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Syria hails 'historic American retreat' as Obama hesitates
Reuters ^ | September 1, 2013 | By Yara Bayoumy and Thomas Ferraro

Posted on 09/01/2013 7:51:32 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Syria hailed an "historic American retreat" on Sunday, mockingly accusing President Barack Obama of hesitation and confusion after he delayed a military strike to consult Congress.

"Obama announced yesterday, directly or through implication, the beginning of the historic American retreat," Syria's official al-Thawra newspaper said in a front-page editorial.

Syria's deputy foreign minister Faisal Mekdad accused Obama of indecision. "It is clear there was a sense of hesitation and disappointment in what was said by President Barack Obama yesterday. And it is also clear there was a sense of confusion as well," he told reporters in Damascus.

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To: chessplayer

We. are just pissed his lip flapping got us in this in the first place.


41 posted on 09/01/2013 8:41:25 AM PDT by autumnraine (America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to thoe tumbril wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

42 posted on 09/01/2013 8:41:36 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: chessplayer

We. are just pissed his lip flapping got us in this in the first place.


43 posted on 09/01/2013 8:42:44 AM PDT by autumnraine (America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to thoe tumbril wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
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To: Cowboy Bob

Assad will have a bumper sticker on his camel “My kid beat up the USA!”


44 posted on 09/01/2013 8:43:50 AM PDT by RS_Rider (I hate Illinois Nazis)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

45 posted on 09/01/2013 8:45:20 AM PDT by Slyfox (Without the Right to Life, all other rights are meaningless.)
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To: autumnraine

Called out nobama on the kid’s Facebook page.


46 posted on 09/01/2013 8:47:00 AM PDT by upchuck (The nobama regime: a string of omnishambles that stretches, seemingly, to infinity.)
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To: chessplayer

“What a difference a day makes. Yesterday we were pissed that bammy was going to get us into another middle east war. Today we’re pissed he DIDN’T do it”

I think you’re confused.


47 posted on 09/01/2013 8:48:07 AM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
The S-i-C [.] "in charge":


48 posted on 09/01/2013 8:48:41 AM PDT by mikrofon (per Drudge)
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To: autumnraine

I’m just pissed the bastard got elected....TWICE!


49 posted on 09/01/2013 8:49:37 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: mikrofon

Biden is looking like he’s trying to keep himself from laughing.


50 posted on 09/01/2013 8:50:14 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Why do I have this dark feeling that the red phone rang, Obama answered and Putin and he had a little talk. At some moment during that short one way conversation, Obama had a Come To Jesus moment.
51 posted on 09/01/2013 8:55:52 AM PDT by Tupelo (There are no Republicans or Democrats in Washington. Just Millionaires protecting their turf.)
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To: TMA62

Yeah, and someone might want to ask Mr. Kerry where Syria got those WMD’s in the first place.


52 posted on 09/01/2013 9:02:40 AM PDT by dowcaet
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To: dowcaet

The sarin was made by Saudi Arabia,
transferred by Obama and Huma and McCain,
and has killed a lot of people.

Now they must blame others to complete
their planned destruction of the free.


53 posted on 09/01/2013 9:13:32 AM PDT by Diogenesis
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To: ex-snook

You’ll get no declaration of war against Syria. That would lead to a civil war in America. Enough’s enough.


54 posted on 09/01/2013 9:23:16 AM PDT by lafarge
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The only way Obama’s actions over the past week make sense is if Saudi Arabia, the Syrian rebels’ principal backer, has threatened Obama that it will drastically raise oil prices if Obama does not actively enter the war on the rebels’ side.

When George Bush the First invaded Kuwait, he was honest enough to admit that he did so for the sake of keeping oil prices stable.

Obama can’t publicly admit that he’s going to war on the side of America’s mortal enemy — al-Qaeda terrorists, who have infiltrated the rebels’ forces — for the sake of oil. But he CAN admit that to members of Congress in secret. Which means that Congress MAY support Obama in attacking Bashar al-Assad. Stay tuned.


55 posted on 09/01/2013 9:25:04 AM PDT by Bluestocking
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To: vladimir998

Obama should be impeached.....Democrat Party...take the lead...or, lose both the House & Senate in the mid-term election of 2014!!! We are coming for your seats!!! And....you are not dealing with Republicans, etc.,.......you are dealing with the people of the United States of America!!!

DEFUND OBAMACARE, AMERICANS!!! NOW!!! (www.dontfundit.com)


56 posted on 09/01/2013 9:25:47 AM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX ( My only objective is to defeat and destroy Obama & his Democrat Party, politically!!!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer; JRandomFreeper

Our only sensible course is stay out of there and let the Arabs and Allah deal with it.


57 posted on 09/01/2013 9:35:36 AM PDT by Marcella (Prepping can save your life today. I am a Christian, not a Muslim.)
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To: autumnraine

We. are just pissed his lip flapping got us in this in the first place.


That makes sense, but some posts give the impression he should have launched an attack instead of backing down.


58 posted on 09/01/2013 9:41:13 AM PDT by chessplayer
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To: dowcaet
Yeah, and someone might want to ask Mr. Kerry where Syria got those WMD’s in the first place.

Remember all those truck convoys heading to Syria out of Iraq before the war there. It is not rocket science.

59 posted on 09/01/2013 9:47:40 AM PDT by thegrump
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To: jsanders2001

<—— DU is that way.


60 posted on 09/01/2013 9:51:33 AM PDT by Half Vast Conspiracy (Now I am just being a punk.)
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