Posted on 03/24/2011 7:30:03 PM PDT by Starman417
Agree with Hengler here, Obama is the first President in our history who has refused the title leader of the free world:
[VIDEO AT SITE]
President Barack Obama is resisting pressure to deliver an Oval Office speech explaining his policy on Libya — in part, because he doesn’t want to equate what he regards as a smaller, time-limited mission with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.Administration officials haven’t ruled out a big speech, but Obama is reluctant to make a major address on Libya until the United States hands over most command and combat duties to its allies.
The man who couldn't walk his dog without giving a speech now doesn't want to give a speech because this war just isn't worthy enough. What a leader.
And Krauthammer appears to have the nail on the head with this news just out:
NATO agreed to enforce a Libya no-fly zone on Thursday but fell short of a deal to take full command of military operations, and Western jets failed to stop government tanks re-entering Misrata to besiege its main hospital.
(Excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net...
I see he is using Hillary as his proxy to ‘splain our participation in the Libyan adventure.I do not think this woman has ever answered a press conference question while she is in the job as Secretary of State.As usual she read rhetoric from a script. She is over her head in the job as is her boss.
Ol’ Krauty has it right here. This thing is spiraling out of control because there is no leader involved. Clinton and Obummer wanted to started this late and now don’t have the stones to finish this.
I think that this is shaping up to be Obummers Iran Hostages moment and that no matter what he does from this point forward he will have this weak failure stamped on his head.
Bump.
I burst out laughing when I heard Krauthammer say this on TV. So true.
‘but Obama is reluctant to make a major address on Libya until the United States hands over most command and combat duties to its allies.’—
Seems typical of Obama. Agitate, cause the trouble, walk away, leave everyone fighting.
Obama knows exactly where he is leading America. He is not in over his head.
The American people are. The west is.
It is Obamas objective to destroy it ALL while supporting the caliphate against Israel.
None of this is about Libya, it is only a sideshow being used to entrap America.
“leader of the free world”
Not in the job description. Maybe less of this type of distraction and more attention to the listed duties and responsibilities is in order.
BS. The American people are fully aware of what is going on. Did you happen to miss the results of the '10 midterms? Obummers leadership approval is at 17% percent positive as of today. Can you point to where this guy is not over his head? It is parties and vacations all the time running away from responsibility. If he was really as competent as you say he is, he would at least put in a half a$$ed effort to be in DC looking like he is running this thing. He isn't competent enough to even see that.
As the first Affirmative Action President, he never had to succeed at anything. Those days are over. He is done.
This thing is spiraling out of control because there is no leader involved.
That is an excellent observation.
Vietnam was a small time limited mission you pompous a$$ of a president. He needs a kinetic fix.
Say what you will, but if Hillary were President instead of Obama, she would have led, albeit, she still probably would have made some bad decisions, but at least she would have led, there is no way she would abdicate that responsibility like Obama has.
US likely to keep combat role after Libya shift
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/general/view/20110324hillary_clinton_says_us_transferring_no-fly_zone_to_nato
WASHINGTON — The United States welcomed a partial handover for the Libyan air campaign to NATO on Thursday, but the allies apparently balked at assuming full control and the U.S. military was left in charge of the brunt of combat.
NATO agreed to take over command of the newly established no-fly zone over Libya, protective flights meant to deter Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi from putting warplanes in the air. That leaves the U.S. with responsibility for attacks on Gadhafi’s ground forces and other targets, which are the toughest and most controversial portion of the operation.
The U.S had hoped the alliance would reach a consensus Thursday for NATO to take full control of the military operation authorized by the United Nations, including the protection of Libyan civilians and supporting humanitarian aid efforts on the ground. It was not immediately clear when the allies could reach agreement on the matter.
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Which is it? Are we taking the lead or not. Conflicting news reports all over.
Who to believe?
Who is in charge?
Politically , yes, he is done ~ however ~ that is not relevant at this point. Ever notice how he is now on perpetual holidays? He has taken America into a chain of events which will be VERY hard to reverse and recover from.
Glenn Beck is right on course for what is transpiring.
So is Ezekiel.
... from a previous post
Screwed himself? Screwed America and the West...
He has taken America into Jihad... and beyond.
The ME? ... consolidating it for his brethren.
His first speech in Cairo... His speech in Indonesia included references against the Jews.
He has more than shown himself to be on side with muslims. Heck! He shares their same mantra....death to America.
Lose the ME? I don’t thinkso....consolidate it in the name of Allah.
For Obama? Its the ..current policy from the white house.....the marginalization and destruction of America.
Obama , culturally never was an American as he carries many chips on his shoulder and as we see from his old culture at many levels. He feels for his Kenyan identity, he feels for his muslim identity developed during adolescence in Indonesia, and he feels his angst against white and America....DeSouza went to great lengths to detail this in his book.
Its all about death to America....death to the great satan!
from a previous posting, see second last paragraph...
His associations with the MB? His endorsement of the coup... These are the same guys who are shooting at our troops.
His drive against America is demonstrated in his unfettered support of the OIC driven “UN”.
All his acts are supportive of Islam.
“One of the prettiest sounds on earth” is the Muslim call to prayer at sunset.
Barack Hussein Obama as quoted by Nicholas D. Kristof in the New York Times - March 6, 2007
• The FIRST thing Obama did as a newly elected Illinois State Senator was to attempt to declare a Muslim holiday. Obama sponsored Bill SR0110 in the 90th General Assembly to declare November 1, 1997 to be Islamic Community Center Day. It did not pass.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/summary/900SR0110.html
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/srgroups/sr/900SR0110LV.html
• His biological father was a Muslim.
http://www.bing.com/reference/semhtml/?title=Barack_Obama%2C_Sr.&src=abop&qpvt=barack+obama+seniot&q=barack+obama+senior&fwd=1
• Because his biological father was a Muslim the Islam world thinks he is a Muslim.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/behind-the-numbers/2010/08/obama_is_a_muslim_18_24_or.html?hpid=topnews
http://www.indonesiamatters.com/2952/barry-soetoro/
• His stepfather was a Muslim.
http://www.indonesiamatters.com/2952/barry-soetoro/
• As a child Barry was enrolled in school as a Muslim in Jakarta Indonesia. An Indonesian Madrasa.
• Barack Hussein Obama’s first and middle names are Arabic Muslim names.
Barack was the name for Mohammad’s horse. Husein, enough said.
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700246419/Barack-Muhammads-horse.html
http://sanooaung.wordpress.com/2009/01/22/will-be-obama-with-us-muslims-as-the-meaning-of-his-name-in-persian-language/
• Obama recited the opening lines of the Muslim call to prayer, which includes a vow of fidelity to Islam, in flawless Arabic on a radio program. - Nikolos Kristoff, NYTs, 3-06-07 (***this one is a gottcha moment***)
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.3413/pub_detail.asp
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/11679
• On that same program he said he thinks the call to prayer is “one of the prettiest sounds on earth.”
http://jewagainstobama.wordpress.com/2008/03/03/obama-muslim-call-to-prayer-one-of-the-prettiest-sounds-on-earth/
http://caosblog.com/archives/7373
• Obama belonged to Rev. Wright’s (a former Muslim) church for twenty years. Many congregants are Muslims.
http://infidelsarecool.com/2008/04/07/jeremiah-wright-former-muslim/
http://infidelsarecool.com/2008/03/20/rev-wright-got-his-masters-degree-in-islam-in-west-africa/
http://endtimes.yuku.com/forum/viewtopic/id/289
• Obama’s said that the U.S. is “one of the largest Muslim countries in the world.”
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tobyharnden/9959057/Barack_Hussein_Obama_US_one_of_the_largest_Muslim_countries_in_the_world/
http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2009/06/obama_america_one_of_the_large_1.asp
• Obama holds Muslim celebrations in the WH but canceled the National Day of Prayer.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1724544/obama_cancels_national_day_of_prayer.html?cat=9
http://www.exposeobama.com/
• President Obama’s religious adviser, Eboo Patel, once deemed the United States “the ideal place for the renewal of Islam.”
• Obama does not give gifts on Christmas.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0708/12035.html
• Obama doesn’t celebrate his birthday.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/04/a-tough-birthday-for-obama/
• Obama falsely attributes Muslim participation in the founding of America.
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.7041/pub_detail.asp
• Obama required that the cross be covered when he gave a speech at Notre Dame.
http://blog.acton.org/archives/9843-notre-dame-georgetown-and-president-obama.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/05/11/opinion/main5006203.shtml
http://dougpowers.com/2009/04/17/obamas-jesus-coverup/
• Christian symbol covered up during Obama’s Georgetown speech
http://myfaithspace.ning.com/profiles/blogs/obama-covers-christ-and-cross
http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=46667
• Obama’s first major speech in office was a “Muslim outreach” speech in Cairo Egypt.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-the-President-at-Cairo-University-6-04-09/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8083171.stm
• “The American President told me in confidence that he is a Muslim,” said Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit on Nile TV.
http://barenakedislam.wordpress.com/2010/06/12/bombshell-egyptian-foreign-minister-ahmed-aboul-gheit-says-on-egyptian-tv-%e2%80%9cthe-american-president-told-me-in-confidence-that-he-is-still-a-muslim-%e2%80%9d/
http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=166905
• Obama gave strong support to the Cordoba House community center and mosque to be built at the Ground Zero site of Sep. 11, 2001 at a dinner celebrating the day’s end of the first day of Ramadan at the WH.
http://www.aolnews.com/surge-desk/article/president-obama-supports-ground-zero-mosque/19593492?ncid=webmail
• Obama tasked NASA with a mission of “Muslim outreach.”
http://technology.newsplurk.com/2010/07/nasa-and-islam.html
• Obama referred to his faith as “my Muslim faith” gaffe in an interview with George Stephanopolous.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQqIpdBOg6I
• Pushes Islamic freedom of religion but not Jewish or Christian freedoms. Several weeks ago he told Israel NOT to build settlements in East Jerusalem. But OK to build that Mosque at Ground Zero.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/7514285/Israel-spits-in-Obamas-eye-by-announcing-new-settlements-in-east-Jerusalem.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/24/barack-obama-israel-settlement-plan
All this brings on a interesting question... how can America have any struggle against Islam, or protect herself with the most powerful muslim in the world sitting in the White House?
Be wary, wary aware ....and wary, wary afraid...get prepared for more creeping sharia...more than what is coming out of the White House today
I voted in the 2010 midterms. My guy lost. Malarkey won.
I have seen this mess before with different things hitting the fan then now and we pull through it even better. Just look at the late 70's. When I was younger there was nothing but talk of how we are through as a country, the Soviets were going to blow us up at any moment, everyone was out of work, interests rates on a home mortgage were heading toward 15%, the ragheads had American hostages, we had to keep flipping the license plates on the cars to get our ration of gas (one was odd, the other even), Fuel prices went up, Elvis died. Need I say more? If the Nov midterm was a dud, I would concur with you and lose faith. I just don't see it yet.
Beck is a panic freak. I have listened to him 3 hrs a day for what seems like 8 years. The last 2 years he is heading off the rails all together to the point his sidekicks on the radio have to back him off the ledge everyday now. If you take every situation that flares up and take it to it's worst possible conclusion, at some point down the road you will be able to say you saw a disaster happening if only 10% of these things are realized.
The original perfect storm scenario he was pushing 4 years ago had absolutely nothing to do with what is happening today. Look into it. Now he tells me that like Karnack he foretold this whole present scenario years ago. Not really.
Becks pushing of being prepared for emergencies with food and supplies and his exposing of Gov't corruption are valuable. Frightening people with apocalyptic talk serves no purpose. I am skeptical of a guy who was just a few short years ago a rodeo clown morning zoo type radio show by his own admission.
But you have a solid Conservative like Scot Brown for Senator. All is not lost in MA. (Hehehehe)
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