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Here Are 16 Times Obama Promised No "Boots On The Ground" In Syria
One thing you might have noticed if you watched White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest trying to explain to reporters why embedding US spec ops with the YPG in Syria doesn’t amount to putting US boots on the ground, is that despite the fact that there are any number of more important questions the media should be asking about the new “plan” (see our full account here), Americans are far more concerned about the apparent contradiction between Obama’s “new” strategy and statements he’s made with regard to US forces in Syria in the past.
Indeed, nearly every question Earnest fielded revolved around whether The White House is set to recant on the administration’s pledge not to put American “combat” forces in Syria.
Make no mistake, these questions probably seem absurd to anyone in US intelligence and/or military circles. Obviously, there have been boots on the ground in Syria and Iraq for years and indeed, the public seems to have forgotten that just five months ago, US commandos executed a raid in Syria that purportedly killed Islamic State’s “gas minister” (and yes, that’s just as absurd as it sounds).
Additionally, Washington has made no secret of the now defunct “train and equip” program for Syrian rebels - clearly, the American public hadn’t thought very hard about who was doing the on-the-ground “training.”
Finally, there’s no telling how many CIA operatives and black ops have been running around in Syria assissisting Saudi Arabia and Qatar’s proxy armies from the very beginning.
Still, the Obama administration has gone out of its way in the past to dismiss the idea of American boots on the ground in Syria and because we’re happy to see that the mainstream media has at least partially woken up to this ridiculous charade, we present 16 instances of Obama swearing there will be no boots on the ground, courtesy of USA Today:
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Remarks before meeting with Baltic State leaders, Aug. 30, 2013
"In no event are we considering any kind of military action that would involve boots on the ground, that would involve a long-term campaign. But we are looking at the possibility of a limited, narrow act that would help make sure that not only Syria, but others around the world, understand that the international community cares about maintaining this chemical weapons ban and norm. So again, I repeat, we're not considering any open-ended commitment. We're not considering any boots-on-the-ground approach."
Remarks in the Rose Garden, Aug. 31, 2013
"After careful deliberation, I have decided that the United States should take military action against Syrian regime targets. This would not be an open-ended intervention. We would not put boots on the ground. Instead, our action would be designed to be limited in duration and scope."
Statement before meeting with congressional leaders, Sept. 3, 2013
"So the key point that I want to emphasize to the American people: The military plan that has been developed by our Joint Chiefs — and that I believe is appropriate — is proportional. It is limited. It does not involve boots on the ground. This is not Iraq, and this is not Afghanistan.
News conference in Stockholm, Sweden, Sept. 4, 2013
"I think America recognizes that, as difficult as it is to take any military action — even one as limited as we're talking about, even one without boots on the ground — that's a sober decision."
News conference in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sept. 6, 2013
"The question for the American people is, is that responsibility that we'll be willing to bear? And I believe that when you have a limited, proportional strike like this — not Iraq, not putting boots on the ground; not some long, drawn-out affair; not without any risks, but with manageable risks — that we should be willing to bear that responsibility."
Weekly radio address, Sept. 7, 2013
"What we're not talking about is an open-ended intervention. This would not be another Iraq or Afghanistan. There would be no American boots on the ground. Any action we take would be limited, both in time and scope, designed to deter the Syrian Government from gassing its own people again and degrade its ability to do so."
Interview with the PBS Newshour, Sept. 9, 2013
"Tomorrow I'll speak to the American people. I'll explain this is not Iraq; this is not Afghanistan; this is not even Libya. We're not talking about — not boots on the ground. We're not talking about sustained airstrikes. We're talking about a very specific set of strikes to degrade his chemical weapons capabilities in terms of delivery."
Interview with CBS Evening News, Sept. 9, 2013
"What I'm going to try to propose is that we have a very specific objective, a very narrow military option, and one that will not lead into some large-scale invasion of Syria or involvement or boots on the ground; nothing like that. This isn't like Iraq. It's not like Afghanistan. It's not even like Libya. Then hopefully people will recognize why I think this is so important."
Address to the Nation, Sept. 10, 2013
"Many of you have asked, won't this put us on a slippery slope to another war? One man wrote to me that we are 'still recovering from our involvement in Iraq.' A veteran put it more bluntly: 'This nation is sick and tired of war.' My answer is simple: I will not put American boots on the ground in Syria. I will not pursue an open-ended action like Iraq or Afghanistan. I will not pursue a prolonged air campaign like Libya or Kosovo. This would be a targeted strike to achieve a clear objective: deterring the use of chemical weapons and degrading Assad's capabilities."
Interview on Bloomberg View, Feb, 27, 2014
"We are doing everything we can to see how we can do that and how we can resource it. But I've looked at a whole lot of game plans, a whole lot of war plans, a whole bunch of scenarios, and nobody has been able to persuade me that us taking large-scale military action even absent boots on the ground, would actually solve the problem."
News conference in Newport, Wales, Sept. 5, 2014
"With respect to the situation on the ground in Syria, we will not be placing U.S. ground troops to try to control the areas that are part of the conflict inside of Syria. I don't think that's necessary for us to accomplish our goal. We are going to have to find effective partners on the ground to push back against ISIL."
Interview with Meet the Press, Sept. 7, 2014
"(You) cannot, over the long term or even the medium term, deal with this problem by having the United States serially occupy various countries all around the Middle East. We don't have the resources. It puts enormous strains on our military. And at some point, we leave. And then things blow up again. So we've got to have a more sustainable strategy, which means the boots on the ground have to be Iraqi. And and in Syria, the boots on the ground have to be Syrian. ... I will reserve the right to always protect the American people and go after folks who are trying to hurt us wherever they are. But in terms of controlling territory, we're going to have to develop a moderate Sunni opposition that can control territory and that we can work with. The notion that the United States should be putting boots on the ground, I think would be a profound mistake. And I want to be very clear and very explicit about that."
Address to the Nation on Syria, Sept. 10, 2014
"I want the American people to understand how this effort will be different from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It will not involve American combat troops fighting on foreign soil. This counterterrorism campaign will be waged through a steady, relentless effort to take out ISIL wherever they exist, using our air power and our support for partner forces on the ground."
News conference in Brisbane, Australia, Nov. 16, 2014
"Yes, there are always circumstances in which the United States might need to deploy U.S. ground troops. If we discovered that ISIL had gotten possession of a nuclear weapon, and we had to run an operation to get it out of their hands, then, yes, you can anticipate that not only would Chairman Dempsey recommend me sending U.S. ground troops to get that weapon out of their hands, but I would order it. So the question just ends up being, what are those circumstances? I'm not going speculate on those. Right now we're moving forward in conjunction with outstanding allies like Australia in training Iraqi security forces to do their job on the ground."
Remarks at the White House, Feb. 11, 2015
"The resolution we've submitted today does not call for the deployment of U.S. ground combat forces to Iraq or Syria. It is not the authorization of another ground war, like Afghanistan or Iraq. ... As I've said before, I'm convinced that the United States should not get dragged back into another prolonged ground war in the Middle East. That's not in our national security interest, and it's not necessary for us to defeat ISIL. Local forces on the ground who know their countries best are best positioned to take the ground fight to ISIL, and that's what they're doing."
Remarks at the Pentagon, July 6, 2015
"There are no current plans to do so. That's not something that we currently discussed. I've always said that I'm going to do what's necessary to protect the homeland. One of the principles that we all agree on, though, and I pressed folks pretty hard because in these conversations with my military advisers I want to make sure I'm getting blunt and unadulterated, uncensored advice. But in every one of the conversations that we've had, the strong consensus is that in order for us to succeed long-term in this fight against ISIL, we have to develop local security forces that can sustain progress. It is not enough for us to simply send in American troops to temporarily set back organizations like ISIL, but to then, as soon as we leave, see that void filled once again with extremists."
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Summing it all up in one hilarious picture of Ash Carter listening to Obama tell reporters at The Pentagon that their will be no boots on the ground in Syria...
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When the Jews say jump, US politicians ask how high?
Here are some interesting stats:
We used to fly 6-10 sorties a day in Syria prior to the Russian involvement.
After that, we had flown 1-2 times a day.
Since October 23, right after the US and Russia signed the “Deconfliction Memorandum” to avoid clashes in Syria’s skies, we’ve flown ZERO times in Syria.
The Zero Sorties could mean two things:
Erdogan doesn’t want any flights to take place from Incirlik before the elections, or…
The Deconfliction Memorandum simply says: “No flights are allowed over Syria, unless authorized by the Syrian government or the UN Security Council”.
Wouldn’t y’all want to take a peek at the Memorandum? ;-)
Looney
Haha, or, the Russians have an S300/400 in operation.
Thanks, HH, in his own lying words.
"No, mom, I do not have a dick in my mouth. I have a sore throat."
The Russo-Aeorospace forces would be negligent if they did NOT have an SXXX system in operation. If it is 100% under Russian control, it does not violate any agreement they may have had with the Zionist government.
Look, you are all being way to harsh, things change, that was then this is now, enough already ...... do you think that will cut it?
Nope neither do I :-)
You know a politician is lying when you see them speaking, one lie after another, on and on.
There is no need for America to be involved in Syria at all, no boots, no drones, no nothing, just stay away, simples.
Who gains the most from downing the russian civilian plane?
Who gains themost from downing russian civilian plane?
Putin knows EVERYTHING
Tyler Durden: ISIS releases Video of Russian Airplane Explosion and Claims Responsibility
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d-xbnuvr7c
Imo...Israel gains the most by downing a russian civilian jet......Will bring USSA to fight Hezbolla who are syrian and russian allies.
Think Vietnam. It always starts with a few "military advisors."
We now know who chopped down the cherry tree.
~"Here Are 16 Times Obama Promised No "Boots On The Ground" In Syria"~
Big fuckin' deal. Find me a Congress who has the balls to impeach him. Go on, find me one.
Would be nice to have these linked up on utube video.
Putin has to be respected, most with the money he has would just float away and not fight.
God Bless V. Putin
Gravity?
The Russians. Continues to legitimize their fight in the eyes of the world... or at least China and Iran.
"Hope and Change."
"Affordable Healthcare."
"Close Guantanimo Bay."
"Get us out of Afghanistan."
"No boots on the ground in Syria."
Etc., etc., etc...
Why stop when yer on a role?
"Deficits are irrelevant*" - Dick Cheney
* As long as the Dollar is King. You're simply exporting inflation to other countries.
p.s. The faster and higher the Debt goes, the more likely is a Reset. Unless the "Friends of Fed" do the same in lockstep. In which case everyone else is left holding the bag -- until they have the balls to leave the USD and the BIS altogether.
“Mr. President, I rise today to talk about America’s debt problem. The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the U.S. government can’t pay its own bills. The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the U.S. government can’t pay its own bills. ... I therefore intend to oppose the effort to increase America’s debt limit.”
— Then-Sen. Barack Obama, floor speech to Senate, March 16, 2006
The U.S. debt ceiling has risen five times under the Obama regime.
Since being elected president, the Obama administration holds the record for the top six annual budget deficits all accumulated in its first six years, with more than $1 Trillion deficits in each of its first four years alone.
Obama’s deficits in 6 years are more than all prior US Presidents combined.> We used to fly 6-10 sorties a day in Syria prior to the Russian involvement.
> After that, we had flown 1-2 times a day.
The States (read, the Jewish planners) are failing and simply switched from the original tactics of bombing Syrian forces, to Plan B, i.e. to destroying Syrian infrastructure.
OIL SECURITY.
"OIL SECURITY"
Energy security for the Euro zone.
The civil war in Syria was started by U.S. and EU operatives to get Assad out of the way so the pipe line from Saudi Arabia and Qatar could be built into EU.
The Russians dont want that (will lose market share), and they would lose their naval base in Syria.
here's the reason:
U.S. Stopped Syria Air Strikes While Nusra And IS Prepared Attack On Government Supply Routehttp://www.moonofalabama.org/2015/10/us-stopped-syria-air-strikes-while-...
Perhaps a Syrian no fly zone? The USSA may have agreed to but "hey don't tell anyone we do not want to look like we bowed down to your requests"
The words "promise" and "Bath House" are mutually exclusive.
you are plainly, empirically, absolutely correct.
http://mondoweiss.net/2012/03/commentary-says-amount-of-us-political-mon...
But one isn't supposed to *say* it.
Which some have argued is a feature of Jewish power and privilege - to not have that power and privilege discussed via "the smear."
but the statement, while a little inelegant, is akin to 2+2 = 4.
But we should tie it to the broader oligarchical collectivism under which we live.
http://libertyblitzkrieg.com/2014/04/16/new-report-from-princeton-and-no...
That is - it's the very wealthy/elite that tell the US government to jump. And around half of them are Jews, although Jews are under 3% of the population.
Junk away - but trying to be fair AND honest about it. Criticism {sensible} welcome.
You don't need to deal in conspiracy theory or "canards" - following the $$$ does nicely.
And yes, 'Zionists' have been pining to destroy Syria for quite some time.
>>>>>>>>>>
"The War Powers Resolution, generally known as the War Powers Act, was passed by Congress over President Nixon’s veto to increase congressional control over the executive branch in foreign policy matters, specifically in regard to military actions short of formally declared war. Its central provision prohibited the President from engaging in military actions for more than sixty days, unless Congress voted approval.
The key Section 1541(c) reads:
(c) Presidential Executive Power as Commander-in-Chief; Limitation The constitutional powers of the President as Commander-in-Chief to introduce United States Armed Forces into hostilities, or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, are exercised only pursuant to (1) a declaration of war, (2) specific statutory authorization, or (3) a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces.
The proposed authorization approval in both bodies of Congress on extending permission for unwarranted aggression against Syria promises to be the most significant vote on foreign policy in the last half century. How many false flag cons can a war weary public endure from the neoconservatives and liberal interventionists? The answer becomes clear, every measure of pain and suffering that the fifth column Zionists can extract. "
http://www.thesleuthjournal.com/syria-another-zionist-war-for-suckers-vi...
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+1000000000000000000000000000000~
truth is there are way more jews than reported, crypto jews.
Exactly, bro, there are _at least_ around 2 billion jews (on this planet).
You guys are starting to sound a lot like Nazis
As usual, not one person giving a reddie can muster anything resembling an argument.
:0}
QED.
facts are stubborn things, eh, boys?
Dat you, Indelicate?
Or, "You want fries with that?"
POTUS says whatever the CFR tells him to, then heads to the golf course, without a second thought. Probably not capable of a second thought, one tops his brain capacity.
I'm pretty sure ALL of his time is consumed with rehearsals for his many PR stunts. His singing of "Amazing Grace", his gratuitous b-ball crap to "fit in" w inner city kids, etc etc.
He's probably studying on how to do an effective military salute, as we speak, so he'll have a distracting schtick when he tells the troops that they're all about to head to Syria and be killed by the Russians.
"Atten' HUT!"
(wow that looks very Ancient-Egyptian)
The pathological lying fudgepacker needs its skin sandpaper off, buried in salt then thrown out in the middle of an Iranian desert with a can of Pennzoil.
> When the Jews say jump, US politicians ask how high?
Most Americohen politicians are Jews anyway, it's just that goyim are busy consuming alcohol and have no time for anything else, just take a look at the depiction of Torah/Hebrew on Yale's shield:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Yale_University_Shie...
Israel is just a US military base in the Middle East, but the real Zion is _Amerika_.
!?
There are no U.S. military bases in Israel
Correction: US politicians ask how high ON THE WAY UP!
Exposed for all to see, even the brainwashed.
Who controls your mind.
Red=Jews
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IXXpzPVVLKY/UiRjKoOknQI/AAAAAAAAAdo/k_MogA4ZIJ...
The "defense" department has sunk to using our troops as human shields against Russian bombers...sad
"When the Jews say jump, US politicians ask how high?"
It's really the Saudis and Qatar this time (with the EU)...
Gotta keep them happy so the PetroDollar stays the standard for reserve currency
So he is a fucking liar, tell us something we don't know.
He can lie as much as he wants. MSM will give him cover.
Bath House and the MSM are Mutually Inclusive Liars!
wonder why?
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IXXpzPVVLKY/UiRjKoOknQI/AAAAAAAAAdo/k_MogA4ZIJ...
What do you expect from the freshman bench warmer who couldn't even make the JV foreign policy team?
Well that seems what ameriKan's like,,, after all they voted him in....... twice.
Traitor.
It's worse than that...
Can a non citizen be a traitor?
He's a foreign agent, so he would be treated as a spy, or more appropriately, a saboteur.
Maybe they wear white sneakers too
Then there are no boots on the ground, right?
Proof:
http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2015/04/21/army-cadets-on-campus-forced-to-wea...
I hear he just had the supreme court reclassify the standard army issue combat boot as 'a robust pair of socks'. Problem solved, no more boots on the ground anywhere...just lots of sock puppets.
I'm sure it'll be just as successful as the healthcare system reforms...and gay marriage...and gun controls...and equality laws...and immigration controls...
The black bolshevik is unstoppable.
So, you fell for the phony "black" thing, huh?
Look closely: He is Indonesian-Caucasian, not Afro-American.
The darker skin does fool a lot of folks, though, so you are not alone.
The fudgepacker has about as much in common with American blacks as white people do with polar bears.
"I am the democrat party's worst nightmare. A thinking black man." Charles Ramsey
lol
Frank Marshall was Indonesian?
to block or not to block the pipeline, that is the question
Israel To Greenlight Delayed Leviathan Gas Field As Economy Minister Aryeh Deri Exits
http://www.ibtimes.com/israel-greenlight-delayed-leviathan-gas-field-eco...
Very good analysis of the situation in Syria.
https://www.rt.com/op-edge/320356-syria-us-troops-shields/
How long before they are put somewhere Russia is likely to bomb, or before Russia is provided intel that will ensure American deaths...
then McCain come out and say - "Russia is targeting 'moderate' rebels which were being assisted by our brave men and women.....blah blah"?
1 week?
no more than 24 hours.
So will the upcoming market crash metaphores be "Mosh Pit Monday" or "Tits-up Tuesday"???
The Russians should give McCain one of their polonium pokes.
Moderate rebels in action:
“Moderate rebels” put Christian Alawite women in cages to protect themselves from airstrikes
http://off-guardian.org/2015/11/01/syria-moderate-rebels-put-women-in-ca...
The First Amendment suffered a beating in broad daylight this week as a neoconservative think-tank headed by Senator John McCain released an article calling for the US government to put the squeeze on RT's assets.
In the latest ‘McCainikaze’ attack on President Putin, RT and anything else that happens to inhabit the 11 time zones between Murmansk and Vladivostok, David J. Kramer offers an embarrassingly reckless plan to “knock Putin on his heels.”
Merika also wants to protect western MSM propaganda.
http://russia-insider.com/en/media-criticism/mccains-minions-full-fury-o...
David Kramer, eh?
Amazing how frequently it is Jewish men writing these columns given their % of the population. Why is that? I
What if Russia closed its airspace to American commercial flights?
What if China did the same?
David J. Kramer, Hmmmmmmmmm Whats the J stand for /sarc
RT may also be giving a tell about how Putin is going to handle the taking down of one of Russia's airliners by the US/Israel.
RT is pushing Very hard the concept that the airliner could not have been taken down by terrorist because it was too high and thus it was just an accident. They make just a couple side comments that there is some possibility of a bomb on board but then dismiss and do not pursue that potential.
Putin may intend to just cover up that they are getting bold enough to knock down Russian airliners now. If so is that a sign Putin will, as expected, back away from any areas in Syria where the US troops are delcared and allow eastern Syria to be taken over.
or - it was indeed a malfunction in an 18 year old tourist air bus?
Also - in no way is Russia committing to retake E. Syria, where "ISIS" would be caught between hammer and anvil - but for US and Israeli and S[audi and Turkish] support/.
By the way -
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/may/30/assad-russian-s300-missiles...
check the date
http://www.globalresearch.ca/syria-shoots-down-israeli-warplane-f-16-bom...
Russia to this day has not delivered the S-300 system to Syria OR to Iran. If they were there it would be touted by all the news outlets as evidence of Russia's takeover and "evil" influence. It is no surprise that Assad wants to claim they are there when they are not.
I have not researched the Israeli plane that globalresearch claims went down. Is there an RT article on that? If Israel lost a plane in that fashion then RT would have also reported something. If a plane went down it was not due to the S-300.
And technical difficulties cause planes to break apart in midair all the time right? Sure.
"Russia to this day has not delivered the S-300 system to Syria OR to Iran"
LOL.
Yes - they have. Absolutely, and positively. I promise.
BUT I'm not going to litigate this with you, you have the interwebs at your disposal, too. AND you made this claim so many times - over 30, that I am suspicious of your honesty here.
Russia to this day admits, as does Iran, that the S-300/350/400 have not been delivered to Iran. Russia made more recent threats to do so and did so publicly. But then did not. Russia was sued in international court by both Syria and Iran for failing to abide by the 2007 contract to deliver them those systems. Russia never even threatened to deliver the system to Syria after Russia's initial refusal to abide by the contract and being sued in court.
The system simply is not there for Syria to use. I would expect Russia has it now outside of it's air base and port but all in Russia's hands and nowhere near Damascus or other areas.
So far I have not found a source on the Israeli jet going down.
Syria def got s300s upgraded, and some time ago, and this was all over their media....
and there were various political and diplomatic reasons re iran. iran may actually already have them - caspian sea makes things easy...
i doubt the jet story, a drone is more likely.
i found a sputnik news source in 20 seconds or less - but it relied on FARS news which of course is just not as reliable as the Israeli or American press....
The wife of the co-pilot of the plane that crashed said late Saturday her husband had complained about the plane's condition, according to a Russian TV channel.
In an interview with state-controlled NTV, Natalya Trukhacheva, identified as the wife of co-pilot Sergei Trukachev, said her daughter "called him up before he flew out. He complained before the flight that the technical condition of the aircraft left much to be desired."
Russian Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov scoffed at the ISIS claim, telling the Interfax news agency that such reports “must not be considered reliable.”
Even though this would give Russia moar reason to up the attack on the terroristas, he doesn't use that as a reason. Merika would never pass up an opportunity to attack a country.
And you can expect more such stories. Putin does not want to deal with a Russian air liner being taken down. Putin will find assist the western media in making this out to be just an accident. Which shows great weakness. The plane broke apart in midair.
Initially the reports were that the plane had just recently received a through check out of it's systems. Now the story is being floated that it was in very poor condition? And the structural frame itself broke apart in midair?
How many of Russia's air liners crash in a year? Every 5 yrs? Russia moves in Syria. The US has JUST in the last few days announced they will put boots on the ground in Syria. Russia protests and says this may cause an accident. AND THEN a Russian air liner in the ME goes down, while breaking apart in mid air. Message delivered to Putin.
US according to the above RT reference will be using US special forces as human shields to protect local assets in Syria
Merika is protecting their sub-contractors. They can't come out and claim that wurk for merika, that wurks for isrehell.
I think this is about more then the pipeline, though the pipeline is a major factor. The real issue is over the US Dollar.
Eventually that pipeline feeds gas to Europe. London is doing a Yuan bond sale and supporting China for inclusion as a world currency reserve. China's currency is now the second most traded currency in the world, beating the Euro and the Yen. I think the Yuan is used more then the Yen in international trade.
The US empire is near its end as is the US Dollar. There should still be a last ramp up in the US Dollar before a total collapse, me thinks. Unless you keep a close eye on things daily for the next year for trading, one might as well just say its done, put a fork in it.
"I think this is about more then the pipeline, though the pipeline is a major factor. The real issue is over the US Dollar."
yep, but i think those two are joined at the hip
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran-Iraq-Syria_pipeline
... I wonder if someone decided ( in a book or a website ) to collect all the lies of Obama since his first mandate in 2008 : that will be interesting to read a book as long as the distance between Earth and the Moon and completely fulfilled of lies and broken promises
Kinda like that book of W ramblings, only in English.
You have to admit he kept his first promise about change. I remember arguing with morons who believed the changes would be for the better.
You have to give credit where it is due. Obama has always told the truth about one thing; namely, his intention to "fundamentally transform" the United States. Of course, he was never specific about what he would "transform" it into, but then again, nobody ever seemed to bother asking.
"I wonder if someone decided ( in a book or a website ) to collect all the lies of Obama since his first mandate in 2008"
Try this one:
Here are 1,150 well sourced examples of Obama’s lying, lawbreaking, corruption, cronyism, hypocrisy, waste, etc.
https://danfromsquirrelhill.wordpress.com/2013/08/15/obama-252/
Does anyone here, in all seriousness, not suspect, at least, that the US and Israel are the primary states actively providing weapons and logistics?
http://www.moonofalabama.org/2015/10/us-stopped-syria-air-strikes-while-...
http://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2015/10/us-invasion-of-syria-begins.ht...
ISIS seems to be a proxy for long-standing plans to Balkanize Israel's neighbors. And count me as one of those who thinks the Qatari pipeline is not the prime motive of the US/Israelis for various reasons, to include Leviathan.
"US-Israel Wage War on Iran in Syria
April 4, 2015 (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - The ongoing conflict in Syria has always been a proxy conflict aimed at Iran, as well as nearby Russia, and more distant China. As far back as 2007, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Seymour Hersh warned in his 9-page New Yorker report "The Redirection Is the Administration’s new policy benefitting our enemies in the war on terrorism?," that a region-wide sectarian war was being engineered by the US, Saudi Arabia, and Israel - all of whom were working in concert even in 2007, to build the foundation of a sectarian militant army."
http://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2015/04/us-israel-wage-war-on-iran-in-...
Of course, this is very much not what cnnfoxabccbsnbc present the matter as. Nor any major newspaper.
And only one Congresswoman - who mentions CIA but {wisely} leaves out Israel...
which has without any real doubt coordinate strikes on Syria's government and military with ISIS.
More than once, by the way.
here ya go (reported this morning too)....
http://www.ibtimes.com/israel-greenlight-delayed-leviathan-gas-field-eco...
What has changed between Obama's last promise of no boots on the ground and this announcement? Oh yeah, Russia is kicking the shit out of our favorite terrorist group.
The emperor has no clothes on this one. It is now abundantly clear to even the dimmest light bulb that the US is lying about supplying terrorists and wanting to defeat them. This move into Syria is an attempt to build enough support for the terrorists that they can delay their defeat and possibly turn the public support for Putin. I think that the US would like for Syria to turn into Russia's Vietnam. The world is getting tired of the US playing their Fuck Fuck games in the Middle East. Hopefully enough leaders will come together from around the world and get the US to pack up and leave, preferably without lighting off WW3.
If you like your no boots on the ground, you get to keep your no boots on the ground.
'sides, it takes more than 40 times before O really, really, really means it.
LOL
"Finally, there’s no telling how many CIA operatives and black ops have been running around in Syria assissisting Saudi Arabia and Qatar’s proxy armies from the very beginning".
A lot fewer now that Putin has started using cluster bombs on them. Sucks to have your cell phone on when a bomblet is homing in on the signal. C&C died on day one.
What's that saying about a truth being confirmed when it's officially denied.
In fit of desperation, this suggests they are looking for a new pretext to escalate the war. Pretty soon the MSM will be blasting headlines about the Russians killing innocent American civilians.
IMO the Russians haven't under estimated Washington's ambitions.
Seems like they don't use the "spreading democracy" thingy anymore.
Plausible deniability,,, but the USA lost that halo years ago.
If you like your war....... you can keep your war....
For me, this is just a CYA moment. U.S. forces are on the ground and have been on the ground since gulf war two. When the Russians start killing them, what is .gov gonna say? "Oh, we didn't know, they musta been lost..."
No, they're trying to put the Russians in a bind... "are there americans embedded in that convoy?" By the time they confirm there aren't they either got away or had to return to base to refuel.
I agree that this could become an issue. Russia needs to keep inviting the US to coordinate activities in Syria and publically advertising the refusal of the US to do so. That will take this issue away from Putin and put any US deaths squarely on the doorstep of Obama and his gang of henchmen.
The Nobel Prize Winner is a world-class liar. He promised an open administration and has prosecuted more whistleblowers than all previous presidents combined.
He continues to drone women and children and wedding parties while assailing other countries for human rights violations. He has bombed seven Muslim countries - Libya, Syria, Iraq, Somalia, Yemen, Afghanistan and Pakistan. He brings more suffering into this world than any other leader on this planet.
Forward - to more suffering and more war. And more lies.
Obama Has Sentenced Whistleblowers to 25 TIMES the Jail Time of All Prior U.S. Presidents COMBINEDhttp://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-01-23/obama-has-sentenced-whistleblow...
You're probably the sort of tinfoil hat wearing nut who thinks the US wasn't really trying to degrade ISIS, huh pal?
http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/10/12/us-caught-faking-it-in-syria/
Jeez.
Your sarcasm may be lost on a few.
Good to have you on ZH - very good posts with lots of links to backup your assertions.
Obama didn't bomb "muslim" countries; they were better described as generally Arab countries, run by SECULAR governments, with Muslim-majority populations.
Now, after our interventions, they are run by Islamic sharia law, with effectively 100% Muslim populations, as the Christian and other minorities have been driven out, slaughtered, or enslaved.
Please get your facts right.
Obama is just a puppet..a figure head. An empty suit (always..). Nothing more.
Someone a single video clip please...
That's a different Barack Obama in those videos.
When he tries to convince us of something, it almost always means the reverse is the truth.
Where is cindy and the rest of the code pink assholes...
sucking on michelle's cock
not sure why they're assholes really but its a solid question in any case.
The Soros money is being spent advancing the devil's agenda elsewhere.
The "boots on the ground" are human shields to make life a little more difficult for Putin. Pure politics.
Obama's duplicity .... is only matched .... by the Zero Hedge "Culinary Police" .... opining on McDonalds ?
You mention culinary in the same sentence as McDonald's!
You call my tortured phrases a sentence ?
We booted some folks.
The USA talks International Law when it accommodates them,,,Spratley Islands, Law of the Sea,,, from one side of its lying mouth, while bombing, inserting troops, landing weapons caches, invading, droning, economic sanctions and you name it from the the other side of its mouth.
Yes the USA is surely exceptional.
Exceptional indeed...exceptional prime dickheads, in foreign policy.
American Diplomacy in action
http://news-front.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Avianosec_2015-10-22_1...
Obama is living proof .... niggers age poorly .... too much cortisone stress .... trying to look smart ?
Satanists lie.
Maybe this time US soliders will wear slippers in battle field.
That's one promise Obama can keep. "There will be no slippers on the ground."
They have to go to Syria... Because there is no ISIS in Iraq?
I guess once Russia starts targeting ISIS in Iraq US will suddenly decide to "fight" them there as well...
NEWS BULLETIN!...
The "White Chimp" is the spawn of a family who were all assets for the OSS and CIA and the government and people who work for him and more importantly "pay" for him don't care about his jaded past, his treason or tainted associations... Those who supported him or were indifferent to his destruction of the U.S. and World economies will shortly be receiving what they richly deserve!
I mean really!...
How can a Nation allow the re-election of someone who did the opposite of everything he promised in his first term and reward him to continue doing more of the same for four more years?!!!!
P.S.
Dear Lancelot Link. Pardon (to his handlers)...
The downing of the Russian airliner over the Sinai was a very bad idea. If you thought that the majority of Russian and now Western European peoples were on the fence, let me assure you that just like the devastation you've worought in the ME and Eastern Ukraine you've only managed to strenghten the ties between Russians and once supportive American vassal states to kick your dirty Zionist ass out of both neighborhoods for good!
Yeeees, Bibi...
I'm on it, sir...
Of course not, Bibi...
Of course it doesn't matter how many Delta Force are killed...
Of course we'll get our hair mussed, Bibi...
I... I'm fine, Bibi...
Well then, you're fine and I'm fine...
Yes, Bibi, it's great to be fine...
ZH lies: Obama never "promises" no boots on the ground. He just says at this time we're not planning any boots on the ground. Show me where he says we promise never ever any boots on the ground. Big distinction. Typical for ZH to exagerate the truth which makes you look just as bad as any politician.
Does he have to say the word "promise" and say 'hope to die' too?
"I will not put American boots on the ground in Syria,” he said in September 2013. “I will not pursue an open-ended action like Iraq or Afghanistan.”"
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/10/30/flashback-obama-2013-...
The USSA can go wherever it wants, whenever it wants. Just deal with it.
Especially when overthrowing a soverign government that does not agree with Washington or does not open its local markets to US corporations.
a) Iraq tries to sell oil outside the petrodollar, invade.
b) Lybia tries to sell oil outside the petrodollar, fund terrorists to overthrow.
c) Syria does not allow Qatar pipeline to Europe, fund terrorists to overthrow. How many times do we hear barrel bombing his own people in the same sentence that Assad must go. He's fucking bombing the terrorists that the USSA is funding. And by the way, figting terrorists trying to overthrow his government. If Mexico was funding some jokers to overrun the US Government, I doubt seriously US military would have any problem barrel bombing said group.
d) Iran wants to do business outside US dogma. Branded as a rouge terrorist nation. Pull in the nuclear weapon story for cover. Sanctions of course.
e) Ukraine wants to link up with Russia and shun the EU, fund terrorists to overthrow. Brand Russia as rouge for protecting its Crimean and Eastern Ukraine interests. Sanctions again.
Remember the axis of evil. I think these are really just countries that want to do things their way and not the USSA way.
Is there a pattern here... Yes, do business our way or we brand you as evil terrorists, slap sanctions on you, form some dumb ass coalition for cover, get the puppet UN on board for additional cover and roll out most appropriate regime change plan.
Can you be any more transparant? A bunch of fucking, pathetic, self-serving, corrupt idiots.
The American electorate LOVES lying ineffectual presidents like GW Bush & Obomba.
They are no different from the electorate of every other psychopath run nation on earth. Reprobate ignoramuses are the same worldwide.
BREAKING NEWS: Obama is a psychopathic liar.
Film at 11.
Obama is controlled remotely by teleprompter like one of his prized drones ALL crony capitalist sociopaths lie we need a major reset or expect more of the same
No wonder the American people have so little respect for politicians ...especially when the POTUS says no,no,no, and then yes,yes,yes. The truth got the boot on this issue.
If you like your doctor...
People! He is keeping his word. American combat boots are manufactured in China.
lol i read it as the troops are wearing shoes
Anyone catch this?
before and including
September 10 2013 -
" ...I will not put American boots on the ground in Syria... "
then nothing for 5 months. After that its mostly weasel words implying no American boots without actually using the phrase.
suspect the invasion probably started between 9/10/13 and 2/27/14
Politicians lie to us? In other late breaking news scientists confirm water is wet.
n/m edited out my stupid comment
Famous Promises: If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor.
This will cut healthcare insurance prices by $2500 per annum.
No boots on the ground.
Yes, I'll still love you in the morning.
Sick of these polluticians yet?
I'd feel better about the long term prospects for peace if there were Russian & Chinese boots on the ground ... in New York, California, Florida, Texas, Nebraska, and 45 other states.
The U.S. military needs crises initiation.
They need U.S. military to be hurt or killed so they can then blame it on Russia.
Then we can begin the next war they so desperately desire.