Posted on 04/02/2015 6:01:11 AM PDT by Dave346
In an exclusive interview, the House speaker offers a blistering critique of U.S. policy in the Mideast.
JERUSALEM John Boehner thinks the world is on fire. And America isnt doing nearly enough to stamp it out.
I wouldnt have believed that I would be involved in as much foreign policy as I am today, Boehner said in his hotel near Jerusalems Old City. And it certainly isnt by choice. Its just that the world is on fire. And I dont think enough Americans or enough people in the administration understand how serious the problems that were facing in the world are.
Indeed, with Iran talks faltering, the Middle East in a constant state of upheaval, and the relationship between Obama and Netanyahu at a low point, Boehner has emerged as an unlikely power center in U.S. foreign policy.
Sitting in his hotel suite on a chilly, gray day after a lunch with Netanyahu in the prime ministers office complex the Republican leader said a six-country journey mostly across the Middle East has left him more worried than before. He said his theory that the U.S. doesnt have a coherent foreign policy has been borne out. Hes concerned about the U.S.-led talks with Iran and has been most surprised by the boldness of the Iranians in exerting their influence throughout the region. The trouble theyre causing, he said, raised my eyebrows.
During his visit, Boehner traveled with the Israeli Defense Forces to see the terror tunnels near Gaza. He ate lunch with Netanyahu and met with the U.S. Ambassador Daniel Shapiro and the staff at the American consulate in Jerusalem. He also spent time with Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon in the brand new Waldorf Astoria, located around the corner from the U.S. Consulate.
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What a waste of skin. He’s not going to do anything about it.
It’s the republican meme. Clearly. And it’s a really good one.
And they are right.
Remember though, he’ll still get teary eyed and let the Chamber of Commerce continue to use the taxpayer as its unlimited credit card. Because of ones like him, the giggling academy depicted in “One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest” looks like a think tank compared to what DC is like nowadays.
Talk it to death. That’s the Congressional way.
Newgeezer, do you see the irony here?
Boehner is putting on a big circus act and I stopped being a “sucker” for his P.T. Barnum show a long time ago.
Why yes, yes he did.
15 seconds to a bomb shelter leads to some interesting naked flee for lives scenarios
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTyJnl9BPkQ
No John, the whole world is not on fire. Just the part where the moronic camel humping muzzies live.
Words from bonehead mean nothing.
There he goes again . . . . scaring little 3 year old kids.
You mean, other than Boehner always being one of the primary enablers, willingly selling (or giving) gasoline to the pyromaniac in the White House?
What a tenuous grasp of the obvious.
No, that Boehner is apologizing for America now.
I’ve been saying so on this site for more than a year. Look at my tagline.
Apologizing for all the nincompoops who re-elected the foreign-policy disaster of the executive branch?
Well, yeah, someone probably should. Otherwise, our allies might begin to wonder if the new American way really is all just appeasement and hand-wringing.
Mmmm, no president, no money and no more American lives to save muslims who want America dead and gone. What's the real reason the Bonehead is out of the country?
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