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IDemo

(16,926 posts)
Fri Aug 1, 2014, 05:14 PM Aug 2014

"it’s important for us not to feel too sanctimonious in retrospect.”

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“There was enormous pressure on our law enforcement and our national security teams to try to deal with this,” he said. “And you know, it’s important for us not to feel too sanctimonious in retrospect.” - Obama at today's news conference.

Why would anyone's supposed sanctimoniousness be considered important when measured against the larger faults of our national security teams having gone on a Thelma and Louise adventure and then lying to Congress about it? Does an expression of dismay or even concern make one sanctimonious?

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"it’s important for us not to feel too sanctimonious in retrospect.” (Original Post) IDemo Aug 2014 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Aug 2014 #1
I hate secrecy, spying, NSA, CIA, Patriot Act and I even want to see our army and randys1 Aug 2014 #2
It would create a divisive climate noise Aug 2014 #3
Sociopath: blkmusclmachine Aug 2014 #4
Are you saying the Presdient is a sociopath? BainsBane Aug 2014 #5
Who knows what the hell this means. ancianita Aug 2014 #6
I would take this to refer to the spy agencies IDemo Aug 2014 #7
It says "a person. . ." BainsBane Aug 2014 #8
Specifically, the persons in charge of those agencies. IDemo Aug 2014 #9
He can answer for himself BainsBane Aug 2014 #10
Why would we feel morally superior over other people? Rex Aug 2014 #11

Response to IDemo (Original post)

randys1

(16,286 posts)
2. I hate secrecy, spying, NSA, CIA, Patriot Act and I even want to see our army and
Fri Aug 1, 2014, 05:21 PM
Aug 2014

air force disbanded.

BUT, there is some truth in what Obama says here.

Early one weekday morning we watched the two tallest most important buildings in the world (maybe not the tallest but almost) come crashing to the ground, an UNTHINKABLE event, a surreal event that was difficult to believe it was so big, so horrific

And some of us reacted with greed (w, cheney, halliburton, etc), some of us reacted in fear and those same greedy bastards used our fear against us...

noise

(2,392 posts)
3. It would create a divisive climate
Fri Aug 1, 2014, 05:24 PM
Aug 2014

Perhaps too much basking in CIA accountability could serve as a distraction to the intelligence community. But mainly replowing old ground is not productive. We need to move on for the good of the country.

 

blkmusclmachine

(16,149 posts)
4. Sociopath:
Fri Aug 1, 2014, 05:33 PM
Aug 2014

a person with a psychopathic personality whose behavior is antisocial, often criminal, and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
11. Why would we feel morally superior over other people?
Fri Aug 1, 2014, 05:59 PM
Aug 2014

The BFEE is still running around destroying the planet, Clapper lied, the CIA spied and spied and got caught, 9/11 was the biggest intelligence failure in American history, 3000 people died that day...sanctimonious? What a strange thing to say imo.

I must be missing some context here.

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