Posted on 10/07/2014 6:59:28 PM PDT by Nachum
Bill O’Reilly put former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on the hot seat tonight, and repeatedly grilled him on whether President Obama‘s foreign policy has been effective or a failure. Panetta insisted to O’Reilly that he doesn’t doubt Obama’s commitment to fighting America’s enemies, there’s just a question of whether he’s made the right decisions in carrying out that fight.
For example, Panetta says Obama did support providing a troop presence of thousands in Iraq, as he and others recommended, but the issue was “how hard did he fight to make it happen.”
O’Reilly asked Panetta why it feels like the Obama administration is taken by surprise in almost everything. Panetta said that since he’s left the White House, Obama has learned the importance of fighting ISIS, to which O’Reilly responded, “Oh, bull.”
When O’Reilly pressed Panetta for a straight answer on whether Obama’s foreign policy is an effective one, Panetta hesitated. He preferred to blame “mixed messages” from the White House as opposed to strong leadership from the previous few years.
Watch the full segment here, via Fox News:
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Leon’s right.
Panetta is opening act for the “throw Obama under the bus on behalf of Hillary” movement.
I suspect a coup d’ etat is very near in this country. Very influential people now fear total collapse of our country. Brace for that.
I’m skeptical about how much this will actually help Hillary.
Could be a good thing or a bad thing...probably the latter since radical leftists are more likely to do that sort of thing.
Did he ask what the hero of benghazi did during the attack?
Does ANYBODY go on Fox that isn’t selling a book?
I don't know. Anything that focuses attention on foreign policy failures can't be good for the Hillster.
Panetta insisted to O’Reilly that he doesn’t doubt Obama’s commitment to fighting America’s enemies>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Wrongo! Panetta is a diversion. Obama has zero committment to fighting America’s enemies. He wants them to come here and destroy America. Think about it. Every decision Obama has ever made is designed to demoralize , damage or destroy our institutions and culture of excellence. Obama has no committment to America at all. Obama’s commitment is to a brave new world , defined by Obama’s utopian socialist ideology and black nationalism.This has already caused the deaths of millions of people in the middle east.
No coup. I think most influentials would turn to the Constitutional remedy of impeachment and removal. And I don’t see that happening.
Agreed. In ancient Greek drama, the gods fought each other through the influencing and favoring of those mere mortals who were active in political affairs. Much the same thing appears to be happening to the U.S. now.
Anyone surprised by this? It was planned out some time ago - too little too late!
O’Reilly surprised me and did a pretty good job. O’Reilly is slowly tightening the screws on Obama and will eventually call for his resignation or impeachment. IMO
Day late and a dollar short. O'Reilly knew about Obama in 2008.
I see Obama developing a medical condition and not finishing his term. As in Breitbart.
The Panetta interview was pretty revealing, as Krauthammer said afterward, O’Reilly and Panetta both came off well, but Obama - not so much. Panetta was honest enough to admit the guy is a flop and hasn’t got what it takes to do the job, without coming right out and saying it in so many words.
I agree. O’Reilly was pretty tough on him but like Dana Perrino said I would have asked him why he didn’t resign.
I mean, how bad does your favorite player have to suck before you burn him in effigy outside the stadium?
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