Posted on 11/25/2015 4:56:32 AM PST by HomerBohn
Over the weekend at a press conference in Kuala Lumpur, President Obama called out President Putin in regards to making a decision as to whether or not Russia would continue to support the Assad regime in Syria.
"I've said this before; I said it to President Putin five years ago and I repeated it to him just a few days ago -- the issue with Assad is not simply the way that he has treated his people. It's not just a human rights issues. It's not just a question of supporting somebody who has been ruthlessly dropping bombs on his own civilian populations. As a practical matter, it is not conceivable that Mr. Assad can regain legitimacy in a country in which a large majority of that country despises Assad and will not stop fighting so long as he's in power, which means that the civil war perpetuates itself," Obama said.
He continued, "Russia has not officially committed to a transition of Assad moving out, but they did agree to the political transition process. And I think we'll find out over the next several weeks whether or not we can bring about that change of perspective with the Russians."
The mainstream press ran with headlines like "Obama Says Russia Faces Strategic Choice as Assad Can't Stay," but the reality is, this is an ultimatum. Obama is calling out Putin over Syria, regardless of whether or not he's in a position to really do so, is he?
What would happen if, say, President Putin made a statement that Obama could not regain legitimacy and thus, he had to go? Where does Obama get the power to declare when other heads of state must be removed and when did America openly declare themselves as ruler supreme of the regime change business?
President Obama also somehow still maintains that Russia has not been striking the Islamic State but the moderate opposition forces backed by the West (opposition forces which arguably do not exist).
Meanwhile, over the same weekend, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that it was U.S. policies in the Middle East which helped the rise of the Islamic State in the first place. Considering this now declassified 2012 Defense Intelligence Agency memo released to Judicial Watch earlier this year via FOIA request essentially says the same thing, in this case Medvedev is absolutely right.
That same memo also proves that the U.S. government was well aware back in 2012 that the West's backing of the "opposition forces" in Syria could lead to a proxy war in the region against not only Russia, but China and Iran as well.
How mortifying to the rest of us!
He looks like such a little girl. In fact, there is another picture of him riding a girls bike with training wheels, not photoshopped. It's a 26 inch bike with adult training wheels. I don't know what the deal is, but it looks ridiculous. If you Google "Obama riding his bike" you should find it easily. There is no shortage of ridiculous pictures of Obama doing silly things. And there are probably more pictures of him riding bikes and golfing than there are of him being the president and doing his job.
Electing the wrong traitor at the wrong time in order to demonstrate America's 'diversity' is as insane an idea as is the cancerous growth in the now disgraced White Hut.
America is stuck on crazy.
TRUMP-CRUZ 2016-In the meantime: impeach this clownish, communist Muslim!
The “problem” with Assad is that he is a secular leader. Obama’s entire “Arab Spring” effort is to put fundamentalists in power everywhere in the Middle East. Assad is in the way.
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Unfortunately, Obama’s training in Saul Alinsky political radicalization didn’t include Geopolitics 000.001 ...
what an utter fool Obama is .... and an Islamic traitor to boot ...
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Aw Jeez. Not the Global Warming president again..
The condescension and lack of respect there is disgusting: He “repeated it to him (Putin) a few days ago”, as if Putin were a wayward child, instead of “Mr. Putin and I discussed it a few days ago”, as one would normally do with another adult.
What are Assad's popularity ratings with his people compared to the apprival rating of obama? How about the US congress?
I guess the genocidal despot in north Korea is safe from obama since he has a 100% approval rating among the Iiving or those who want to keep living
Putin needs to issue an ultimatum to the US Congress stating that one way or the other 0bama must go. 0bama is a danger to the civilized world, and by not ridding the world of him, he threatens all mankind.
haha! That one will stay in my mind!
Ultimatum? OMG, no sleep for Putin!!!
Both photos are the same bike, the same gay sissy traitor, and the same day. The creator of the first host website says, "Yes, I photoshopped the training wheels in." I agree with your assessment of the hateful bigot occupying our White House, but I wanted to update you on that one detail.
I’ll bet Vlad is having trouble sleeping at night knowing Casper Milquetoast has given him an ultimatum.
Obozo is the Saudi’s butt boy. They call. He jumps. That’s it plain and simple. If it wasn’t due to the Saudis, Assad wouldn’t be on Obozo’s reminder list.
“....it is not conceivable that Mr. Assad can regain legitimacy in a country in which a large majority of that country despises Assad and will not stop fighting so long as he’s in power...........”
Sounds just like what the American people think of odumbo. remove him (odumbo) and perhaps the people of this country will stop fighting one another.
The little asshat is actually threatening to get us into a war with Russia in order to advance the Caliphate.
I keep saying this about O dope everyday and he is still there. I suspect Putin will do the same thing vis a vis Assad who will still be there when, hopefully, O dope is gone.
Barrack Hussein Obama, putting Pu$$y in POTUS since January 2009.
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