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.
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The circular firing squad is moving into position! Looks like the Biden and Clinton crime families are going to the mattresses.
When something goes wrong, a narcissist always looks for somebody else to blame. His ego won’t let him take responsibility for any failures.
And Obama has had plenty of failures on his watch, both overseas and at home. But the ‘buck’ doesn’t stop at his place at the table.
After all, he never knows anything about anything anyway until it appears in the papers.
Disgusting that the sheeple were led to vote for this charlatan.
After the mid terms, when Crusty officially declares it will be the Obama/Clinton 08 war all over again.
Only this time Nero has a record to be attacked from.
If Bill happens to stroke out, expect Crusty to go full nuke on Nero. Panetta just set the stage with his book. Gates book only adds the fuel.
It will be epic.
And the Clinton Faction will start the murmurings of Impeachment.
The Dem Party will split big time as they shed their "Progressive (Communist) wing".
It won't wash, of course. You can delegate authority but not responsibility, and the responsibility for moves such as the withdrawal of troops from a major deployment falls directly on the Commander In Chief. No buts, no evasion.
As a minor aside, I am increasingly annoyed by official spokespersons using deliberately vague management-speak such as "running point" to imply something that is immediately denied in the next sentence. "Glitch" comes under that category as well. What, exactly, did Slow Joe do and how, and who OK'd it? Did he direct the State Department to do anything? The Department of Defense? Who? When? Names. Places. Is it too much to ask that "journalists" ask this sort of thing?
Funny thing about that. Neither Panetta or Gates suggested that this was Biden’s fault.
Both alluded to the community agitator’s reluctance to make decisions.
Hit!
These state dept gals are idiots, no talent political hacks.
No, Laverne and Shirley will stick together.
“psaki and harf.
sounds like a japanese description of what you do after drinking really bad saki.”
Actually sounds more like end stage Ebola you Psaki your shorts and Harf up a lung. Sorry, I had to go there, I know I’m warped to many Ebola threads.
psaki and harf, attorneys at raw
The last I checked, Biden is still the man a heartbeat away from the Oval Office.
Not smart.
Gonna be fun!
It had to be Biden...Obola had a tee time...
And here I thought it was that man behind the tree.
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