Condi Rice calls out Obama's foreign affairs failure

Who was in charge when thousands of U.S. citizens were slaughtered in a terrorist attack?


Who was in charge when the mastermind of that attack was hunted down and killed?

 

It's a tragedy. The brave freedom fighters of Syria (who we can't entirely pick apart from the terrorists...) took up arms against a tyrant with the expectation that the world would help them the way it helped the Libyan rebels. The world let them down.

Of course Obama is choosing not to use military force to help these people because of politics. These polititics are driven in large part by the Republicans. You know damn well that if Obama did do something, they'd b**** about how he's "nation building" out there instead of at home, putting American troops at risk, and aiding Al Qaeda.

You know that. But you won't say it.

 

Back from the gym, the only place I see cable news, and Condi is on every channel with this same w e a k BS. The DNC should just wake up every morning and look and see what the twins post on Clutchfans and then they know, that's the GOP talking point for the day. The coordination of the orchestrated message is the best money can buy.

The Obama campaign better show up, these guys are pros.

///DRAFT SORKIN!

 

Condi was one of the deceivers who got us into Iraq. No credibility.

Sort of surprised she still isn't hiding out and keeping a low profile like Cheny an Bush.

 

Remember when Bush and Condi sent troops into Darfur to stop the genocide? Yeah, me neither.

 

Let's just consider for a second the sensitivities of arming Islamist groups to kill Islamist groups, controlling who eventually gets killed by the weapons (Syrian Christians would be bad), not to mention we are already fighting two wars, you have a full cold war Axis proxy on the other side ... and we're broke.

Say what you will but 'limited chaos' in the Middle East is the best achievable goal. There won't be peace. It takes focus off the US, if we don't go cowboy, or go brag about "we are doing this" or "we support them".

She's wrong, Obama is playing good poker.

 

Oh, you f***king burned bigtexx so bad with that, it's not even funny. Hilarious to visualize him crawling back into his fetal position after that burn. Nice!

 

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Condi is dead on, as usual. Is there a President in our history that has done more nothing diplomatically than Obama? If so, who?

 

You lefties are a bunch of racists, stop attacking Condi, do you racists know that she is a black woman?

 

I must admit, it amuses me at how effective you are in driving them nuts. You'd think by now they would have learned but I discovered the same thing....I think it's some sort of anger that is the counterpunch to your anger.

Yall are just looking for a fight. It's like throwing a rock at a bee hive - you know you are going to create a "buzz". You really don't feel sympathy for the bees, nor the rock thrower when he gets stung.

 

Anybody that doesn't start a land war in Asia is one up. No, two up.

But please tell us what is being done (since most of it is secret diplomatic negotiation and covert assistance), how it is the wrong path and what Romney would do different.

In your answer please please address the international balance of power between Sunni and Shiite factions of Islam.

 

One of the biggest upgrades from the Bush years when Obama was elected was at Secretary of State.

Hillary Clinton > Condi Rice.

 

I think allyou need to know is Chevron IIRC named one of its oil tankers after this corporate shill.

 

I think all you need to know is Chevron IIRC named one of its oil tankers after this corporate shill.

 

Let's compare:

Invasion of Iraq
Cost: $800 billion & counting, expected to be over 1 trillion
US Military deaths: 4000+ US soldiers
Civilian deaths: 100,000 +
Duration: 8 years
Dictators removed: 1


Intervention in Libya
Cost: $1 billion
US Military deaths: 0 US soldiers, 1 Drone KIA (R.I.P.)
Civilian deaths in entire conflict: estimated 5000
Duration: 2 months
Dictators removed: 1

Which of these two incidents do you feel was a more efficient exercise of foreign policy/application of US military power?

 

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was captured in 2003.

 

Who was responsible for the removal and destruction of the Libyan nuke program?

 

Nothing like credible sources. It is an op-ed, right? Still...

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