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malaise

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Wed Jun 18, 2014, 06:16 AM Jun 2014

OMFG - Dick Cheney and Liz Cheney said what?? [View all]

Rarely has a U.S. president been so wrong about so much at the expense of so many.

As the terrorists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) threaten Baghdad, thousands of slaughtered Iraqis in their wake, it is worth recalling a few of President Obama's past statements about ISIS and al Qaeda. "If a J.V. team puts on Lakers' uniforms that doesn't make them Kobe Bryant" (January 2014). "[C]ore al Qaeda is on its heels, has been decimated" (August 2013). "So, let there be no doubt: The tide of war is receding" (September 2011).

Rarely has a U.S. president been so wrong about so much at the expense of so many. Too many times to count, Mr. Obama has told us he is "ending" the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan—as though wishing made it so. His rhetoric has now come crashing into reality. Watching the black-clad ISIS jihadists take territory once secured by American blood is final proof, if any were needed, that America's enemies are not "decimated." They are emboldened and on the march.


Our president doesn't seem to. Iraq is at risk of falling to a radical Islamic terror group and Mr. Obama is talking climate change. Terrorists take control of more territory and resources than ever before in history, and he goes golfing. He seems blithely unaware, or indifferent to the fact, that a resurgent al Qaeda presents a clear and present danger to the United States of America.

When Mr. Obama and his team came into office in 2009, al Qaeda in Iraq had been largely defeated, thanks primarily to the heroic efforts of U.S. armed forces during the surge. Mr. Obama had only to negotiate an agreement to leave behind some residual American forces, training and intelligence capabilities to help secure the peace. Instead, he abandoned Iraq and we are watching American defeat snatched from the jaws of victory.
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Notice how he avoids the fact that Bush negotiated the withdrawal.
Shut the fuck up you war criminal of a Dick. No administration in history was more wrong than you pillagers, liars and murderers. 9/11 happened under your watch you scumbags.

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Cheney knows history will show who's ultimately responsible for Iraq being what it is liberal N proud Jun 2014 #1
the biggest liar since the Pontius Pilate malaise Jun 2014 #2
The word cheney will become synonymous with LIE madokie Jun 2014 #3
not exactly surrealAmerican Jun 2014 #7
Seriously, Cheney needs to STFU! InAbLuEsTaTe Jun 2014 #9
Hate is a bad word with the Chaneys' Twenty1first Jun 2014 #4
Serial liars, crooked to the core. n/t Jefferson23 Jun 2014 #5
Dick Cheney Jefferson23 Jun 2014 #6
You do have to admit they are consistent in eliciting disgust. gordianot Jun 2014 #8
Rare jailhouse interview Capt. Obvious Jun 2014 #10
If you read that line out of context, no idea who said it, what president would anyone think of? Gidney N Cloyd Jun 2014 #11
They are all crazy malaise Jun 2014 #12
I'd like to add that Bush failed to get a Status of Forces Agreement... Nitram Jun 2014 #13
+1,000 malaise Jun 2014 #14
All right, that quip about going golfing is the last straw. indict that fucker NOW. Volaris Jun 2014 #15
k&r... spanone Jun 2014 #16
Notice he isn't joining the Iraqi security forces The Second Stone Jun 2014 #17
Cheney, just die already, please. reflection Jun 2014 #18
I have champagne on ice malaise Jun 2014 #19
If it matters that much to him-buy a *ing ticket to Iraq you Dick. Johonny Jun 2014 #20
There couldn't be any prez so wrong and more wrong than CHEENEE n/t UTUSN Jun 2014 #21
Mr. Obama *DID* negotiate to leave behind some residual American forces progressoid Jun 2014 #22
And Herman Göring remained defiant throughout the Nuremberg Trial, claiming that Hitler aint_no_life_nowhere Jun 2014 #23
The Cheneys know how it's done... ljm2002 Jun 2014 #24
And start the day... butterfly77 Jun 2014 #25
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