Yesterday, Katie Couric asked Barack Obama straight out: "Have you ruled out trying confessed 9-11 mastermind Kalid Sheik Mohammad in New York City?" To which Obama replied:
I have not ruled it out, but I think it's important for us to take into account the practical, logistical issues involved. I mean, if you've got a city that's saying no, and a police department that's saying no, and a mayor that's saying no, that makes it difficult.
Ya think?
A really, really smart guy--I mean a really practical guy--the kind of guy who is on top of logistics, might have consulted that city, that police department, and that mayor before making the decision to plant a terrorist magnet in their midst, just a short distance from the former World Trade Center, and give him all the rights and comforts that he denied almost 3,000 innocent people on that terrible day in 2001.
A really, really smart guy--I mean a really practical guy--the kind of guy who is on top of logistics, might have consulted that city, that police department, and that mayor before making the decision to plant a terrorist magnet in their midst, just a short distance from the former World Trade Center, and give him all the rights and comforts that he denied almost 3,000 innocent people on that terrible day in 2001.
The quote is in the first 22 seconds of the video:
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*heh* I like this post's title.
ReplyDeleteYeah, Obama is proving smart enough to tear apart a Democratic super-majority, spend us into oblivion, and to torpedo his own popularity despite an incredibly sympathetic and (at times) openly fawning press. Way to go smart guy!
Believe it or not, I'm not really all that convinced of Obama's genius-- book smarts or otherwise. I have seen nothing in his performance and manner to suggest anything beyond a baseline competent political savvy (the limits of which are becoming increasingly obvious). But then I don't believe that pretentiousness, self-absorption and arrogance are signs of intelligence. Silly me.
I love the post title! Nicely done! :)
ReplyDeleteAgreed, Yukio, and welcome back! Hope brother-in-law is getting well and stays well. My loved one is making good progress too.
ReplyDeleteObama makes me crazy when he dons his invisible academic regalia to lecture Americans on topics that they understand well and he understands barely.
He's going to teach Americans about logistics? Who does he think cleaned up after 9-11; is running the relief effort in Port-au-Prince; or ships the U.S. military, their supplies, and their weaponry to Afghanistan and maintains them while they are there?
Argghh!
un real how Americans and NYers are letting him get away with this horror!!
ReplyDeleteWow! This Obama guy is a real sage!
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