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babylonsister

(171,066 posts)
Thu Sep 4, 2014, 01:41 PM Sep 2014

Growing Pressure on Obama to Do Something Stupid

Growing Pressure on Obama to Do Something Stupid


Credit Photograph by Pete Souza​/The White House


WASHINGTON-Arguing that his motto “Don’t 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 Obama’s “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.






















By Andy Borowitz
http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/growing-pressure-obama-something-stupid

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Growing Pressure on Obama to Do Something Stupid (Original Post) babylonsister Sep 2014 OP
This is priceless! ... Borowitz hits it out of the park, again! ~nt 99th_Monkey Sep 2014 #1
LOL~ sheshe2 Sep 2014 #2
Borowitz rules! MineralMan Sep 2014 #3
Perfect!! nt Cali_Democrat Sep 2014 #4
Had me going there for a nanosecond.. freshwest Sep 2014 #5
I would like to see a poll on how many people are bothered loyalsister Sep 2014 #6
Do Not Bend Mr. President! SleeplessinSoCal Sep 2014 #7
But if we don't bomb something right this minute gratuitous Sep 2014 #8

loyalsister

(13,390 posts)
6. I would like to see a poll on how many people are bothered
Thu Sep 4, 2014, 02:27 PM
Sep 2014

that an article like this rings true. I guess it's a good time for someone who enjoys writing satire, though.

SleeplessinSoCal

(9,123 posts)
7. Do Not Bend Mr. President!
Thu Sep 4, 2014, 04:24 PM
Sep 2014

You've been right. They've been wrong. Every step of the way.

And all they really want are contracts.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
8. But if we don't bomb something right this minute
Thu Sep 4, 2014, 04:32 PM
Sep 2014

There's a possibility that a solution can be had without bombing something, and what fun would that be?

Take heart, warmongers. We can always send the missiles or the bombers or the drones out to blow the shit out of something, somewhere. It's just that once you've blown the shit out of something, you've sort of foreclosed a whole bunch of other options.

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