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WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)Arguing that his motto Dont do stupid stuff is not a coherent foreign policy, critics of President Obama are pressuring him to do something stupid without further delay.
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) led the attack on Thursday, blasting Obama for failing to craft a stupid response to crises in Iraq, Syria, and Ukraine.
Instead of reacting to these events with the haste and recklessness they deserve, the President has chosen to waste valuable time thinking, McCain said. This goes against the most fundamental principles of American foreign policy.
Graham also expressed frustration with the President, telling reporters, The American people are waiting for President Obama to do something stupid, but their patience is wearing thin.
In his most withering criticism, McCain called Obamas stubborn refusal to do stupid stuff a failure of leadership. If I were President, you can bet your bottom dollar I would have done plenty of stupid stuff by now, he said.
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malthaussen
(17,195 posts)Mr Borowitz hardly has to exercise any imagination anymore.
The stupidity is really that Mr Graham and Mr McCain are considered foreign policy experts.
-- Mal
BumRushDaShow
(129,017 posts)procon
(15,805 posts)I didn't realize how much I needed this to really put the infuriating McCain/Graham attacks in context. The beauty of this is that it seems to have almost written itself - though that is the real genius of what Borowitz wrote here.
I wish more official Washington had Obama's back here -- glad that Borowitz does.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)Little Johnny Mac topped ALL stupid stuff when he chose the screech from Alaska as his running mate.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)"I have no strategy"
(Oh..except sending hundreds of our best military ..just to advise...and a few hundred more and a few hundred) (Oh ..and drones and satellites and communications interceptors) (Oh and airstrikes on probably 200 ISIS points) (Shhh... bombing them from the tail until we find the HEAD. And if it's over the Syrian border, too bad)
Why would anyone listen to McCain/Graham/Cheney? Their war 'strategy' has cost millions of displaced civilians, hundreds of thousands of civilians DEAD, thousands of our military DEAD, a hundred thousand wounded, most forever. And trillions - trillions in wars with no WIN. Yeah, give us more of that. Kind of like Republicans helping us with the Economy...can you say "DEPRESSION". NO thanks.
And we were helping the Syrian rebels, until the bad Syrian rebels outnumbered them.
Grandpa always said, "War mongers! Playing with our military like plastic soldiers on a coffee table! Eating steak and watching it on CNN! Put them on the front of the first tank in!"
Omaha Steve
(99,635 posts)DhhD
(4,695 posts)that was around in the 1920s. In 2007 and again recently the Arab League has warned the West that they will take care of ISIS/ISI. ISIS/ISI is killing anybody that they perceive to be westernized or modernized with likings to the present Arab regime in Arabia. Facil was replaced by the current rulers who believe it is their responsibility to get rid of the ISIS threat/ISI religious jihad, that has resurfaced again and is trying to take over.
President Obama is waiting for those responsible promisers to act. Perhaps you might remember that the current Arab League leadership was well liked by the Bush Family and Bush Administration.
President Obama can never put an end to this problem. Hopefully he will let the problem be solved by the rightful owners. It may be alright for air strikes to destroy the American equipment seized by ISI; waiting for it to cross the border moving from control by ISIS to ISI. Waiting for the destruction of stolen weapons is a good strategic move by Arabia/the Arabs.
progressoid
(49,990 posts)it ain't too far from the truth.
deutsey
(20,166 posts)while being a hilarious line from "Animal House," is no way to conduct foreign policy.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)ZX86
(1,428 posts)Sad reality.