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NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 11:22 AM Oct 2012

Obama isnt Carter and Libya isnt Iran-Hostage

Carter's Delta Force failed where Obama's Sea Team Six brought him the (figurative) head of our #1 "enemy".

I guess an October Surprise aint what she used to be (or what some would hope). So now the only thing the reich wing has left is to argue over verbiage. He said "acts of terror" not "terror attack" (pretty weak, boys, pretty fucking weak)

The more I look at the killing of the Ambassador in Libya the more I think that it might have been an amateurish copy cat of the Iran Hostage snafu. In Iran hostage "someone" hired a group of Iranian students to take over the embassy. In Libya, I wonder if anyone we know hired a bunch of thugs to grab the Ambassador only to fail and end up burning the place down.

"They" should've hired someone from the old guard, you know the group that got things done back in the 70's. George H W Bush, Robert Gates......

The thing about playing from an old playbook is that now anyone who cares to read it, can.

Better luck in 2020 guys.

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Obama isnt Carter and Libya isnt Iran-Hostage (Original Post) NightWatcher Oct 2012 OP
Betcha many rednecks don't even know what/who/where Libya is jsr Oct 2012 #1
What happened to Carter could have happened to anyone. The killing of bin laden could have also still_one Oct 2012 #2
my point exactly. It didnt go the way it did back in 79 (like the rw hoped) NightWatcher Oct 2012 #3
ok still_one Oct 2012 #7
Carter wasn't Carter and Reagan committed treason. Warren Stupidity Oct 2012 #4
bingo! navarth Oct 2012 #8
Carter wasn't the Republican's Version of Carter, either. Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2012 #5
every time i hear "iran hostages" newspeak Oct 2012 #6

still_one

(92,422 posts)
2. What happened to Carter could have happened to anyone. The killing of bin laden could have also
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 11:27 AM
Oct 2012

gone badly

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
3. my point exactly. It didnt go the way it did back in 79 (like the rw hoped)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 11:29 AM
Oct 2012

so for them to hang their entire election hopes on it is an exercise in epic failure-osity

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,199 posts)
5. Carter wasn't the Republican's Version of Carter, either.
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 11:34 AM
Oct 2012

October Surprise and all, he kept working past his defeat to secure the release of hostages, a release which I honestly believe was intentionally delayed by shenanigans.

newspeak

(4,847 posts)
6. every time i hear "iran hostages"
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 11:34 AM
Oct 2012

i think of what reagan-bush allegedly did just to get elected. and how they were still dealing with the iranian government during the iran-contra scandal. when do you call it treason? because the deal that was made with iran in order for them to win, seems treasonous to the people in this country.

has anyone seen "argo" yet? loved the movie, especially loved the part at the beginning where it showed that we had a part of killing a democratically elected leader just because he nationalized the oil for his own damn people. just proved that parts of our government have no interest in protecting us, but any and all corporate interest.

also shows how far a sociopath will go to win. that nothing matters, except winning-like holding up job bills so you can make ads complaining about unemployment. they care nothing, NOTHING about the people, just as long as they win.

oh and mittens, did you say that the president had a super majority and could have passed those bills? did you? because if you did, you just told another fib.

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