Obama says Iraq situation will take more than 'weeks' to solve

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Fox News:

President Obama braced Americans on Saturday for a sustained military involvement in Iraq, saying the United States is prepared to continue with air strikes to protect U.S. diplomats and citizens and others under attack from the ISIL terror group.

 

"I don't think we’re going to solve this problem in weeks," the president said on the South Lawn of the White House. “This is going to be a long-term project.”

 

Obama laid out a three-part strategy for heightened U.S. involvement in Iraq, one day after U.S. aircraft began launching air strikes on ISIL military installations and dropping humanitarian aid for the estimated thousands who have fled from the terror group into the Sinjar mountains, in the northern region of the country.

 

The president said his immediate goals are to help those stranded on the mountain, provide safe passage for them to return to the region around the Kurdish regional capital Irbil and to continue to help Iraq establish a functional and inclusive government.

 

However, Obama, who departed after the speech for a one-week family vacation on Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, gave no specific timetable for his plan.

 

"Even as we continue to deal with the immediate situation, we seek a broader solution," he said. "There's not going to be a U.S. military solution to this problem."

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Can you say, mission creep?

[Valin]

 

However, Obama, who departed after the speech for a one-week family vacation on Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, gave no specific timetable for his plan.

 

He has to check in with Valerie Jarrett...she's running the show now.

[nickydog]

 

 

However, Obama, who departed after the speech for a one-week family vacation on Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, gave no specific timetable for his plan.

 

He has to check in with Valerie Jarrett...she's running the show now.

 

 

 

Now? Only now?

[Valin]

 

 

 

However, Obama, who departed after the speech for a one-week family vacation on Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, gave no specific timetable for his plan.

 

He has to check in with Valerie Jarrett...she's running the show now.

 

 

 

Now? Only now?

 

 

At least since the election.

[nickydog]

 

 

 

 

However, Obama, who departed after the speech for a one-week family vacation on Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, gave no specific timetable for his plan.

 

He has to check in with Valerie Jarrett...she's running the show now.

 

 

 

Now? Only now?

 

 

At least since the election.

 

 

The 2008 election you mean, right?

[Valin]

@nickydog

 

She has always been a huge player, but since 2012 Barry has become more and more...disengaged from actually governing and making decisions (not that he ever was all that engaged). At least that is how it appears to me.

[nickydog]

@nickydog

 

She has always been a huge player, but since 2012 Barry has become more and more...disengaged from actually governing and making decisions (not that he ever was all that engaged). At least that is how it appears to me.

 

Frightening.

[Valin]

 

@nickydog

 

She has always been a huge player, but since 2012 Barry has become more and more...disengaged from actually governing and making decisions (not that he ever was all that engaged). At least that is how it appears to me.

 

Frightening.

 

 

 

He’s Merely Phoning it In Now – A Failing President Obama Talks To New York Times For An Hour Before Heading Off On Vacation….

 

 

President Obama gave Thomas Friedman an hour long interview before heading off on vacation to Martha’s Vineyard. Within the interview the failure of a cohesive Obama foreign policy shines through despite the attempted cover from liberal reporters.

 

There’s actually two parts to this interview – the interview as reported - and the opinion piece from Friedman about the interview itself.

 

Within the Times Article you find the footprints of a dejected President staring boldly into the face of his own failure and shortcomings:

 

 

(Snip)

 

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