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#28326
Believe it or not, any day you do anything is someone's birthday.
So when's the last time a President closed all the embassies in the Middle East on his birthday?
The embassies and consulates Obama has ordered closed Sunday include: Algiers, Algeria, Sana'a, Yemen; Tel Aviv, Israel; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Dhaka, Bangladesh; Kuwait City, Kuwait; Ankara, Turkey; Muscat, Oman; Doha, Qatar; Cairo, Egypt; Kabul, Afghanistan; Baghdad, Iraq; Amman, Jordan; Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Manama, Bahrain; Tripoli, Libya; Nouakchott, Mauritania; and Doha, Qatar.
#28327
JustBaghdadBobFreedMe is incorrigible!

He didn't close them only for his birthday. It's also Summer Festivus!

(Or it might have something to do terrorist threats, but without Fox reporting Bush's old threat-level color chart at least ten times an hour, JustBaghdadBobFreedMe is lost and his perpetual confusion is even worse than normal.)
#28337
"So when's the last time a President closed all the embassies in the Middle East on his birthday?"-RealJustme

Let's see, if I recall, they have been closed by every President on his birthday whenever there has been a credible threat of terrorist attacks in multiple Middle Eastern countries starting on his birthday.
It's uncanny how universally consistent they have been on this point.
I'm glad Obama has been maintaining this historical U.S. policy.
#28338
JustBaghdadBobFreedMe is incorrigible! Unstoppable! Precocious! And of course, too clever by far less than half.

If only he had a dictionary so he could understand at least half of the words he uses. I suppose it's a good thing he has his very own board here so he can operate far from the dangers of reality.

:lol:
#28339
You have to ask, are there really new credible threats or are they just the normal routine threats that happen every day and Obama is taking advantage of them to celebrate his birthday by closing the symbols of what he considers "American oppression" throughout the Muslim world?

Remember Obama got Obama, al Qaeda has been defeated, those who claim they haven't been defeated are just trying to make Obama look bad or they're racists. Either Obama lied about that or he's chosen a way to celebrate his birthday by abusing his powers.
#28341
RealJustme wrote:You have to ask, are there really new credible threats or are they just the normal routine threats that happen every day and Obama is taking advantage of them to celebrate his birthday by closing the symbols of what he considers "American oppression" throughout the Muslim world?

Remember Obama got Obama, al Qaeda has been defeated, those who claim they haven't been defeated are just trying to make Obama look bad or they're racists. Either Obama lied about that or he's chosen a way to celebrate his birthday by abusing his powers.
When did Obama say that Al Qaeda was defeated?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-j6VF77fXA

Justmakeitup....

:lol:
#28382
He's closing them on HIS birthday because he knows that the media can't blame his foreign relations failures on the attacks that happen BECAUSE HE'S PRESIDENT and the MUSLIMS HATE HIM while he gives them weapons and money to kill Americans and other innocent people. If he closes the locations then he can claim they attacked for some other reason.
#28414
Leroy wrote:He's closing them on HIS birthday because he knows that the media can't blame his foreign relations failures on the attacks that happen BECAUSE HE'S PRESIDENT and the MUSLIMS HATE HIM while he gives them weapons and money to kill Americans and other innocent people. If he closes the locations then he can claim they attacked for some other reason.
WTF???

:?
#28418
It's unbelievable how mentally sick Leroy and RealJustme are.

If Obama did not shut down the embassies on Sunday, they would be here insisting that Obama was ignoring the intel warning of imminent threats and was putting more American lives at risk like in Benghazi.
They would be foaming at the mouth blathering on about how much Obama hates Americans and doesn't care if they die.

But if Obama closes them, it's because he hates America and wants to help terrorists. Huh?

So tell us, clowns, do you support Obama in closing the Embassies to protect American lives or do you believe the cowards should stand up for the red, white, and blue and go to work?
I dare you clowns to answer.
#28425
If Obama did not shut down the embassies on Sunday, they would be here insisting that Obama was ignoring the intel warning of imminent threats and was putting more American lives at risk like in Benghazi.
They would be foaming at the mouth blathering on about how much Obama hates Americans and doesn't care if they die.
The Obama Administration had all kind of warning on Benghazi including requests for additional security, what did they do, they actually "decreased" security and when attacked they told the military to stand down let them die then went to bed. The next day they apologized to Muslims for a short video that had been put on utube 6 months earlier and told the American people it's time to move on, nothing there. Now on Obama's birthday he celebrates by shutting down all the Middle East embassies letting terrorists know we are open game and Obama will do nothing to fight back.
#28428
So you aren't going to admit that you actually support Obama closing the embassies. Got it.
Do you really think the threat will go away after Obama's birthday? What then? The reason they are so bold is that they openly attacked our embassy killed our Ambassador, went on local television to brag about it and what did Obama do? Obama arrested a guy who made a movie that offend Islam and actually covered for the terrorists involved. The terrorists involved had to have been in awe of Obama's actions, they've decided Obama is on their side.

Come to think of it maybe the planned terrorist attack is a present to Obama! He enabled the terrorist to attack one of your embassies, he held our forces back while they were doing it, and then he blew a smoke screen to cover for them, not one of the hundred or so involved have been touched a year later.
#28435
Obama and Hillary and Rice lied about Benghazi because a pivotal election was nearing.

Knowing terrorism was still hot, Obama lied about Benghazi.

They had to do the closures because the political fallout woulda been bad had another ambassador been killed.

They could only get away with the video lie once, although that got them reelected.
#28442
Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol remarked on Sunday that President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign rhetoric on foreign policy stood in stark contrast to the turmoil in the Middle East stirred by threats from al-Qaida, pointing out that the U.S. closed 22 embassies throughout the Muslim world.

“Four years ago President Obama gave a much heralded speech as outreach to the Muslim world,” Kristol said. “And now, four years later we are closing embassies throughout the Muslim world. A year ago, the president said al-Qaida is on the run. And now we seem to be on the run.”

“I’m not criticizing the decision to close the embassies. That’s probably the right thing to do for the sake of trying to save American lives and others, but it’s a terrible thing,” he added. “That you know, just a year ago boasting al-Qaida is on the run and Osama bin Laden is dead.”


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#28467
But security experts and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle praised the administration's decision to close the embassies, particularly in light of the Benghazi attacks and the desire to protect Americans overseas. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Martin Dempsey explained that the intelligence community had uncovered "a significant threat stream" that justified the closures, and Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said, "The administration's call to close these embassies . . . was actually a very smart call." USA Today also cited Seth Jones, the associate director of the International Security and Defense Policy Center at the RAND Corp., who said the closures are a result of "a high threat level based on credible intelligence."

Even Rep. Peter King (R-NY), who leads the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence and who has previously been critical of the Obama administration's response to the Benghazi attacks, noted, "what they are doing now is what has to be done. They'd be derelict if they were not. And you know we can't criticize them for doing too little with Benghazi and now criticize them for doing too much."

Fox News has repeatedly pushed falsehoods and lies about the Benghazi attacks, with contributors praying for evidence of a "cover-up" and calling for further probes into the attacks despite the fact that there have already been at least six different investigations, none of which have found any evidence that the response to Benghazi was politically motivated or hid the realities of the attacks.

Fox's attack echoes numerous other conservative media outlets turning the embassy closures into political criticism of the Obama administration.
#28485
But security experts and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle praised the administration's decision to close the embassies, particularly in light of the Benghazi attacks and the desire to protect Americans overseas.
Particularly in light of the Benghazi attacks :lol:

No Duh, Obama told the military to stand down and let those in the embassy die then he went to bed. You're damned right security experts learned from that, what they learned is embassy personnel better run while they have a chance since Obama will sacrifice them rather engage the terorrists.

if we don’t stand our ground and respond to terrorism with force, terrorism works and Islamists win = happy Obama.
#28518
Curious that Obama ordered embassies closures in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and even Madagascar yet leaves embassies open in Lebanon and Pakistan. What's his plan? Surely Saudi Arabia and Kuwait will feel insulted that we don't trust their security and we may pay for that with higher oil prices.. Madagascar? they are a very low security risk....so what is going on?
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