Posted on 02/27/2012 11:35:03 AM PST by Nachum
White House Press secretary Jay Carney today reminded reporters that prior to President Obama's term in office, the Bush administration was responsible for the tumultuous lengthy engagement in Afghanistan.
"The president made clear when he was a candidate for this office and when he took this office, that unfortunately prior to his taking office, because of the focus on Iraq, and the U.S. efforts there, that the original war, if you will, in Afghanistan had been neglected, the strategy there was unclear, and that it was not properly resourced," said Carney, adding that the U.S. goals in Afghanistan would be met with President Obama's "clear eyed" policy.
(Excerpt) Read more at campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com ...
What a liar! I distinctly remember Obama campaigning in 2008 on the premise that Bush had gotten us into the wrong war in Iraq, and saying that he would go after the threat at the source in Afghanistan.
And most Americans will believe this shit.
The Taliban is racist too because they disagree with Obama.
Mr. Obama and his 'team' have had plenty of time to revise the nation's approach to the war in Afghanistan to 'fix' the 'mistakes' made by George W. Bush, and to reap the benefits of and/or suffer the negative consequences of these revisions.
It is absolutely disgraceful, but most definitely NOT unexpected, that he and his minions continue to blame his predecessor for the failures of his own administration.
“I try to remember they are the minority view in this fine great country they are trying to destroy daily.”
You are sooooo correct, and I find it amazing the minority Leftist, commonsense impaired idiots in this country are factually indisputably in control.
NO DEM, LIB, SOCIALIST should ever be allowed near the halls of government. They muck up everything.
He’s gonna really hurt himself with this one because it was one of the only real policy statements he made and if you only have one policy, even I can remember he said it! LOL
If God forbid BHO gets elected to a 2nd term, he will still be blaming Bush in his 8th year as POTUS. Ugh, I just made myself nauseous... “8th year”. No way will this country survive.
Reporter: “President Obama, you are now in your 8th year as POTUS and unemployment is now at 44%. Why is that?”
Obama: “Bushs fault”
They're not running from that fact. Instead, they're referring to it as though that campaign promise were made about two weeks ago.
The article even brings up the B.S. rhetoric of '08 - Obama's "clear-eyed" policy replacing Bush's big pile of mistakes. Clear-eyed? Sounds comatose or dead, doesn't it?
Not only is Obama’s excuse pathetic, it’s also so long-winded and convoluted it gives the impression that Obama’s entire communications staff worked on it for the whole weekend.
If he wants to be taken more seriously, next time the Afghanistan war comes up Mr. Carney should just say that Obama’s dog ate his Afghanistan briefing papers.
F U B O
Sorry O, this is your screw up.
I’ll bet it was delivered with a straight face, too..
You are not alone, I would guess that any Freeper over 15 remembers exactly that. I certainly do!
Regards,
GtG
I once saw an Obama blame-game flow chart. No matter the screw up, they all lead to “Bush’s fault.”
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