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US State Dept.: Iraq Debacle was Biden’s 'Portfolio'
Arutz Sheva ^ | 10/5/2014, 7:36 PM | Mark Langfan

Posted on 10/07/2014 9:07:15 AM PDT by Dave346

Jen Psaki says Biden was 'running point on Iraq' in apparent attempt to shift blame from Obama for ISIS debacle.

At the daily State Department briefing on Friday, the blame-game over the Obama policy catastrophes of Iraq and Syria seems to have gone super-nova, when Jen Psaki, the State Department Spokesperson, appeared to insulate President Barack Obama, and directly indict Vice President Joe Biden over the debacle, by claiming the 2009-2011 Iraq total withdrawal “was the Vice President’s portfolio.”

In a peppery questioning of Spokesperson Psaki by a reporter, the reporter constantly interjected “So it’s his [Biden’s] fault,” and Psaki didn’t reject the accusation out-of-hand. Instead, Psaki pointedly let the accusation go virtually unchallenged while she finished her response.

While she eventually halfheartedly denied Iraq was Biden’s “fault,” Psaki immediately pointedly re-emphasized that, “I was saying, actually making the point – and it’s well known – that the Vice President had this [the Iraqi] portfolio . . . that we elevated it [the Iraqi portfolio] to the Vice President. That was who was running point on Iraq."

During her response, Psaki specifically failed to remotely mention that President Obama had any decision-making role in the “Iraqi-portfolio.”

The State Department Spokesperson’s clear attempt to pin the Iraqi debacle and ISIS on Biden could point to a finger-pointing meltdown inside the Administration itself, and raises many additional questions. Did President Obama himself, sanction Psaki’s attempt to call Iraq “Biden’s portfolio,” or was it Secretary Kerry’s decision?

It appears there had to be an “executive decision” by Psaki’s superiors before she would have explicitly staked out her “Iraq was Biden’s portfolio” response.

(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iraq; isis; qaeda; terror
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To: Dave346
I read this and laughed my arse off. Finally Old Joe can get credit for something.
21 posted on 10/07/2014 9:43:43 AM PDT by papageo
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To: Dave346

You got pwned.

22 posted on 10/07/2014 9:45:19 AM PDT by McGruff (we're leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq - Barack Obama)
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To: Dave346

Hey,this is a BFD!


23 posted on 10/07/2014 9:45:29 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: VanDeKoik

LOL.


24 posted on 10/07/2014 9:52:11 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (At no time was the Obama administration aware of what the Obama administration was doing)
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To: Dave346

If Biden runs for President, I’d love to hear him complain about Obama’s Administration to distance himself from the destruction


25 posted on 10/07/2014 9:59:04 AM PDT by therightliveswithus
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To: Dave346

Dude, that was like three years ago!


26 posted on 10/07/2014 10:12:51 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: Dave346

So it will now be Psaki and Harf taking cheap shots at each other?

Oh boy, can’t wait till Hillary’s name comes up.

FYI-She wouldn’t let (I think Psaki) any place near the State Dept. while she was there because of the nasty crap she had her hands in back in 08 When Hillary was running against Nero.


27 posted on 10/07/2014 10:13:04 AM PDT by VRWCarea51 (The original 1998 version)
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To: VRWCarea51

Joe Biden: I have 5 words for this, “Obama threw me under the bus.”


28 posted on 10/07/2014 10:30:55 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Stop Global Cooling Now. Drill Baby Drill.)
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To: Dave346

wow. i guess they’re running out of people to blame stuff on.

wouldn’t the guy who hired the #2 guy and is supposed to be in charge of him still be the guy to take the blame for not correcting him, knowing he’s botching something important “in his portfolio”?

wow.


29 posted on 10/07/2014 10:31:37 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: VRWCarea51

psaki and harf.

sounds like a japanese description of what you do after drinking really bad saki.


30 posted on 10/07/2014 10:34:00 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Dave346

Biden: Gee, I’ve never seen the underside of a bus before!...............


31 posted on 10/07/2014 10:35:42 AM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: Dave346

Biden asked for this. He’s been running around bragging about us getting our of Iraq for several years. I think he planned on using it as a campaign talking point. The administration realized it would be easy to put the blame on him since he was taking credit anyway.


32 posted on 10/07/2014 10:37:57 AM PDT by VerySadAmerican (Liberals were raised by women or wimps. And they're all stupid.)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

and another five: and here i thought he was clean and articulate. he’s dirty and can’t string two words together without a teleprompter. yeah i get a lot of words for five, right? i don’t need a g-damn teleprompter, i may put my foot in my mouth sometimes but i know what the hell i’m tryin to say. nobody has to spoon-feed me what i believe. effin little punk ass homo. (meltdown continues, media cuts away..)


33 posted on 10/07/2014 10:39:35 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Dave346

It seems blaming Biden was the plan all along - see here:

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2009/06/obama-gives-biden-iraq-assignment/


34 posted on 10/07/2014 10:43:41 AM PDT by Dave346
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To: Secret Agent Man

Harry Truman had a sign on his desk that said “The buck stops here.”

Obama’s sign says “The dinar DOE NOT stop here.”


35 posted on 10/07/2014 10:44:59 AM PDT by VerySadAmerican (Liberals were raised by women or wimps. And they're all stupid.)
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To: VerySadAmerican

wouldn’t it be the riyal? don’t the saudis call their sand money rials/riyals?


36 posted on 10/07/2014 10:47:32 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Dave346

I guess that’s why Biden was bragging about their success. Man, he is really stupid.


37 posted on 10/07/2014 10:47:52 AM PDT by VerySadAmerican (Liberals were raised by women or wimps. And they're all stupid.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

I thought they called it dinar. I know Iran calls theirs riyal. Whatever it is, Obama claims it.


38 posted on 10/07/2014 10:48:36 AM PDT by VerySadAmerican (Liberals were raised by women or wimps. And they're all stupid.)
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To: Dave346

This is so pathetic. Bambi takes no responsibility for anything other than what libs think is something good. And even then most of the time it is bad for the nation.


39 posted on 10/07/2014 10:51:21 AM PDT by vpintheak (Keep calm and Fire for Effect!)
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To: Dave346; All
I have to say, I knew these guys were petty and childish.

But I never thought I'd ever see anything like this.

The Clintons have a new ally in Biden...and probably nearly everyone else in the Dem Party.

After the mid-terms I have no doubt there will be Dem calls for Impeachment.

40 posted on 10/07/2014 10:52:49 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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