Posted on 10/08/2014 8:42:35 AM PDT by TangledUpInBlue
Much is being written about the revelations in former secretary of defense and CIA chief Leon Panetta’s new book, “Worthy Fights,” regarding President Obama’s inadequacies and mistakes as commander in chief. The Panetta revelations have provoked a fresh appraisal of similar disclosures from former secretary of defense Bob Gates in his book and the more gentle — but still direct — criticisms of the president found in former secretary of state Hillary Clinton’s book.
None of these individuals are amateurs. They were not manipulated into writing what they did by greedy publishers hoping to sell books. They are not a bunch of Scott McClellans, the now-forgotten White House press secretary under President George W. Bush, who shamed himself by using his so-called memoir to turn on Bush 43. Panetta, Gates and Clinton are not lightweights who are in over their heads, nor do they think they need to reveal secrets to get attention. They are all distinguished leaders who don’t shoot from the hip or have anything to prove. So when they agree on something, whatever they are telling us should be treated seriously. The world should take notice
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“Panetta, Gates and Clinton .... are all distinguished leaders”
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There goes my lunch, all over my keyboard.
So transparent.
They aren’t telling us anything we haven’t known for years!!
Clinton, Gates, and Panetta - way to catch up guys....
Where were you guys six years ago?
What was once racism is now sound wisdom
It’s 2014. Democrats aren’t going to make it to 2016 unless they do something about Obama, and Biden.
I would love to find out what’s happening with Jarrett. She’s never in the news. She starts getting attacked, then you might see something extraordinary happen that might take the form of an acceptable exit strategy for Obola.
As an observation - Ebola is all my kids are talking about, and it is the big thing at school. My middle schoolers are dressing up as Ebola patients.
That’s all Obola. You can’t blame Bush for Ebola - at all. Same with this polioesque Enterovirus.
The big open border in the south is to blame. He could close it with a phone call. The left took Bush off the hook for ISIL, and put the whole thing in Obola’s lap. That’s what these books are doing. Panetta put Benghazi there as well.
Nope, something weird is about to happen, and the press is motivated to make it happen when it does.
Hey Compost, we’ve been telling you this for years.
No one wants to believe that anyone, much less a president,
actually hates America, hates our culture, and seeks to see both destroyed.
Less than a year to go.
I’m hoping for a very loud trumpet at about the same time as America collapses.
What we are seeing today is just the culmination of the incompetence we saw in 2008 and years of feckless policies.
And, trying to help the liar Mrs. Clinton...duh....
In DC, apparently it’s news to them that Obama is of low character.
What Nixon did was nothing compared to what is going on now. I make this point to people whenever I’m given the opportunity.
Yep......Message is Obama is not one of us...he is one of them, his beloved, adored “Muslim Brotherhood, ISIS, Hamas, al Qaeda, etc.” Obama “the America Hater”!!! All “Obamabot”, Democrats must be soundly defeated, come election day, November 4, 2014!!! Folks....get out and vote to destroy the entire Democrat Party, politcally!!! Save the USA!!!
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