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McCain, Graham blast Obama for Al Qaeda-related takeover of Fallujah, call situation 'predictable'
Fox News.com ^ | January 4, 2013

Posted on 01/04/2014 6:05:49 PM PST by Kaslin

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To: Kaslin

The joined at the hip Bobsey Twins speak again. They are against Obama before they knew they were against, err for, err whatever for him.


81 posted on 01/05/2014 6:33:28 AM PST by RetiredArmy (I am proud to be a Christian and follower of my Lord Jesus Christ. Time is short for U to know Him!)
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To: okie01
His sympathy towards radical Islam wasn't apparent to me at first because I thought it was just his style of diplomacy. It has all backfired though. And the mideast more unstable than ever.

I guess I don't have to say I don't know why he sympathizes with radicals because I do. It's a shame he has gotten away with it.

82 posted on 01/05/2014 10:44:56 AM PST by Aliska
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To: Aliska
From the outset, Obama has favored authoritarian regimes -- not just radical Islamists.

Recall:

1. His immediate pandering to Hugo Chavez when he attended a Pan American Summit.

2. The State Department's intervention in Honduras, in favor of a Chavez-supported usurper -- while the Honduran government was acting totally within the bounds of their own Constitution.

3. Not to mention his dissing of the Iranian dissidents, saying that it was none of America's business to dabble in Iranian internal affairs. Imagine Ronald Reagan copping such an anti-freedom attitude.

Nothing could be clearer: Obama admires authoritarian regimes...and desires to exercise power as they do.

83 posted on 01/05/2014 11:05:57 AM PST by okie01 (The Mainstream Media -- IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: nonliberal
Sorry but this is Bush’s fault for not obliterating the place when he had the chance.

He did obliterate it. He killed up to a million Iraqis, destroyed one of the oldest Christian communities in the world, destroyed a secular government and buffer to Iran and a bunch of good Americans. And created a whole lot of terrorists who now have a sane reason to hate America. Be careful what you wish for. It came true.

84 posted on 01/05/2014 11:17:13 AM PST by Forgotten Amendments (I remember when a President having an "enemies list" was a scandal. Now, they have a kill list.)
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To: Kaslin

Is this the Al-Qaeda that McCain supports or the one that he thinks is bad?

The administration has the NYT flying there as we speak to ask everyone on the street if they’re in Al-Qaeda or not, so this should all work out in Obama’s favor in the end.


85 posted on 01/05/2014 11:31:53 AM PST by The Toll
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To: The Toll

Where do you get this from that McCain supports Al Qaeda?


86 posted on 01/05/2014 11:38:06 AM PST by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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To: Kaslin

Syria.


87 posted on 01/05/2014 11:45:06 AM PST by The Toll
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To: okie01
He's already exercising power as dictators do in smaller increments. I still say he has a contrarian nature. He tells lies when it would be easier to tell the truth about policies, etc., not necessarily his personal background.

I have to chuckle though. GWB was giving a presser or some talk about convincing Americans what he wanted was the right thing to do. He laughed and said his job would be a lot easier if he was a dictator.

I guess I wasn't paying as close attention as you were. I was focussed on Iran, wondering how on earth we were going to deal with that. So he reduces our nuclear arsenal. Also the injustices and moral issues. I've got to quit getting mad about this crap because I can't change any of it.

88 posted on 01/05/2014 11:50:01 AM PST by Aliska
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To: cripplecreek
One thing that Germany and Japan had was a sense of order and civility ingrained in their societies and the people still had a desire to return to it.

Thank you that is a much better way of putting it. I agree about the mideast. In spite of a long bloody history I think they are further from having a sense of order and civility now than they ever have been.

89 posted on 01/05/2014 12:42:35 PM PST by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: The Toll

The article has to do about Iraq and Fallujah, not Syria


90 posted on 01/05/2014 1:53:01 PM PST by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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To: pieceofthepuzzle
Regarding sending more troops to Fallujah — could it be the area is so badly contaminated it would be harmful to send US Military back in there? For an update on those conditions you can check out a recent article on Democracy Now. The interview discusses, for one, the contamination left behind from depleted uranium weapons, and how it has affected the whole population. Two Bushes are responsible for this, not Obama.
91 posted on 01/05/2014 2:01:14 PM PST by TiaS
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To: TiaS
“Two Bushes are responsible for this, not Obama.”

I'm sorry, but I can't agree. What should Bush I have done when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait? It is certainly legitimately arguable that Bush II shouldn't have gone into Iraq, but I understand his overall strategy of establishing enough of a beachhead in the Middle East such that the scales could be tipped against the radicals. Taking Fallujah was part of that, and before that the left was referring to Iraq as Bush's lost war.

The idea that we could have stopped after Afghanistan is also arguable. IMHO, Al Queda was never going to be ‘defeated’ on a battlefield in Afghanistan. They would just shift venue, as they've done consistently since then. That's why the strategy of keeping them on the run, and reducing the number of potential venues available to them made sense. Obama has done the opposite, and provided Al Queda with an expanding universe of venues available to them. Yes, it is his fault.

92 posted on 01/05/2014 4:53:01 PM PST by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: Seaplaner

First of all these countries cannot do diversity. The way the decolonization occured or how the borders were to be cut makes no sense whatsoever. Japan and Germany managed because, gasp, they were pretty much uniracial/cultural.

There were two problems. One was Iraqi hostility stoked under Saddam. This had to be stoped. The other was Iraqis getting to agree with each other. We cannot force them. Besides they are not like Kuwaiti teenage mall items spenders. Iraqis are tribal and rioting for foodstuff rather than respecting shops is what they do.


93 posted on 01/05/2014 5:32:51 PM PST by lavaroise (A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall not be infringed)
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To: pieceofthepuzzle; TiaS

There is no comparison between Bush and Obama. The Bushes answered to Congress never vetoing while Obama is completely off limits.

Just lie liberals saying Reagan did the same as Obama in the Iran contra affair. Reagan went on TV and answered questions and admitted errors. Obama is a complete loose cannon who answers to no one but his handlers and racist ideologies.


94 posted on 01/05/2014 5:37:55 PM PST by lavaroise (A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall not be infringed)
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To: lavaroise
“Obama is a complete loose cannon who answers to no one but his handlers and racist ideologies.”

I totally agree with everything you stated.

95 posted on 01/05/2014 6:19:33 PM PST by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: expat1000
Bump. The idea that a fledgling Weimar democracy could withstand alone the blast of gale force winds generated by 1000 years of autocratic hate was fatuous to say the least.
96 posted on 01/05/2014 7:40:06 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: Kaslin

Thank you pretend president Obama.Long may your figgy duff rot in your White Hut.

You Mr. Obama have snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.

57 million Iraquis liberated by George W. Bush are about to be re-enslaved, thanks to this POS, so called “president.”

Treasonous, fascist libtard of a president, will we ever be free of him and his running dogs?


97 posted on 01/06/2014 1:31:21 AM PST by Candor7 (Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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To: Kaslin

What a hateful aparatchik femino-nazi. I wouldn’t cross the street to help her onto the curb if both her legs were broke.

I could not believe that STATE put her out as a spokes person to the media. This is the face of liberal fascism.


98 posted on 01/06/2014 1:34:15 AM PST by Candor7 (Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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To: Candor7
It will take decades to repair the damages this arrogant pos occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave and his entire administration have done to our great Nation.

A slight correction. It was 25 Million, the 57 included Afghanistan

99 posted on 01/06/2014 4:26:55 AM PST by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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To: Kaslin

I stand corrected on the numbers.

I remember those blue stained ink fingers.Shame on Obama.
I detest the POS.


100 posted on 01/06/2014 5:37:13 AM PST by Candor7 (Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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