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2014-09-11 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by trailing wife 2014-09-11 09:45|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
File under: Islamic State

#1 SO we arm Syrian rebels to depose Assad AND we bomb ISIL which would support Assad?

We haven't detected any specific threats? Does that mean the threats are so broad spectrum we can't find one SPECIFIC one to focus upon?

Does he know what comprehensive and sustained counter-terrorism activities are? Or is he just reading the buzz words from the TOTUS?

Posted by Bill Clinton 2014-09-11 10:56|| 2014-09-11 10:56|| Front Page Top

#2 The Krauthammer assessment.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-09-11 12:09|| 2014-09-11 12:09|| Front Page Top

#3 "...Now let's make two things clear: ISIL is not "Islamic"..."

question for next press conference

If ISIL is not Islamic, are the Taliban Islamic, is Hamas Islamic, Is Boko Haram Islamic, is Hezbollah Islamic, Is Abu Sayyat Islamic, Is al Qaida Islamic...?

Posted by lord garth 2014-09-11 12:49|| 2014-09-11 12:49|| Front Page Top

#4 Arm Syrian rebels??? WTF!!!!

ISIS ARE Syrian rebels. The FSA has admitted to allying with ISIS.

Posted by AlanC 2014-09-11 13:31|| 2014-09-11 13:31|| Front Page Top

#5 They are if they win.

Funny, he marks the 2011 attacks and economy, but not Benghazi. And what's with the Syria front? I'm no prop of Assad, why rattle at him?

Except this is nothing new, other than more money for not-Assad, where there is a good arguement that not-Assad arming and training contributed to this mess.

The words are ball-less. Did he at least put the gum in his lips and say 'merika ?

Posted by swksvolFF 2014-09-11 13:49|| 2014-09-11 13:49|| Front Page Top

#6 Anybody counted the frequency of "I", "me", and "my" in the speech?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-09-11 14:06|| 2014-09-11 14:06|| Front Page Top

#7 Nobody can count that high, #6 grom. :-(

Posted by Barbara 2014-09-11 14:55|| 2014-09-11 14:55|| Front Page Top

#8 "it is America that is helping Muslim communities around the world" What a crock.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2014-09-11 15:05|| 2014-09-11 15:05|| Front Page Top

#9 Frequency = I needed to get on that trending issue weeks ago, so try to own it with a speech.

And for getting rid of Syria WMDs, I seem to remember the original concept was to pull a Quadaffy and provide air cover for then divorced AQ boyfriend now ISIS to overthrow Assad and enter de-facto war with Russia and Iran, so unpopular that a peoples vote was avoided in France and USA, and defeated in UK, and so dangerous that a Kerry off script blunder actually opened the possibility of de-escalation by means of WMD disposal.

America via Obama ability to lead? I seem to remember the Obamas dancing away and entire week without word on tomahawks and F-15 crashes concerning Libya.

Posted by swksvolFF 2014-09-11 15:26|| 2014-09-11 15:26|| Front Page Top

#10 And how is Libya nowadays? Pretty stable, no video anniversaries?

Posted by swksvolFF 2014-09-11 15:37|| 2014-09-11 15:37|| Front Page Top

#11

ISIS appears to be using U.S. weapons supplied by the Magic Kingdom.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-09-11 15:44|| 2014-09-11 15:44|| Front Page Top

#12 As one of Mr. Green's commenters says:

"We'll bomb ISIL wherever they are. Looking forward to those strafing runs on the Texas border!"

Posted by Mullah Richard 2014-09-11 16:01|| 2014-09-11 16:01|| Front Page Top

#13 Stephen Green of PJ Media drunkblogged the speech. Far more interesting than the narcissist-in-chief's version.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-09-11 17:03|| 2014-09-11 17:03|| Front Page Top

#14 Uh, how can you say ISIL is not Islamic when their FREAKING NAME is "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant"...geez, nowhere man can drive a man to drink.

Posted by Bill Clinton 2014-09-11 20:13|| 2014-09-11 20:13|| Front Page Top

#15 Does appear to be something of a contradiction, ISIL... not being Islamic, as stated. But then, he and his entire regime are a contradiction. He is, the least interesting man in the world.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-09-11 21:25|| 2014-09-11 21:25|| Front Page Top

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