Tag: Syria
Obama Responds to Murder of Steven Sotloff
Whatever these murders think they’ll achieve by killing innocent Americans like Steven, they have already failed. They failed because, like people around the world, Americans are repulsed by their barbarism. We will not be intimidated. Their horrific acts only unite us as a country and stiffen our resolve to fight against these terrorists and those who make the mistake of harming Americans will learn that we will not forget and that our reach is long and that justice will be served.
— President Obama, quoted by McClatchy News Service, on the beheading of journalist Steven Sotloff.
Clinton Criticizes Obama’s Foreign Policy
Great nations need organizing principles, and ‘Don’t do stupid stuff’ is not an organizing principle.
— Hillary Clinton, in an interview with The Atlantic, said President Obama’s lack of assistance to Syrian rebels led to the rise of ISIS in Iraq. She also criticized the slammed Obama’s foreign-policy doctrine which he recently coined as, “Don’t do stupid shit.”
I Really Want to Buy Into This Slate Pitch, But …
I’m not sure I can swallow the assertion that Barack Obama is the shrewdest political tactician since LBJ, but David Corn does make a compelling case, and I really do want to believe that all this time Obama knew exactly what he was doing on Syria, Putin and the debt showdown.
I suppose he’s just being Lincoln-esque. Again …
Do you buy the pitch?
Sullivan: Enough with the Eye-Rolling Already!
I’m tired of the eye-rolling and the easy nit-picking of the president’s leadership on this over the last few weeks. The truth is: his threat of war galvanized the world and America, raised the profile of the issue of chemical weapons more powerfully than ever before, ensured that this atrocity would not be easily ignored and fostered a diplomatic initiative to resolve the issue without use of arms.
— Andrew Sullivan, writing on his Dish blog.
Over His Diplomacy
Last night as President Obama explained his Syria stance,
Most of America watched “So You Think You Can Dance.”
We’ve all grown so weary of
His position(s) on Syria,
That he might as well be the president of France.