Horrible… Obama Smears Bush While Discussing Libya in Chile
Posted by Jim Hoft on Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 5:48 AM
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Horrible.
Barack Obama smeared Bush while discussing Libya in Chile.
The Plum Line reported, via FOX Nation:
In Chile, Obama puts forth his doctrine, defending the Libya mission by claiming that humanitarian interventionism is the “core principle that has to be upheld.”
Crucially, Obama also took a tacit shot at Bush, comparing his own multilateral approach favorably to the former president’s:
“In the past there have been times when the United States acted unilaterally or did not have full international support, and as a consequence typically it was the United States military that ended up bearing the entire burden.”
Not only was it an awful cheap shot, it wasn’t true.
President Bush had twice as many allies in his Iraqi Coalition than Obama has in Libya.
If he’s going to slam Bush, shouldn’t he at least have his facts right?
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Ginger commented:
Impeach that traitor! I am so sick of him! Every time he opens his mouth he lies. As a matter of fact his whole life is a lie!
Joe College commented:
I don’t know what the hell Obama thinks he’s doing in Libya. It sure isn’t a no-fly zone when he is systematically dismantling Libya’s military. He didn’t even deign to discuss the matter with Congress before charging off into battle.
And if we win and get rid of Qaddafi? Well, then we lose because he’ll probably be replaced with an Iran-compliant regime. Unless that’s what Obama wants in Libya, and in Egypt and in Lebanon and in … Iran — because that is consistent with his actions.
These things should have been hashed around in Congress and in public debate. That way there would be no serious criticism by time our forces are in the field. Meaning now.
auntie em commented:
He had to throw the left a bone to get them back on point before they devoured him. Thank God Bush is man enough to handle it and probably is laughing at the failure of obama to lead.
Obama is an EPIC mental midget. He is as deep as the epidermis of an earthworm and twice as slimey.
Joe College commented:
By the way, I see he’s getting just a little bit of a bounce in the polls. Mission accomplished.
Granny commented:
Odd that he is virtually copying Bush’s speeches on the one hand and bashing him with the other. But then, how else is he going to appear “presidential” to those who do not support him while appealing to his “base”?
Adirondack Patriot commented:
Yeah, Obama is right. Bush didn’t have “full international support.”
Some governments are just funny about that: Cubans, North Koreans, Venezualans, Iranians.
Asshat.
RickZ commented:
King Obama the Prevaricator. What else is new?
JPL17 commented:
Obama’s a very peculiar kind of liar, in that, not only does he lie frequently, but he seems completely INCAPABLE of speaking the truth, EVER. He makes Bill Clinton look like an amateur.
This is unprecedented. As far as I know, we’ve never had such a profound sociopath in such a powerful political position in the U.S. It’s troubling.
retire05 commented:
We were told that Obama, along with Sarkozy, was going to go into Libya due to Qdaffy’s bombings and a humanitarian “crisis.” Now we are learning that the body count in Benghazi is no greater than Chicago on a Saturday night. Days of bombings by Gdaffy and it is reported there are around 90 dead and a couple of hundred injured.
So yesterday, Obama says that we went into Libya due to a “potential” humanitarian crisis and that the world can’t stand by as the government of Libya murders its citizens.
Can someone remind me, wasn’t it the government of Iran that was murdering its citizens in 2009 during the protest riots? Why did the U.S., and France, not take action then?
France has a vested interest in stopping the protests. It can’t sustain a rush of refugees from Libya, as it already has a “youth” problem created by Muslim youths.
So now we are protecting Libyian protesters, but we don’t know who they are and what their goal is. We are seeing signs that the end result in Egypt is not going to be to our liking or to our benefit.
To think that we are going to just drop a few Tomahawks down on the Qdaffy compound, and all will be well, is to ignore the past actions in Islamic nations. This is going to be Obama’s “million dollar rocket in camel’s ass” moment.
TXPatriot commented:
One must begin to wonder with this guy if he has any sense of the truth at all, or does he just say whatever comes to mind? It’s like the chocolate ice cream is sitting right in front of him, and he casually mentions how good this vanilla ice cream is, and no one bothers or has the guts to point out the obvious. So, he really begins to believe (if he didn’t believe it from the outset) that the chocolate ice cream is really vanilla. The trouble is that reporters report that it was chocolate just because he said it was… when it really wasn’t.
I believe the racial aspect of his personality is used to deter others from correcting him… ever. And to smear the person that did correct him if they ever deign to try. Either this is how he has operated all of his life and/or this is a trait that those who wanted him in power use to keep others from questioning him.
Bottom line: The man lies with impunity about anything and everything, and no one seems to have the guts to call a spade a spade and challenge him… even about vanilla ice cream.
Carbon Pootprint commented:
OBoob went to war for French Lube!!!
Queen Hotchibobo commented:
I don’t think he’s a liar. I think he’s just that stoopid. The left had their mantra throughout the Bush years, and BO was busy golfing and snorting coke, so had no idea what was actually going on. Therefore, the leftist chant became his beliefs.
I know, that doesn’t help much does it? Liar vs. moronic lefty loon. We lose either way.
kansas commented:
The emperor is still naked while we get reports of his sartorial splendidness on from the MBM.
kansas commented:
If a person does not know truth can he tell a lie?
dunce commented:
Many insist that he is very smart ,but smart or not, all his associates have never been interested in the truth. Dissent is an automatic reflex action to any and all actions and positions taken by the right wing, the facts being an irrelevancy, obama may well have never bothered to inform himself. It is clear that his priorities are golf, basketball, and flying around the world in AF1 to be feted by heads of state and thanking them with gratuitous cheap shots at our country.
Joanne commented:
Most countries aren’t anywhere as large or as rich as the U.S. was and is still militarily, but the allies gave what they could, and they shouldn’t be dismissed, especially from a POS like Obama.
greg commented:
WON WTF identified a core principle that the full faith and credit of the US is committed to internationally…..Humanitarian interventionism ……Does that mean we now own the response to every third world natural disaster, or famine, or drought, or disease or internal religious fight, internal despot, colonization etc. Going to have to outsource some of this and borrow a lot more money
ahem commented:
He gets away with it because the enemedia never calls him on it. They also, you may notice, never carry news they disagree with: Palin’s trip to Israel, for instance. It’s not slanted reporting nay more–it’s absent reporting. Nothing exists unless they say so.
The only way to get the country back is to destroy Leftist media.
Vercingetorix commented:
Coalition deaths in Iraq;
Australia — 21
Azerbaijan — 1
Bulgaria — 13
Czech Republic — 1
Denmark — 7
El Salvador — 5
Estonia — 2
Fiji — 1
Georgia — 5
Hungary — 1
Italy — 33
Kazakhstan — 1
Latvia — 3
Netherlands — 2
Poland — 30
Portugal — 1
Romania — 4
Slovakia — 4
South Korea — 1
Spain — 11
Thailand — 2
Ukraine — 18
Vercingetorix commented:
Stabilizing and Rebuilding Iraq: Coalition Support and International Donor Commitments
GAO-07-827T May 9, 2007
In March 2003, a U.S.-led multinational force began operations in Iraq. At that time, 48 nations, identified as a “coalition of the willing,” offered political, military, and financial support for U.S. efforts in Iraq, with 38 nations other than the United States providing troops.
As of May 2007, 25 countries were contributing 12,600 troops to multinational forces in Iraq. Compared with 145,000 U.S. troops, coalition countries represent about 8 percent of multinational forces in Iraq. From December 2003 through May 2007, the number of coalition troops decreased from 24,000 to 12,600; the number of coalition nations contributing troops decreased from 33 to 25. The United Kingdom, Poland, and Republic of Korea are responsible for leading operations in three of seven security sectors in Iraq. In addition, coalition troops have performed humanitarian, medical, and reconstruction missions. Some have provided combat capabilities, such as infantry and explosive ordinance capabilities. The United States has spent about $1.5 billion to transport, sustain, and provide other services for military troops from 20 countries other than the United States and Iraq. The United States used about $1 billion of the $1.5 billion to feed, house, and equip these countries. In terms of allocation by country, about $988 million, or 66 percent, was used to support Poland and the countries under its command, and $300 million, or 20 percent, supported Jordan for border operations and other activities. In addition to support for operations in Iraq, the United States, through the State Department, has provided about $1.9 billion in security assistance for military training and equipment to 10 coalition members and Jordan since 2003. As of April 2007, international donors had pledged about $14.9 billion for reconstruction efforts in Iraq. Some countries exceeded their pledges by an additional $744 million for a total of $15.6 billion. About $11 billion, or 70 percent, of these pledges are loans, with the remaining $4.6 billion in the form of grants. As of April 2007, Iraq had accessed about $436 million in loans and $3 billion in grants.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-07-827T
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