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| Leon Panetta: Obama has 'lost his way' |
| 2014-10-07 |
| [Washington Post] It's going to be a rough week for President B.O., thanks in part to his former CIA director and defense secretary, Leon Panetta ...former SecDef, previously Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Panetta served as President Bill Clinton's White House Chief of Staff from 1994 to 1997 and was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1993.... , who in an interview published this morning said the president has "kind of lost his way." "Baa baa baa..." By not pressing the Iraqi government to leave more U.S. troops in the country, he "created a vacuum in terms of the ability of that country to better protect itself, and it's out of that vacuum that ISIS began to breed," Panetta told USA Today, referring to the group also known as the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... He said Obama has a "frustrating reticence to engage his opponents and rally support for his cause" and too frequently "relies on the logic of a law professor rather than the passion of a leader." Sometimes, he told USA Today's Susan Page, Obama "avoids the battle, complains, and misses opportunities." The USA Today interview was the first of what inevitably will be a series as he promotes his book, "Worthy Fights: A Memoir of Leadership in War and Peace," which is sharply critical of Obama's handling of the troop withdrawal from Iraq, Syria and the advance of the Islamic State. "I think we're looking at kind of a 30-year war" that will also sweep in conflicts in Nigeria, Somalia, Yemen and Libya, he told the paper. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 He lost his way as soon as he always got his way. |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonuymous5839 2014-10-07 15:20 |
| #9 Looks like Perry-Reeeeebeau writ large. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-10-07 14:22 |
| #8 Large, that looks like US-26 west of Casper a few years ago when I was on it. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2014-10-07 12:35 |
| #7 Obe, Pan, Bill, Hill, Pelo, Reid and all the Demon-rats are just.... |
| Posted by: Large Elmetle3509 2014-10-07 12:23 |
| #6 Panetta is as much a political animal as Obama. As said if he disagreed so much with Obama, why didn't he say something previously or submit his resignation? He is more of a Clintonite than in Obama's camp. It looks like he is paving the way for Hillary. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-10-07 11:55 |
| #5 I believe he is on the very way he he intended too be on. Neh, I've seen many like him an academy: strait A students, beloved by their teachers/thesis supervisor. Get tenure, grants, etc... can't produce publications. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-10-07 03:37 |
| #4 I believe he is on the very way he he intended too be on. |
| Posted by: chris 2014-10-07 03:35 |
| #3 He said Obama has a "frustrating reticence to engage his opponents and rally support for his cause" Ag, the former Klingon master and foreign policy expert finally speaks. Thanks Leon, for highlighting these previously unknown facts regarding an indolent, out-of-touch Champ. Who could have possibly known? Thanks also for your sage predictive analysis of the '30 year war' which has appeared out of nowhere. I always assumed you were a sycophantic piece of kak. Your recent interviews and the timing and release of your new book simply confirms my assessment. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-10-07 02:25 |
| #2 Lost his way? That implies he had one to begin with. |
| Posted by: gorb 2014-10-07 02:19 |
| #1 OK Leon - where was this WHILE YOU WERE ON THE JOB? Gutless political bastard. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2014-10-07 02:07 |