Barry’s War Within
By MAUREEN DOWD, NYT
WASHINGTON — THE winner of the Nobel Peace Prize had been up late pleading for war.
The president looked exhausted as he met the press in St. Petersburg on Friday. The man elected because of his magical powers of persuasion had failed to persuade other world leaders at dinner the night before about a strike on Syria.
He said he had told his fellow leaders, “I was elected to end wars and not start them.”
But in life, and especially in Washington, people sometimes end up becoming what they start out scorning.
It is uncomfortable to watch the president struggle to reconcile his two conflicting identities as he weighs what he calls the unappetizing choices on Syria, and as he is weighed down by the malignant choices on the Middle East made by his predecessor.
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WASHINGTON — THE winner of the Nobel Peace Prize had been up late pleading for war.
The president looked exhausted as he met the press in St. Petersburg on Friday. The man elected because of his magical powers of persuasion had failed to persuade other world leaders at dinner the night before about a strike on Syria.
He said he had told his fellow leaders, “I was elected to end wars and not start them.”
But in life, and especially in Washington, people sometimes end up becoming what they start out scorning.
It is uncomfortable to watch the president struggle to reconcile his two conflicting identities as he weighs what he calls the unappetizing choices on Syria, and as he is weighed down by the malignant choices on the Middle East made by his predecessor.
(More here.)
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The 'magical powers of persuasion' apply only to those who fell for his line of BS. The "We are the ones we have waited for" crowd are showing their true abilities.
Come to think of it, I wonder if President Obama has a personal problem? I hate the thought but, as hard as he is pushing for war, is President Obama is pulling a 'Clinton',... lobbing a few bombs mysteriously at the same time as another personal issue/crisis/challenge (anything other than scandal)is about to hit the news? It would disappoint me as I believe our first family is a positive image for families of all colors but you never know with folks on the left side of the aisle.... They called him slick Willie for a reason.
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