Dear America,
"Ahhh...I see the screw up fairy
has visited us again"
anonymous
i was waiting for a sign.
something
anything
and then....
In the words of our president, swiped off the pages of POLITICO -- we see, "no apologies;" boom.
"We saw an opportunity
and we seized it.
And I make no apologies for that."
“I’m never surprised
by controversies that are whipped up in Washington...
that's par for the course."
" 'We have a basic principle:
we do not leave anybody
wearing the American uniform
behind,'
Obama said,
repeating the defense
he offered earlier in the week."
"I make absolutely
no apologies for making sure that
we get back a young man
to his parents
and that the American people
understand
that this is somebody’s child.
And that we don’t condition
whether or not
we make the effort
to try to get them back,"
For the whole read, go here.
YOU, sir, have got to be kidding me.
No, better still and under par for the course, maybe the American people should order you this tee shirt to wear on your next round of golf:
"I've learned so much
from my mistakes.
I think I'll make
a few more."
anonymous
indeed.
How in bloody hell do you double down on this?
Have you read the headlines?
Have you not spoken with any of your advisors?
Have you no shame?
Intelligence reports tell us (apparently, all at the same time) that at least six troops died looking for Bergdahl -- a soldier and quite possibly a traitor -- who walked off his post (apparently, more than once).
Your own congress denied the approval of the release of these Gitmo detainees for his exchange (apparently, more than once) dating back to 2012; but more important, were NEVER consulted on this done deal, at the costly ratio of five to one.
What do you have to say to the parents of the those who actually died? If you had a son, could you relate -- would any of these guys appear to matter to you?
Here's an account to lose your daily MR for -- from a few days ago on The Daily Beast. Feeling any pangs in the pit of your stomach yet?
The thing is, Mr. President -- this "soldier" was never placed on the POW list, was he; and you knew that. I mean, come on, you are the president after all; this kind of inside intelligence is routine and just par for the course on any given day, right?
As president -- you knew the details were sketchy, at best; and you did it anyway?
And the five detainees, now in Qatar?
Scott free; skipping through the dusty daisies with nothing left to do but sit out a year? Really?
Who's the traitor now?
What about our soldier in Mexico? Or is he the exchange -- paying the ultimate sacrifice sitting in a Mexican jail for the rest of his life -- for the hundreds, no hundreds of thousands, of children being allowed to not only cross the border into the United States, but now get room and board on the tax payer dime? Costing...what?
Next thing you know, we will come to find out an entire transit system -- probably a high speed rail fueled entirely by solar energy and windmills -- has been set up south of the border just to transport the children from every nook and cranny of Mexico and South America, in order to flood the system, create the chaos, to force feed immigration reform under duress, under the boot, under the direction of an administration ripe with corruption and deceit.
...to which Obama will respond something like, "well golly, gosh, gosh, I found out about it when you all did." Or no -- he'll say -- "yes. yes we did. and I make no apologies for it...every child deserves to be raised by their loving parents, and every loving parent deserves to have their child by their side...it's just the right thing to do."
"Since Oct. 1, U.S. customs agents caught 47,017 children along the southwest border, an eye-popping 92% increase in the last fiscal year."
PORT HUENEME, CALIF. — Hundreds of migrant children will be sheltered at a naval facility in California amid a spike in the number of minors caught crossing the border alone, authorities said Tuesday...
Children will be flown to the Port Hueneme site from other shelters while being cleared for transfer to sponsors, said Laura Goulding, a spokeswoman for the Administration for Children and Families, a division of the Health and Human Services Department. They will receive English language instruction, arts and crafts activities, and recreation at the shelter, she said.
Children will be flown to the Port Hueneme site from other shelters while being cleared for transfer to sponsors, said Laura Goulding, a spokeswoman for the Administration for Children and Families, a division of the Health and Human Services Department. They will receive English language instruction, arts and crafts activities, and recreation at the shelter, she said.
Curious -- did congress approve of this re-allocation of government property? Or was this just covered under the cover of darkness within the pages of the Affordable Care Act (just a little something something nobody bothered to read) -- at the discretion of Kathleen Sebelius, under the direction of Obama, before making the unfortunate human sacrifice of the administration. Oh the end justifies the means, doesn't it, Kathleen.
wonderful use of no child left behind.
"I've learned so much
from my mistakes.
I think I'll make
a few more."
yup.
double downed on that one.
Why?
This -- from TIME:
Asked whether the Taliban would be inspired by the exchange to kidnap others, he laughed. “Definitely,” he says. “It’s better to kidnap one person like Bergdahl than kidnapping hundreds of useless people. It has encouraged our people. Now everybody will work hard to capture such an important bird.”
Did the president happen to think about all those left behind -- like behind behind -- like behind enemy lines behind? The parents of all those left behind deserve their children to come home safe and sound, too. In spite of the apparent draw down of troops with every intention to end the endless war come the end of the year -- today, we are still a nation at war, for gitmo jiminy sakes.
And what is wrong with you, Lindsay Graham? Impeachment if he tries to do it again? Are you for real? How about beginning impeachment proceedings right now? But wait a minute, don't look now, Lindsay, for you may just get that chance right quick...next up for consideration for good conduct well served, Fouzi Khalid Abdullah al-Awda. Let the games begin.
Hope and Change...not...here's another angle:
One of the deadliest and most violent Islamic terrorist organizations is growing exponentially in Syria and Iraq, taking over large swaths of territory and turning the region into a de facto state controlled by extremists whose ultimate goal is a pro-emirate Middle East, U.S. officials told TheBlaze...
As Syria enters its fourth year of civil war with more than 162,000 casualties, there is growing concern that failure to properly address the issue has given ISIL time to establish itself, including capabilities to recruit Americans and Europeans far from its home base in the Middle East. President Barack Obama announced last month that the administration will be sending more trainers and equipment to members of the Free Syrian Army that have disavowed extremist groups.
Obama’s former ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford, has been highly critical of the policy. In an interview with PBS on Tuesday, Ford said Obama’s hesitancy to aid moderate rebel fighters in the beginning of the conflict has resulted in increased threats to the United States and a loss of allies, so much so that he can “no longer defend the policy.”
If only the situation remained remotely serious, right?
Let's go back to the beginning -- another kind of beginning, shall we? Picture 2009.
For a recap worthy of your time, let me direct you to The Heritage Foundation. By Nile Gardiner, Ph.D. and Morgan Lorraine Roach
Barack Obama's Top 10 Apologies: How the President Has Humiliated a Superpower
Well, let me tell you --
it means, we should have seen the screw up fairy coming a long, long time ago, albeit far, far away in the mind of the common man.
we are a trusting lot. aren't we now... like sheep to the slaughter house.
Make it a Good Day, G
And you know -- some say the Bergdahl exchange occurred when it did -- and so suddenly, there was no time to get the obligatory approval from Congress -- just to distract the commoners from the VA Scandal; and that may very well be. BUT, it also just so happens to coincide with a taking of a major holiday, by a major political/cultural commentator....Rush Limbaugh. hmmmmm
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