from your first cigarette
to your last lying day
Posted on 09/06/2019 2:17:15 PM PDT by LSUfan
In his newly-released book “Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead,” Jim Mattis took shots at President Barack Obama for failing to act in response to a 2011 Iranian bomb blot in the U.S. due to secret nuclear deal negotiations that were underway at the time.
After two Iranian nationals were arrested in October 2011 for planning a bomb attack on the Washington, D.C. restaurant Café Milao, a site frequented by powerful figures like the Saudi Arabia ambassador, Mattis said he wanted a firm response to what he described as an “act of war,” but Obama was unwilling to do so as negotiations with Iran were ongoing, the Washington Examiner reported.
“I believed we had to respond forcefully. My military options would raise the cost for this attack beyond anything the mullahs and the Qods generals could pay,” Mattis wrote. “First, though, the President had to go before the American people and forcefully lay out the enormous savagery of the intended attack. The American public — and the global public — had to understand the gravity of the plot.”
Instead, “We treated an act of war as a law enforcement violation, jailing the low-level courier,” Mattis noted.
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Saw that yesterday, What a POS, just paying back his backers.
When you finally come to grips with the fact that Obama and his administration were working for the other side, everything makes perfect sense
I wonder how much money the mullahs funneled to the Obamas...
C’mon, General. Obama was disappointed the bomb plot failed.
thanks for posting
Did anyone really expect an ineligible usurper to honor a Constitution that says he can’t be President?
I’m sure Jarrett had some influence.
Victory over the Cows tomorrow
0bummer is the very worst species ever tarnish the White House
Why would a person born in Kenya have any allegiance to the USA?
A ton. Look at the way they live. No doubt about it in my mind.
As far as I’m concerned it’s not possible to be more disgusted with our government.
There was no “deal”. Obama gave them everything they want plus a plane load of cash in exchange for basically nothing.
Have I mentioned that Obama is either the dumbest president in American history or he’s an out and out traitorous enemy? Or maybe he’s both.
What were they negotiating? Unmarked tens as opposed to unmarked twenties?
Enough to let an ex-president on a small retirement salary to purchase a 15 million dollar home in Maine.
I wouldn’t be surprised if they paid for his new house.
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