The slaughter in Congo wasn't caused by our actions. --- and the slaughter of muzzies, jews and xians in the middle east was not caused by Americans. that honor goes to interventionist gun running warmongers.
On Friday, August 8, 2014 1:46:18 PM UTC-5, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > > http://stupidfrogs.org/articles/obama_remains_consistent_in_his_indifference_to_slaughter.html > > > > *Obama Remains Consistent in His Indifference to Slaughter* > > > > By Jonah Goldberg > TownHall.com > > [image: http://stupidfrogs.org/images/iraq_slaughter.jpg] > > In the summer of 2007, then-Sen. Barack Obama was asked if he was worried > that his proposed withdrawal from Iraq would result in ethnic cleansing or > even genocide. > > He scoffed at the premise. > > "By that argument you would have 300,000 troops in the Congo right now -- > where millions have been slaughtered as a consequence of ethnic strife -- > which we haven't done," he told the Associated Press. "We would be > deploying unilaterally and occupying the Sudan, which we haven't done. > Those of us who care about Darfur don't think it would be a good idea." > > Obama glossed over a crucial distinction. The slaughter in Congo wasn't > caused by our actions. The assumption behind the AP's question -- backed by > countless experts -- was that a withdrawal from Iraq at the time would > almost certainly lead to slaughter. Obama's remarkable answer was that even > if you accepted the premise that leaving would ignite mass slaughter, it > would still be right to bug out of Iraq. > > Of course, as is his wont, Obama covered all of the rhetorical bases. He > acknowledged that leaving prematurely would be bad. > > "Nobody is proposing we leave precipitously. There are still going to be > U.S. forces in the region that could intercede, with an international > force, on an emergency basis," he insisted. "There's no doubt there are > risks of increased bloodshed in Iraq without a continuing U.S. presence > there." > > Then came the patented Obama take-back. "It is my assessment that those > risks are even greater if we continue to occupy Iraq and serve as a magnet > for not only terrorist activity but also irresponsible behavior by Iraqi > factions," he said. > > As grotesque as Obama's moral argument was, it was unknowable at the time > whether his analysis was correct. It's now pretty clear he was wrong on all > counts. > > When Obama pulled American troops out of Iraq, they were not serving as a > magnet for terrorists; they were acting as a deterrent not only to > terrorists but to "irresponsible" Iraqi factions. > > (By the way, what is it with Obama and the word "irresponsible"? In > Wednesday's press conference, Obama said that by targeting civilians, Hamas > was behaving "extraordinarily irresponsibly." This is only slightly less > condemnatory than "inadvisable" or "unproductive" -- and far more > conciliatory than the language he uses about Republicans daily.) > > Admittedly, he couldn't have predicted the rise of the Islamic State of > Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in 2007 any more than he could have predicted the > debacle of his Syria policy and his vacillating "red line" rhetoric, which > partly led to the rise of ISIS. > > But as recently as last November, Obama dismissed ISIS and other al-Qaeda > affiliates as nothing more than a jayvee squad. While interviewing Obama, > The New Yorker's David Remnick noted that "the flag of al-Qaeda is now > flying in Fallujah, in Iraq, and among various rebel factions in Syria," > and that "al-Qaeda has asserted a presence in parts of Africa, too." > > The president shot back: "If a jayvee team puts on Lakers uniforms that > doesn't make them Kobe Bryant." > > Now, that same junior varsity team controls more territory than any > terrorist organization in history, has some 5,000 battle-hardened jihadists > with Western passports, hundreds of millions of dollars at its disposal, > and is earning millions more every day by selling oil on the black market. > It is slaughtering Shiites, Christians and other "infidels" with a medieval > abandon that makes the alleged A-team of al-Qaeda blanch with horror. At > this moment it has cornered tens of thousands of Yazidi villagers on a > mountaintop. ISIS presents them with a choice: convert to Islam at gunpoint > or die of thirst. > > To its credit, the Pentagon is reportedly contemplating airlifting food > and water to the Yazidis, though you wouldn't know that from anything the > president has said. > > You have to give Obama points for consistency. He remains as blasé about > mass slaughter today as he was in 2007. Back then he presented our options > as a choice between doing nothing and "deploying unilaterally" to put > American troops in harm's way. He plays the same rhetorical games today, > insisting that critics who want to provide military aid to, say, the Kurds > or the Ukrainians are really proposing war. And since no one wants war, we > should accept our new role as bystander to slaughter. > > It's quite a legacy you're working on there, Mr. President. > > > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "Beowulf" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > ------------------------------ > > > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmY2tvaXVnBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0MDc1MTY4NTE-> > > > > [image: Yahoo! Groups] > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo;_ylc=X3oDMTJlamtqMmhwBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTQwNzUxNjg1MQ--> > > • Privacy <https://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/groups/details.html> • > Unsubscribe <javascript:> • Terms of Use > <https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/> > > __,_._,___ > > > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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