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Just before the congressional recess, President Obama invited over a dozen Senate and House leaders from both parties to the White House to talk about foreign policy. According to two lawmakers inside the meeting, Obama became visibly agitated when confronted by bipartisan criticism of the White House’s policy of slow-rolling moderate Syrian rebels’ repeated requests for arms to fight the Assad regime and ISIS.
According to one of the lawmakers, Sen. Bob Corker asked the president a long question that included sharp criticisms of President Obama’s handling of a number of foreign policy issues—including Syria, ISIS, Russia, and Ukraine. Obama answered Corker at length. Then, the president defended his administration’s actions on Syria, saying that the notion that many have put forth regarding arming the rebels earlier would have led to better outcomes in Syria was “horseshit.”
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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/08/11/exclusive-obama-told-lawmakers-criticism-of-his-syria-policy-is-horsesh-t.htmlOn one hand, the critics are saying slowing arm shipments to these so-called rebels made ISIS and co better off. Obama say horseshit. But, a year or so ago we all knew these rebels were terrorists that were taking on Assad and now they've mutated or shapeshifted to the point that they're now most likely ISIS or closely related. In reality, this is a phony dichotomy as both policies here have benefited these terrorist rebels that are now having carte blanche in this region all the while being propped up originally by the CIA. When times are slow (peace) the black ops get busy to shuffle up the deck and pull out the aces to get the MIC rolling again in profits or at minimum, strike up domestic sentiments when they've tired of intervention. Just like the immigration crises, buff up the humanitarian situation making it an easier pill to swallow. Then once digested, focus can be turned away from domestic issues by the daily news circuit.
