Obama Rushes To War-- On Language

NRO ^ | 9-6-13 | Charles C. W. Cooke

[Dysart]

In August of last year, the assembled White House press corps generously acquiesced to the president’s throat-clearing demande du choix and let him “be clear” on the subject of Syria

“We have been very clear to the Assad regime,” he insisted, and “also to other players on the ground.” Heretofore, Obama explained, he had not considered military action against Syria to be necessary. But he knew when he would: “A red line for us,” the president established, “is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized.” And what would happen should either of those contingencies come to pass? “That would change my calculus. That would change my equation,” Obama said. “The point that you made about chemical and biological weapons is critical,” he told Todd, thanking him for the question.

Obama’s approach was consistently reiterated during subsequent months. On April 25, the White House saw fit emphatically to “reaffirm that the president has set a clear red line as it relates to the United States that the use of chemical weapons or the transfer of chemical weapons to terrorist groups is a red line that is not acceptable to us.”

The president’s official voice, Jay Carney himself, told wary reporters on May 6 that “the president’s use of the term “red line” was deliberate.” Moreover, Carney noted, “it was one that he and others in the administration have reinforced on multiple occasions ever since.” Indeed it was. So seriously did John McCain take the president’s “deliberate” and “clear” “red line” that, when it was crossed — in the senator’s estimation, without response — he argued that it yielded a “green light” to the Syrian government.

[Sacajaweau]

This is really the blowback from Libya and Egypt...

[JimRed]

Rush to war...where have I heard THAT before? Oh, yeah, after 17 U.N. resolutions...

[drypowder]

According to the Russian news reports the obozo was, in all truth, isolated at the G 20 summit. Remember that swagger, well, he's lost it and it has everything to do with the fact that most of the world now disbelieves anything he says.

[Dysart]

Remember that swagger, well, he's lost it and it has everything to do with the fact that most of the world now disbelieves anything he says.

Welcome to the party, most of the world.

[drypowder]

The obozo now has the Pope kicking his ass over the issue. Maybe we should expect a Wag the Dog event, it will be his attempt at a credibility resurrection, and its obvious that’s a no holds barred scenario. My curiosity is begging to see what he’ll do to us next.

[trebb]

Has to be a fake story and made up facts - just the past few days he has claimed he never used the “red line” meme. I for one believe him and not my lyin’ eyes and ears...