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Obama: We Will Shrink ISIS Into a "Manageable Problem"
Townhall.com ^ | September 3, 2014 | Katie Pavlich

Posted on 09/03/2014 6:52:34 AM PDT by Kaslin

Speaking during a press conference from Eastern Europe early Wednesday morning, President Obama said justice will be served for the beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff yesterday and that ISIS must be "destroyed." However, shortly after those remarks, Obama said he is working with coalition forces to turn ISIS into a "manageable problem."

"We know that if we are joined by the international community, we can continue to shrink ISIL's sphere of influence, its effectiveness, its financing, its military capabilities to the point where it is a manageable problem," Obama said. "Our objective is clear, and that is to degrade and destroy ISIL so it is no longer a threat not just to Iraq but also the region and to the United States."

Obama: ISIS a 'Manageable Problem,' If 'International Community' Comes Together

Obama's objective or strategy couldn't be more opaque (or non-existent as the White House admitted last week). Is the goal to "destroy" ISIS? Or to "manage" the terror army? If only the international community approves of course. One thing is clear, President Obama has no interest in the United States taking the lead on ISIS or destroying them on our own.

H/T Weekly Standard


TOPICS: Editorial
KEYWORDS: barack0bama; bhogwot; idiot; isil; isis; terrorism; worthlesspos
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To: palmer
I think by manageable he means keeping it out of the complaint media.

Yes, and that's all he means.

I said it on another thread - ISIS has been running rampant for six months and we are just now hearing from our Secretary of State that we "need" an international coalition, confirmed by 0bama's speech above? That's a little like Winston Churchill suddenly deciding we needed to get a diplomatic effort together to deal with the Nazis right around 1944.

61 posted on 09/03/2014 8:51:38 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Kaslin

The Community Organizer Approach...make beheading manageable for the sake of Peace.


62 posted on 09/03/2014 8:54:24 AM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag ($$$$$$$$ DEFUND OBAMA! $$$$$$$$)
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To: Kaslin

“We are going to win by community organizing.”


63 posted on 09/03/2014 8:57:10 AM PDT by righttackle44 (Take scalps. Leave the bodies as a warning.)
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To: Rennes Templar
Wasn’t it Chamberlain that wanted to manage Hitler?

Yes. At least Chamberlain admitted he was unable to do that, 75 Years Ago Today.

64 posted on 09/03/2014 8:58:30 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: Kaslin

"One day you'll all look at the world us actors created and say, "wow, good going, F.A.G.. You really made the world a better place, didntcha, F.A.G.?"

65 posted on 09/03/2014 8:59:48 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: ladyjane

As long as the beheadings are kept under 250/year and the mass executions under 5000/year it will be very manageable. To Obama people being killed by the tens of thousands is irrelevant. I estimate at least 250,000 people have been slaughtered as a result of his policies. No big deal. Wonder why he made such a stink about Michael Brown? What is one more dead guy?


66 posted on 09/03/2014 9:01:17 AM PDT by GilGil
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To: Kaslin

“Managing” the problem translates to getting the media to ignore the problem at least until after November.


67 posted on 09/03/2014 9:06:02 AM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: Kaslin

I hope he can manage blood-crazed terrorists better than he managed the construction of a transactional website.


68 posted on 09/03/2014 9:14:32 AM PDT by spodefly (This is my tag line. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
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To: Kaslin; traditional1; Las Vegas Dave; Whenifhow; Pontiac; sauropod; RaceBannon; kristinn
I have heard that some individuals and loosely organized groups are saying it is almost time to start playing cowboys and muslims.

I say at least make sure that your tools are cleaned, oiled, and sharp and ready to go.

69 posted on 09/03/2014 9:32:06 AM PDT by North Coast Conservative (God created man, Sam Colt made them equal)
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To: Kaslin

The only problem that a sane world would have with these savages - and a manageable one at that - is how and where do we bury them all? A related problem, also manageable, is trying to decide whether we bury them with pigs, or do we instead let the pigs eat them first and then bury the shiite with the dead pigs?


70 posted on 09/03/2014 10:24:24 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: MNGal
ERADICATE THE PROBLEM!!!

Self deletion of comment ahead of moderator.
71 posted on 09/03/2014 10:24:53 AM PDT by Old Yeller (Obama: The turd that won't flush.)
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To: fatnotlazy
The putz still doesn’t get it.

He gets it perfectly. He is on the side of ISIS.
72 posted on 09/03/2014 10:26:10 AM PDT by Old Yeller (Obama: The turd that won't flush.)
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To: Kaslin

What an A$$HOLE! He couldn’t LEAD three small children out of a McDonald’s


73 posted on 09/03/2014 10:36:20 AM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: P-Marlowe

Looked up ISIL on wikipedia interesting the difference in ISIS and ISIL. Know now why obama stated calling them by that name.


74 posted on 09/03/2014 10:39:11 AM PDT by Irish Eyes
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To: Kaslin
Note to barry. Here is what needs to be done over and over until they shut up.


75 posted on 09/03/2014 11:10:18 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Guns are like parachutes. If you need one and don't have one, you'll probably never need one again.)
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To: Kaslin

The only acceptable “Manageable Problem” as regards isis, is the digging of a large mass grave for all of them.


76 posted on 09/03/2014 11:29:46 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (When I first read it, " Atlas Shrugged" was fictional)
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To: Rapscallion
"....skull scar..."

What is the skull scar?

TIA!

77 posted on 09/03/2014 12:12:59 PM PDT by hummingbird (Mark Levin and Article 5. Period. 26 IS THE NEW 18. US = Koyaanisqatsi.)
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To: x_plus_one
Thanks for info on shuck and jive.

Seems to fit with Hussein and his minions.

78 posted on 09/03/2014 12:17:23 PM PDT by hummingbird (Mark Levin and Article 5. Period. 26 IS THE NEW 18. US = Koyaanisqatsi.)
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To: VideoDoctor

That arrogant pos has nothing but a big mouth. He likes to talk a lot, without saying anything


79 posted on 09/03/2014 12:47:51 PM PDT by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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To: GSWarrior

Uh huh


80 posted on 09/03/2014 12:48:35 PM PDT by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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