Barack Obama in 2009: “I Promise I Will Never Rush the Decision to Send You in Harms Way” (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Friday, March 25, 2011, 6:09 AM
President Barack Obama made this little dig on Bush during remarks to service members at the Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida in October 2009.
“I Promise I will never rush the decision to send you in harms way.”
But that was two years ago…
That was before he rushed to war in Libya.
The Wasington Examiner reported, via HotAir:
“I am completely mystified,” says former top Bush aide Karl Rove, who supports the Libya intervention, “that this administration, of all administrations, makes a decision on a Tuesday night and does not bother to call anybody in Congress until Friday morning, 90 minutes before the policy is going to be executed, to tell them what is going to happen. Can you imagine what would have happened if we had tried to do that? We’d have been barbecued!”
There’s also the question of why Obama did not explain his decision to the public in a forum that conveyed the gravity of the situation. After ordering troops into action, the president headed off to South America with his wife, daughters, mother-in-law, and mother-in-law’s friend in tow. There was no solemn, reasoned speech to explain why the U.S. was going to war.
“We would have marked that in a very significant way,” says Dan Bartlett, the former White House communications director. “We would have built a whole, for want of a better word, campaign to articulate what was happening.” The president would have given a speech, probably from the White House, and in following days would likely have visited a military base from which some of the forces were deployed. Other high-ranking administration officials would have been dispatched to defend the effort.
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Chisum commented:
He also promised to cut the budget. Look how that worked out.
TXPatriot commented:
Someone, somewhere needs to put together a list of his promises and their exact expiration dates. It would make a great string of damning commercials come election time.
“I will never rush to the decision to put you in harm’s way.” — Barack Obama, Candidate, Date
Announcement of Libya — Barack Obama, President, Date
Etc. Etc. Etc. Etc. One after the other, after the other…
Quadaffi cannot stay. –Barack Obama, Date
Quadaffi can stay if he will stop killing his people. –Barack Obama, Date
We will not go to war for humanitarian reasons (paraphrase). — Barack Obama, Date
We must stop Quadaffi… — Barack Obama, Date
Can we trust anything he says?
And you could run this commercial on any topic: healthcare, stimulus, the economy, Egypt, Iran…
Once that is laid down, all a candidate has to do in any debate is ask: “So, what’s the expiration date on that promise, Mr. President?”
Andreas K. commented:
TXPatriot, while this is a great idea, it would not be politically correct, the Obamatrons would scream “RACISM!” and the RINOs would not be amused either.
Redlite commented:
You can believe any thing he says until he stops speaking. What a liar. His neck must really hurt holding up that Pinocchio nose of his. Any Republican in 2012 will do just fine compared to this utter disaster of a man.
Paul52 commented:
Actions still speak louder than words. Or as Barry sez: “Just words.”
bg commented:
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lets not IMAGINE anything..
lets hold Obama’s feet to the fire..
and i support taking hatchet face out as much as i did maddaS..
but as far as how it’s being done (not), it’s a total farce, just a small
covert step that will eventually lead to a GLOBAL SECURITY FORCE
under the auspices of the UN.. not to mention Qaddafi being a prime
Obama supporter, dear friend of both Farrakhan & Rev Wright, not to
mention Jesse Jackson..
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Zim commented:
George Soros made him do it
mg4us commented:
He also promised to create jobs. . .
In the Words of Joe Wilson: ‘Mr President, You Lie!”
But one promise he has kept. . . his promise to redistribute wealth (as told to Joe the Plumber) . . . except that the redistribution is not to the middle class American. . . heck no, it is to oil producing terrorist supporting oil exporting states!
As for Libya. . . by by-passing Congress, I would said that he was in a big rush. . . yes, to start bombing before heading to Rio and partying again.
Preemptively bombing another country sounds like “war” to me. . . unless of course, you call it a terrorist act. Where was the basis for protecting America in the Libyan operation? There is none.
At least when Bush went into Iraq, it was:
- after repeated failures of Iraq to comply with UN directives, especially those enacted from the first gulf war in the early 90s (even though many US allies at UN refused to enforce them)
- belief that Sadam was close to enabling a weapon of mass destruction to be used against US (inteligence at the time supported this though later proven false)
- and he had the support of Congress.
None of these apply to Libya. . . ergo, not only did Obama lie. . he violated his Constitutional Authority (including the War Powers Act since US defense not an issue in this case).
Do a Biden. . .Impeach the bum. . . the O-BUM-a!
KR commented:
Barry is full of it.
It astounds me that anyone takes him at his word two years in.
He is part of the A$$es of Evil.
RickZ commented:
The Prevaricator-in-Chief lies. In other news, water is wet.
Ladue Pundit commented:
“Karl Rove, who supports the Libya intervention,…”
Oh, now Tokyo Rove is on the same page as Obama.
Big L commented:
Remember Obama is doing this Ericksen Psychology in his speeches. This is a sort of hypnosis using certain words and a cadence, plus hand movements + all that turning of his head (more than just the teleprompter).
It is telling people what they want to hear but also a particular coice of words that mean different things to different people.
shibumi commented:
Obviously, when Obama said “you” he really meant “me.”
And since he is not in harms way, he was obviously telling the truth!
kato commented:
He’s just an errand boy.
The only promise he’s kept is to redistribute the nation’s wealth to the nation’s parasites.
Rock commented:
#9 March 25, 2011 at 10:18 am
KR commented:
Barry is full of it.
It astounds me that anyone takes him at his word two years in.
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Unfortunately those Americans who still have jobs, do their 9 to 5 go home watch the Lame Stream Media unaware it no longer defends America, and go to bed thinking all is well in the world. They along with WTF’s raciest base, hired union thugs, and imported Hispanic voters far to often allow him and his traitors to keep advancing their agenda.
Carlos commented:
Is there anything this (wo)man, little barry, can get right? Nope. Nada.
BlueFalcon commented:
sure dodged a bullet when our F15 Strike Eagle crashed near friendlies… imagine where we might be in this kinetic whatchyamajig if those fellas were caught by QDaffy or his tribal friends?
Josh commented:
I will never rush to the decision to put you in harm’s way… err…. well… uhmmmm.. errrr.. I mean at least not until tomorrow or next week.
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