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Obama batting 1000
DIR By: trollslayer
Date: January 20, 2015, 8:49 am
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Remember when he said Iraq is a "stable" country? Look at it
now
Remember when he was touting Yemen as a success story?
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> Unknown assailants fired shots Monday night at a U.S. Embassy
vehicle in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, the U.S. Embassy said, at the
end of a day marked by heavy fighting around the presidential
palace.
>
> Nine people were killed and 67 others injured Monday in the
fighting between government forces and Houthi militants, Yemen's
Health Ministry said, before the sides agreed to a ceasefire.
>
> The U.S. Embassy said Tuesday the shooters fired first into
the air and then turned the guns on its vehicle. The vehicle
carried U.S. diplomatic personnel and was at a checkpoint near
the embassy. No injuries were reported.
>
> The latest violence comes at a time of prolonged turmoil and
intermittent clashes between government and opposition forces in
Yemen, a U.S. ally in the battle against al Qaeda.
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HTML http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/20/world/yemen-violence/
I'm kind of scared to see where he declares victory next.
#Post#: 18695--------------------------------------------------
Re: Obama batting 1000
DIR By: rapids_60
Date: January 20, 2015, 7:33 pm
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So...the Mission isn't Accomplished? :D
#Post#: 18697--------------------------------------------------
Re: Obama batting 1000
DIR By: wmd102
Date: January 20, 2015, 8:05 pm
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> So...the Mission isn't Accomplished? :D
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Still trying to beat that dead horse? You are aware the "Mission
Accomplished" banner was for a specific mission and not an
entire war? Do try to keep up. :-*
#Post#: 18702--------------------------------------------------
Re: Obama batting 1000
DIR By: rapids_60
Date: January 20, 2015, 9:42 pm
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And Iraq was stable when Obama made those comments. Do you
have an actual point, other than things change?
#Post#: 18704--------------------------------------------------
Re: Obama batting 1000
DIR By: trollslayer
Date: January 20, 2015, 9:52 pm
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--- Quote from: rapids_60 link ---
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> And Iraq was stable when Obama made those comments. Do you
have an actual point, other than things change?
>
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That's funny. Iraq has never been a stable country. Especially
after pulling out entirely and leaving Nouri al-Maliki in
charge. Thinking it was is nothing cept a pipe dream. If it
were that stable it wouldn't be the mess it is today. In my life
time I've yet to see a "stable country" lose one third of it's
territory to terrorists in less than two years. Now you want to
tell me that Yemen was a success story as well?
#Post#: 18706--------------------------------------------------
Re: Obama batting 1000
DIR By: rapids_60
Date: January 20, 2015, 10:02 pm
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Still not sure what your point is.
Were we greeted as liberators? Did we bring freedom and
Democracy to the Iraqi's? Did we pay for the war with oil
revenues? Is the middle east now safer with our stabilizing
influence?
You ought to be used to presidents getting it wrong about Iraq.
At least when Obama made those statements- at that time they
were made they were correct, even if it was just momentary. If
you are expecting any president to foretell the future, I'd like
to talk to you about lottery numbers. :D
#Post#: 18707--------------------------------------------------
Re: Obama batting 1000
DIR By: rapids_60
Date: January 20, 2015, 10:03 pm
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--- Quote from: wmd102 link ---
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> Still trying to beat that dead horse?
>
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Get used to it. You'll be beating a dead Obama horse for many
years after he's left office.
#Post#: 18709--------------------------------------------------
Re: Obama batting 1000
DIR By: trollslayer
Date: January 21, 2015, 8:42 am
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You mean beating that dead horse like this?
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> Were we greeted as liberators? Did we bring freedom and
Democracy to the Iraqi's? Did we pay for the war with oil
revenues?
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> At least when Obama made those statements- at that time they
were made they were correct, even if it was just momentary
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I guess some people have a lower threshold for their definition
of "stability" than others. Shiite's battling Sunni's, car
bombs going off in the market place killing innocents, a
President who makes his own VP a fugitive and kills his own
people based on religion doesn't fall under the category of "a
stable country" in my book. For some I guess it does. I see
you avoiding Yemen as a success story like the plague. Smart
move.
I do find it peculiar that you spend time trying to defend
somebody know for such whoppers like
Al Qaeda is on the run, or
ISIS is a JV team, or
If you like you plan....
I'm not sure I'd even try to dig my way out of that hole.
#Post#: 18718--------------------------------------------------
Re: Obama batting 1000
DIR By: rapids_60
Date: January 22, 2015, 8:17 pm
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--- Quote from: trollslayer link ---
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> I do find it peculiar that you spend time trying to defend
somebody know for such whoppers like
> Al Qaeda is on the run, or
> ISIS is a JV team, or
> If you like you plan....
> I'm not sure I'd even try to dig my way out of that hole.
>
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Well..SOMEBODY has to take up a contrary position, else your
only discussion will be people saying "I agree". What fun is
that? :D
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