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Topic: Gates warns Assad: Don’t
‘underestimate’ Obama |
Gates warns Assad: Don’t
‘underestimate’ Obama
The Hill [Washington, DC], by Meghashyam Mali
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Original Article
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Posted By:KarenJ1, 12/5/2012 10:17:42 AM
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| Former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates cautioned Bashar Assad that President Obama would follow through on threats to punish the Syrian leader if he uses chemical weapons. “One of the things about President Obama, he is very tough-minded,” said Gates, in an interview aired Wednesday on “CBS This Morning.” “I think it would be a mistake, particularly on Bashar Assad´s part, to underestimate him.” Gates’s comments come amid reports that the Syrian strongman, whose regime is fighting in violent struggle against opposition forces seeking his ouster, might be moving his stockpile of chemical weapons.
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Comments:
Oh puhleeze. 0bama is a spineless political hack who will do only what he thinks will make him look good. He has contributed to the chaos in the Middle East because of his schizophrenic foreign policy decisions.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Grady, 12/5/2012 10:28:54 AM (No. 9049727)
Would these be the same chemical weapons "WMD´s"
removed from Iraq weeks before the invasion?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
mitzi, 12/5/2012 10:37:43 AM (No. 9049755)
B. O. will get all wee-wee´d up and stamp his feet.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
The Architect, 12/5/2012 10:39:02 AM (No. 9049757)
"Don´t underestimate Obama" .....Or What???
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Objectivity, 12/5/2012 10:43:51 AM (No. 9049774)
hey Gates ..... woory about how you totally eliminated the F-22 and worse the residual expert knowledge that went into building/manufacturing it ....
this is not advocacy for the F-22 per se; it is about why Gates eliminated any further use of the F-22 as a program ....
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
southernboy, 12/5/2012 10:44:20 AM (No. 9049775)
#1 My thoughts exactly!
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
slartibartfast, 12/5/2012 10:53:26 AM (No. 9049810)
I´m sure Assad is just shakin´ in his boots.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Pearson365, 12/5/2012 11:19:18 AM (No. 9049899)
Obama will threaten Assad with cutoff of future flattering articles in Vogue. If blocking Assad from Anna Wintour´s magazine isn´t enough, Obama will threaten to send Hilary to Damascus. If Hilary´s cackles don´t get results, Obama will resort to ultimate weapons: accusing Assad of giving a former Syrian civil servant´s wife cancer; of not paying his Syrian income taxes; and Allah forbid, of having funds in an offshore account. Will bring Assad to his knees.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
pictish, 12/5/2012 11:38:53 AM (No. 9049958)
Don´t underestimate him or he will read an angry speech from the teleprompter, or if pushed, maybe even send you an angry tweet, or maybe change his face book status!!
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
tehtriggerman, 12/5/2012 11:45:54 AM (No. 9049977)
He´ll unleash THE WOOOOOKIE.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
lzboy, 12/5/2012 11:58:11 AM (No. 9050002)
The moron is going to get us involved in another war.Muslims killing muslims is a win win situation.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
leopardtwo, 12/5/2012 1:07:35 PM (No. 9050117)
D´as Right! Jug-ears promises to raise Assad´s tax rates so high that he won´t have two falafels to rub together! D´as Right, bruddah!
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
bob913, 12/5/2012 3:58:46 PM (No. 9050378)
obama goes after Syria but not Iran who are building nuclear weapons!
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Coy860, 12/5/2012 4:01:30 PM (No. 9050381)
Gates´ biggest mistake is OVERestimating Obama.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
LanieLou, 12/5/2012 8:07:58 PM (No. 9050657)
Gates says... Obama will do anything to assist The Muslim Brotherhood in achieving their Caliphate, so be afraid.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
lancer12, 12/5/2012 8:15:35 PM (No. 9050663)
Assad has learned from Egypt and Libya what happens to rulers who count on the new USA for peace brokering. He will have to exterminate the mob or be imprisoned and tortured to death.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
noddy, 12/5/2012 8:24:03 PM (No. 9050675)
That meeting had to have taken the longest time: who should issue the warning? No-one wanted the task for fear of personal reprisals. Hillary kept filling up Gates´ water glass and when he left the room to go to the restroom, a vote was taken and as Gates returned to the room Obama announced the job has been awarded to Gates. Phew, that´s over. Take the rest of the day off.
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