart.

12 posted on 10/13/2015 6:15:01 AM PDT by Eagles6 ( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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To: Eagles6

Mental illness isn’t pretty. If this were the 50’s, this cretin would be “touring” in a county fair “freak show”.


13 posted on 10/13/2015 6:24:50 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Skeptical constituent

My first thought as well.

Barry can be an ‘outsider’ on any issue.


14 posted on 10/13/2015 6:41:25 AM PDT by lacrew
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To: hal ogen

Obama is mentally being pulled in different directions. He supports sunni muslims building their caliphate. He supports marxists who are trying to prevent the caliphate. He supports liberals who want to see blacks kill whitey. The man is being pulled apart and unfortunately as we watch the passion play unfold, the theater is on fire.


15 posted on 10/13/2015 6:43:00 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Jews For Cruz)
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To: Little Pig

Good point. It was just an observation, I wouldn’t get to worked up about it.


16 posted on 10/13/2015 6:56:09 AM PDT by refermech
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To: Eagles6

The muslim barber he flies in from Chicago every two weeks that we are probably paying for?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2153055/Who-paying-President-Obama-flies-favorite-barber-Chicago-White-House-TWO-WEEKS.html

http://www.rightpundits.com/?p=10153


17 posted on 10/13/2015 6:56:41 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Is there a process to examine if a President is has gone insane? Maybe the Congress should call him out on this and ask for a psychiatric evaluation.


18 posted on 10/13/2015 7:04:12 AM PDT by Typical_Whitey (This is the fundamental transformation.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
he spoke almost like a man vindicated when a policy of his own administration had collapsed in failure

It wasn't a policy. It was a gesture. He is an ISIS ally but needs to look like he is fighting ISIS, thus the training of new recruits for ISIS and the desultory air strikes.

19 posted on 10/13/2015 7:14:20 AM PDT by arthurus (Het is waar. Tutti i liberali sono feccia.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Syria is 73-74% Sunni Muslim.

Assad is an Alewite (Shiite sect).

Toppling Assad was suppose to be easy. (It’s what the Muslim Brotherhood wants.)

We are still very publicaly supporting the “good” rebels, even now...embarrassingly...as they are being decimated by the Russians. (It’s what the Muslim Brootherhood wants.)

Valerie Jarrett won...Huma lost.


20 posted on 10/13/2015 7:33:56 AM PDT by Fitzy_888 ("ownership society")
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