Obama's Epic Failures

[keycocker]

NW,
Did they mention the war in Yugoslavia?
No boots and we crushed them.
In Pakistan there is a dearth of leaders in somegroupsbecause drones killed the last three leaders and no one wants to be boss.
Among groups of all kinds, when no one wants to be the boss, the group loses some or all of its effectiveness.

[nw30]

[windward1]

I am worried about Panetta playing politics. Remember he was the one who said we could not send in help to aid the folk in Bengazi who were under attack as we do not send troops into an unknown situation. Really?!!! When do we not send in help to Americans under attack?!!! Besides we had drones up giving real time camera of what was happening!
Panetta might be having a guilty conscience or....he might be trying to pave the way for Hillary in 2016 by distancing her from Obama. She also called for arming the "moderate" Syrians at the time....

[swchandler]

I have to side with President Obama about providing weapons to Syrian rebels. Just because the rebels were fighting in opposition to Assad's regime doesn't mean that we can trust them with sophisticated weaponry and the training to use it. History has proven, particularly in Middle Eastern countries, that more often than not, we don't have a clue what direction that things will take months or years down the line.

Trying to institute or direct a path to democracy in the Muslim world is totally fraught with danger, because it's always going to include loads of religious and cultural nonsense. That's because there's no real freedom in religion. In the chains of religion, democracy doesn't stand a chance. Looking back, all of our optimistic hopes in the Arab Spring have turned into disaster in most of the countries involved. Without a hard separation between church and state, any attempt at democracy becomes a joke.

[MalibuGuru]

Both president's policies have been failures. We have been too concerned with "war crimes" instead of shutting down their borders and food supply.....I don't want to see either American arms or boots on the ground until we are ready to bring them to their knees. Otherwise, sit tight and let them duke it out.

We don't need a single boot on the ground if we shut off their ability to sell oil and import food and munitions. IOW, any vehicle crossing any border will be bombed out of existence. The Romans did this. It was brutal, and it worked very well.... And for those of you who say this is inhuman, isn't it already horrible?

[isobars]

And now, of course, he has declared and is waging a bigger war on global warming (putting our economy at risk for minimal return) than on radical Islam (putting our lives at risk). This, after telling radical Islam over and over and over that American soldiers will not raise a hand against them. Even the second dumbest president in history is sternly criticizing him now.

I believe this idiot will disrupt and ultimately cost FAR more American and foreign lives than either Bush did, and for a far less noble cause.

[isobars]

And yet ANOTHER Eric ... er, epic ... failure: failure to capitalize on Holder's firing. He doesn't understand that unless he openly admits firing him, he gets no credit for it. Thus it will contribute almost nothing to its sole objective: preserving the Democratic majority in the Senate in direct response to public and media demand.

[nw30]

Not sure about the firing part, I think he quit because he couldn't stand being the AG of a "nation of cowards", he just couldn't stoop that low.
AKA an arrogant prick.
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The injustice of Eric Holder
Average Americans aren’t blind to the Justice Department’s politicization

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/sep/16/fund-von-spakovsky-the-injustice-of-eric-holder/

[swchandler]

No doubt, the Washington Times' authors hate Attorney General Holder. The rant reads like an off-the-top right wing hit piece that shamelessly heaps questionable opinions that are predictably shallow and worthless. Cheap food for the target audience to wallow in and voice their hate.

[isobars]