Of course they’re going to lie about it. This is what they do.
I don’t expect them to admit it. In fact, to me, their denial just makes the charge more creditable. I know that they are capable of doing such a thing.
liar liar pants on fire
Lurch is simply a pathological liar!!!
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The status of forces agreement having expired, and the US having no obligation to defend Iraq, the President would be taking us into a non defensive war. However this fits nicely with the Whitehouse description of Bibi as a chickenshit for not attacking Iran. Clearly the WH was taking credit for facing him down. Some threat must have been made. As I suspect threats are being made now. Related threads
Imagine this had actually happened and Obama had given shoot down orders to US military forces. First would US commanders have followed such an order or would they have mutinied since Israel posed no threat to US forces? Second would the State Department have warned Iran even to the point of sharing classified intelligence about an Israeli raid? Lastly what would have been the reaction in Congress to Obama’s sinister if not treasonous act? I would bet that even with this dastardly abuse of power the GOP leadership would have squelched any talk of impeachment and the MSM would have been praising Obama for his actions.
When it comes to “he said, she said” stories like this one, an American President’s administration can rely on the President’s carefully honed reputation for candor and truthfulness to act as an antidote to scurrilous accusations.
Too bad that Obama can’t tap into that, huh...
Just in from Joel Rosenburg’s e-mail:
Something curious is happening in the Middle East.
Amidst President Obama’s repeated moves to withdraw American military power and influence from the Middle East and “pivot” to Asia, ....three regional leaders in the epicenter are forming a quiet, unexpected but fiercely determined alliance....To protect their people against two existential threats, one posed by the Shia Radical Islamists of Iran, the other posed by the Sunni Radical Islamists of ISIS.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu;
Jordan’s King Abdullah II; and
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
They are meeting secretly. They are talking regularly by phone, as well as with other leaders in the region from Saudi Arabia to the Gulf. Their senior advisors are also in regular contact, coordinating moves to counter their most serious enemies...... They are NOT waiting for Washington. Indeed, they often see the White House and State Department as less than helpful, and sometimes opposed to — or not truly understanding — their national and shared interests.
Two U.S. officials told me of a meeting they had with President el-Sisi in Cairo last year. The Egyptian leader told them he had a better working relationship with Netanyahu than with President Obama.
Netanyahu, King Abdullah and el-Sisi have come to realize that President Obama and his administration do not fully appreciate the magnitude of the threat, and that the Obama team is not fully committed to taking decisive action to neutralize the threat.
Bet you won’t see AF 1 near Israel for two years.