Live Thread: Obama to Make Statement on Iraq 12:30 p.m. EDT 6/19/2014

CBS News via Twitter ^ | Thursday, June 19, 2014 | Charles Kaye

[kristinn]

BREAKING. President in the briefing room around 12:30P ET for statement on Iraq.

Steve Brusk, CNN: The president's meeting with the national security team will be in the WH Situation Room beginning in about ten minutes

[silverleaf]

Malikis Fault ... and Bushs fault

a crisis not of “our” making

watch for it

“I have ordered MY military to fly endless circles over Iraqi to impress the militias with MY resolve to ensure the people of Iraq can choose an inclusive leadership”
(unlike America)

yada yada yada
Did I mention its MY military?

drink

[Colonel_Flagg]

Did they find a place for the miniature putting green before the meeting?

[Erik Latranyi]

“I have directed the US Patent office to revoke the trademark for ISIS until they withdraw from Iraq and return control of the cities they occupy to local control.”

[DanielRedfoot]

That would be 60th State.

Your forgetting Alaska and Hawaii, he said he wouldn’t be visiting during the campaign.

[nascarnation]

[McGruff]

I hate when he says “folks”. Sounds so phony.

[silverleaf]

100 Spec ops riding into the Valley of Death...

will he give ISIS their arrival time, FOB and and flight path? Oh wait, that is the job of the brothers in the fifth column in the US national security establishment

[GizzyGirl]

He’s late as usual...

[Erik Latranyi]

“I have the authority to take action in Iraq under resolutions passed in 2002 and 2006 for President Bush....even though I called Bush’s actions in Iraq illegal.

[DanielRedfoot]

What exact ally does that flag say? I can’t find that answer.

Assuming the top part probably says “ ISIS”

but what about the roundish part that looks like an early plan view of Joe Biden’s hair plugs.

ISIS , Tikrit Chapter?

[j_guru]

it’s been moved to 13:15

[Grampa Dave]

“THAT’S funny! And I feel the same way...if I could even stand to listen to his voice even for a nano-second!”

My wife has been totally retired for a year, and during that time she has become like you. She can’t stand the sight of him or to hear his voice.

[plain talk]

Yep - moved to 1:15

[kristinn]

Obama statement pushed back to 1:15 p.m. EDT. Will be relocated to the more serious/presidential East Room. Source.

[HandyDandy]

I agree. The use of the term “Folks” really bugs me. I haven’t figured out exactly why yet. I get an instinctual reaction. Is the patent gone for “my fellow Americans”?

[Lucky9teen]

I hate when he says “folks”. Sounds so phony.

Kind of like when McCain says "My friends"....

[EBH]

I thought there were no WMD

[NEMDF]

“Folks” is condescending; he uses it to separate himself from his fellow Americans. He is not part of “folks”.

[Timber Rattler]

Too little, too late.

[Red Badger]

First there were some WMD,
Then there wasn’t,
Then there is.

...................Donovan