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How Do You Define ‘Weak’? An American President Who Draws ‘Red Lines’ With Disappearing Ink…

Resist We Much on May 5, 2013 at 8:15 PM

‘I support the president’s strong position on containment.’

- Chuck Hagel, Senate confirmation hearing,

Then…

‘I was just handed a note that I misspoke when I said I supported the President’s position on containment. If I said that, I meant to say that we don’t have a position on containment.’

Nudged by a note handed him by an aide, the nominee corrected himself and declared that in fact the U.S. doesn’t have a policy on containment. This was one misstatement too many for Carl Levin—the committee chairman, a Democrat and supporter of Mr. Hagel’s nomination—who ended the discussion with his own terse correction:

“We do have a position on containment, and that is we do not favor containment.”

Next…

‘If your position is truly prevention and not containment, Chuck, what is the red line?’

- Sen Saxby Chambliss

As to the Iranians — red line, Persian Gulf, some of the Iranian questions you ask, I support the president’s strong position on containment, as I’ve said. And I’ll speak more specifically to a couple of the examples you use from my book. But his position, I think, is right. And when you ask the question about red line, well, red line, I think the president has gone as far as he should go publicly on that. And he said clearly that in his words, he has Israel’s back. He said that his policy is not to allow the Iranians to get a nuclear weapon.

- Chuck Hagel, Senate confirmation hearing

But, guess what?

Containment IS on the table.

Resist We Much on May 5, 2013 at 8:33 PM

Via GP:

Buried in their report (down in paragraph eight) CBS reported, “Throughout the night, sources say Americans on the ground in Libya at times felt helpless and abandoned… But they were told immediate help wasn’t available.” But, counterterrorism sources and internal emails reviewed by CBS News express frustration that key responders were ready to deploy, but were not called upon to help.

CBS reported:

Throughout the night, sources say Americans on the ground in Libya at times felt helpless and abandoned.

“We relied on Washington for dispassionate assessment,” one eyewitness told CBS News. “Instead, they [Washington officials] were asking us what help we needed. We answered: ‘Send reinforcements!’ ”

But they were told immediate help wasn’t available.

Embassy personnel say they repeatedly asked the Defense Attache on site in Tripoli for military assistance.

“Isn’t there anything available?” one Embassy official says he asked. “But the answer was ‘no.’”

“What about Aviano?” the official pressed, referencing the NATO air base with US assets in northeastern Italy. “No,” was the answer.

Two of the four Americans killed that night died hours after the first attack began…

…Counterterrorism sources and internal emails reviewed by CBS News express frustration that key responders were ready to deploy, but were not called upon to help in the attack. National Security Council Spokesman Tommy Vietor told CBS News the CSG was not needed.

And, Obama went to bed.

D-E-V-A-S-T-A-T-I-N-G.

Resist We Much on May 5, 2013 at 8:39 PM

The World’s Largest Hotel, Which Has Never Had One Guest: KdF Prora, The Mein Kampf Summer Resort (Photo Essay)

Resist We Much on May 5, 2013 at 8:46 PM

Old & Busted:

‘As president of the United States, I don’t bluff.’

- President Barack Obama, 3 March 2013

New Hotness:

‘Eric Bashar, don’t call my bluff (again).’

- President Barack Obama, 13 June 2011 2 May 2013

Resist We Much on May 5, 2013 at 8:50 PM

cozmo on May 5, 2013 at 8:53 PM

That’s big, indeed, but Prora stretched on for 2.5 miles.

Whenever a liberal next tells you that the Nazis were libertarians or conservatives, ask him how many libertarians or conservatives support taxpayer-subsidised vacations at state-owned and operated resorts. Show them those photos. lol

Resist We Much on May 5, 2013 at 9:04 PM