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Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
Mon Sep 9, 2013, 07:29 PM Sep 2013

Obama is Outsmarting Everyone and Winning on Syria Without Firing a Shot


Obama is Outsmarting Everyone and Winning on Syria Without Firing a Shot

During interviews on CNN and Fox News, President Obama’s plan to destroy Syria’s chemical weapons without launching a single missile became obvious, as he is outsmarting the media and his Republican critics.

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When asked by Wolf Blitzer if the proposal for Syria to turn over their chemicals weapons to the international community for monitoring was a way to possibly avoid a military strike, the president said: ...

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Full article here: http://www.politicususa.com/2013/09/09/president-obama-outsmarting-winning-syria-firing-shot.html


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Obama is Outsmarting Everyone and Winning on Syria Without Firing a Shot (Original Post) Tx4obama Sep 2013 OP
Everyone talks about three dimensional chess, but the President's game has always been greenman3610 Sep 2013 #1
And he has a great poker partner. blm Sep 2013 #2
that was proven during the debates with mittens madrchsod Sep 2013 #6
Probably opportunistic. Igel Sep 2013 #3
looks like obama and putin cut a deal madrchsod Sep 2013 #4
Post removed Post removed Sep 2013 #5
Huh? I NEVER was howling for blood. I wanted Assad to be stopped from gassing more people. Tx4obama Sep 2013 #7

blm

(113,081 posts)
2. And he has a great poker partner.
Mon Sep 9, 2013, 07:34 PM
Sep 2013

Kerry has never minded the constant barrage of slings and arrows tossed at him by so many real-life cowards and morons in the media and in DC. Especially, when the cause is just.

madrchsod

(58,162 posts)
6. that was proven during the debates with mittens
Mon Sep 9, 2013, 07:55 PM
Sep 2013

i thought it was more like boxing but poker is also a good analogy

Igel

(35,332 posts)
3. Probably opportunistic.
Mon Sep 9, 2013, 07:46 PM
Sep 2013

Although if you squint and hope hard enough opportunistic and smart look a lot alike.

The quick pivot says, "Oh, there's an opportunity. Perhaps it will work. Nothing else has."

Smart would be, "Okay, I've set this up so it looks like I'll fail, and now I'll have this all set up behind the scenes so it'll look really, really effortlessly clever."

Rising polls again, the hell-bent push for authorization for a strike ... Not clever.


This is "I want to believe." Like the friend who was nearly in an accident and prayed to be protected ... She closed her eyes to pray so she missed what actually happened, but was convinced that God made the two vehicles pass smack-dab through each other. It was a miracle. Nothing else could account for it, there was no way the vehicles could miss each other.

The loud honk and swerving to avoid the other car that she admitted to played no role. His swerving to avoid her played no role. Nope. The cars passed through each other. Some skeptics might say the only real result of her closed-eyes prayer was to guarantee that she ran off the road, with a divinely sanctioned concussion and stitches required. Plus a towing and a repair bill. Such skeptics, of course, should seek psychological services at once for doubting, being the devil's sock puppets.

madrchsod

(58,162 posts)
4. looks like obama and putin cut a deal
Mon Sep 9, 2013, 07:53 PM
Sep 2013

putin`s problem on his southern border did`t need to get worse with an inflamed middle east .obama needed help from putin to put pressure on russia`s syria vassal state. both states were needed by the oil and gas companies.

i guess we will wait and see what happens

Response to Tx4obama (Original post)

Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
7. Huh? I NEVER was howling for blood. I wanted Assad to be stopped from gassing more people.
Mon Sep 9, 2013, 08:51 PM
Sep 2013

For you to say that I was 'howling for blood' or that I said anything about the need to kill Syrians is ridiculous and disgusting

I have NEVER called anyone a hater or an extreme-left nutjob or any of the other things you mentioned.

Please stop your disgusting false accusations.





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