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9/13/2012
Speechless.
Via Beltway Confidential:
President Obama told his campaign volunteers in Nevada that he is “really proud” of them after comparing them to the U.S. ambassador and embassy staff murdered in Libya.
“And obviously [our] hearts are broken for the families but I wanted to encourage those folks at the State Dept. that they were making a difference,” Obama told volunteer leaders in Las Vegas, according to the pool report. “The sacrifices that our troops and our diplomats make are obviously very different from the challenges that we face here domestically but like them, you guys are Americans who sense that we can do better than we’re doing….I’m just really proud of you.”
Also at Weasel Zippers:
Hillary Clinton: Mohammed Movie “Disgusting And Reprehensible”…
The same could also be said of the Obama administration’s response. Via CNN: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the government rejects “the content and message” of the anti-Islam video that stirred outrage across the Muslim world. “This video is disgusting and reprehensible,” she said Thursday.
Egyptian President Tells Obama The “Prophet Mohammed Is A Red Line Nobody Can Touch”…
Obama assumed to be nodding in approval. CAIRO, SEPTEMBER 13 – The Prophet ‘is a red line nobody can touch’, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi was quoted as saying by Egypt’s Mena news agency comments on protests across Egypt and Libya and a film on the Prophet slammed as blasphemous. The Prophet ‘is a red line…’
Update: Obama Admits He Lost Egypt as American Ally
Cheney: This is just the “logical outcome of three-and-a-half years of Obama foreign policy”
In too many parts of the world, America is no longer viewed as a reliable ally or an enemy to be feared.
Update 2: Just Imagine if today was Sept 13th 2008 instead of 2012
How would the media be acting… Would not the media be challenging President Bush instead of candidate Obama? Would not the lead story of every network be the attacks and not the statements of candidate Barack Obama? Would not the media be discussing a Bush failure to defend US Embassies in two countries?…
