Add Bob Kerrey To The Growing List......

[Zam-Zam]

.....of Democrats who think the President has not handled the situation in Syria correctly:

Former Sen. Bob Kerrey (D-Neb.) criticized President Obama for underestimating the impact of Islamic extremist groups, saying his decision to remove U.S. troops from Iraq in 2011 "was a mistake."

"We underestimated the threat of a global jihad … ISIS is just a part of it," Kerrey said during an interview on John Catsimatidis' radio show to air Sunday on New York's 970 AM. "This is a global jihad that comes out of the Muslim religion. Our intelligence underestimated the threat, and the president did as well.”

The former presidential candidate noted Obama's recent military involvement, but said he would have launched the campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) earlier so the U.S. wouldn't be "behind the ball."
"It’s not just about ISIS," Kerrey reiterated. "This is a global jihad with many locations ... Nigeria, Somalia and elsewhere where organizations have sworn themselves to kill as many Muslims, Christians and Jews as they can to establish their religious order.”

Complete text: http://thehill.com/policy/defense/219799-kerrey-obama-dropped-the-ball-on-isis

Leon Panetta and Hillary Clinton have said pretty the same thing. A CBS poll seems to indicate most Americans agree with their assessment:

President Obama continues to receive negative ratings for his handling of the situation with ISIS militants in Iraq and Syria. Forty percent approve of the job the President is doing on ISIS, but more (51 percent) disapprove. In September, the split was 39 percent approval, 48 percent disapproval.

A month ahead of the midterm elections, Republicans hold a large advantage on the issue of terrorism -- as they did in September. Fifty-three percent of voters think the Republican Party will do a better job dealing with terrorism, while far fewer - 32 percent - pick the Democrats.

Meanwhile, concerns about a terrorist attack in the U.S. are at a level similar to last month, with 54 percent saying a terror attack on the homeland in the next few months is somewhat or very likely, but they are slightly higher compared to March of this year (44 percent saying somewhat or very likely), before ISIS emerged as a threat.


http://www.cbsnews.com/news/americans-not-happy-with-obamas-handling-of-isis/



The thrill is gone.....

 

[bdtex]

If Bob Kerrey had been POTUS in 2011 and kept the troops in Iraq, voters would have showed his ass the door in 2012 just like they did the last time he ran for office.

 

[Barbella]

I've posted for YEARS (as have many other sane people) that this is a global jihad that comes out of the muslim religion....

Lefties: "Bah! Racist! Fear Monger! Coward! Racist! Islamophobe!".

Every time.

 

[bdtex]

The one GOP POTUS nominee candidate who suggested in 2011 that he'd put the troops back into Iraq got reamed for it. Oops!

 

[Bugsy McGurk]

.....of Democrats who think the President has not handled the situation in Syria correctly:

Former Sen. Bob Kerrey (D-Neb.) criticized President Obama for underestimating the impact of Islamic extremist groups, saying his decision to remove U.S. troops from Iraq in 2011 "was a mistake."

"We underestimated the threat of a global jihad … ISIS is just a part of it," Kerrey said during an interview on John Catsimatidis' radio show to air Sunday on New York's 970 AM. "This is a global jihad that comes out of the Muslim religion. Our intelligence underestimated the threat, and the president did as well.”

The former presidential candidate noted Obama's recent military involvement, but said he would have launched the campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) earlier so the U.S. wouldn't be "behind the ball."
"It’s not just about ISIS," Kerrey reiterated. "This is a global jihad with many locations ... Nigeria, Somalia and elsewhere where organizations have sworn themselves to kill as many Muslims, Christians and Jews as they can to establish their religious order.”

Complete text: http://thehill.com/policy/defense/219799-kerrey-obama-dropped-the-ball-on-isis

Leon Panetta and Hillary Clinton have said pretty the same thing. A CBS poll seems to indicate most Americans agree with their assessment:

President Obama continues to receive negative ratings for his handling of the situation with ISIS militants in Iraq and Syria. Forty percent approve of the job the President is doing on ISIS, but more (51 percent) disapprove. In September, the split was 39 percent approval, 48 percent disapproval.

A month ahead of the midterm elections, Republicans hold a large advantage on the issue of terrorism -- as they did in September. Fifty-three percent of voters think the Republican Party will do a better job dealing with terrorism, while far fewer - 32 percent - pick the Democrats.

Meanwhile, concerns about a terrorist attack in the U.S. are at a level similar to last month, with 54 percent saying a terror attack on the homeland in the next few months is somewhat or very likely, but they are slightly higher compared to March of this year (44 percent saying somewhat or very likely), before ISIS emerged as a threat.


http://www.cbsnews.com/news/americans-not-happy-with-obamas-handling-of-isis/



The thrill is gone.....

It's truly amazing how this fiction is creeping into the national consciousness.

The reality, of course, is that it was GWB who reached the troop withdrawal deal with Iraq; not Obama.

Could Obama have left troops therafter without immunity? Unwise, but theoretically possible.

And what if he had done that? Would that have put some steel in the spine of Iraq "army" troops who ran away when ISIS invaded? Absurdly speculative, but highly doubtful.

 

[Zam-Zam]

The one GOP POTUS nominee candidate who suggested in 2011 that he'd put the troops back into Iraq got reamed for it. Oops!

Leaving troops in Iraq was of course very unpopular. It might (and I say might) have prevented the situation we find ourselves in now, however, which apparently has resulted in the President's policy becoming......unpopular. Even within his own party.

 

[as seen on tv]

the situation in syria is tragic, but hardly the biggest problem created over the past 6 years. kerry can be accused of "piling on" as the president is inundated at last by a public and formerly friendly media that have reached the end of their rope.

 

[MrMike]

Devout Leftists are essentially retarded and dishonest. You can see it in their suicidal nature when it comes to our country and how it's managed (in Obama's case: mismanaged)

I've posted for YEARS (as have many other sane people) that this is a global jihad that comes out of the muslim religion....

Lefties: "Bah! Racist! Fear Monger! Coward! Racist! Islamophobe!".

Every time.

 

[Zam-Zam]

the situation in syria is tragic, but hardly the biggest problem created over the past 6 years. kerry can be accused of "piling on" as the president is inundated at last by a public and formerly friendly media that have reached the end of their rope.

It's not unlike a dam breaking; they've held it back for so long, and now they're letting it all out at once.

 

[Zam-Zam]

Oh, and there are others:

Incumbent Democratic senators up for reelection this fall became the White House’s latest headache on Wednesday, criticizing President Barack Obama’s approach to confronting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

In a tough letter to Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday evening, Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) said he was “troubled” by statements indicating the administration lacks a comprehensive military strategy in Syria. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) channeled many Republicans’ rhetoric on ISIL in asking the administration to clearly articulate a comprehensive strategy to take on the extremist group. And Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) lit into Obama’s goal to make ISIL a “manageable problem.”

Complete text: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/al-franken-obama-isil-strategy-110557.html#ixzz3FYn41z11


Don't you just love politicians?

 

[bdtex]

Leaving troops in Iraq was of course very unpopular. It might (and I say might) have prevented the situation we find ourselves in now, however, which apparently has resulted in the President's policy becoming......unpopular. Even within his own party.

Didn't open your link but the numbers you posted didn't show a majority in his own party not supporting him. The 47% that voted for Romney will never approve of anything Obama does.

 

[RickWA]

.....of Democrats who think the President has not handled the situation in Syria correctly:

Former Sen. Bob Kerrey (D-Neb.) criticized President Obama for underestimating the impact of Islamic extremist groups, saying his decision to remove U.S. troops from Iraq in 2011 "was a mistake."

"We underestimated the threat of a global jihad … ISIS is just a part of it," Kerrey said during an interview on John Catsimatidis' radio show to air Sunday on New York's 970 AM. "This is a global jihad that comes out of the Muslim religion. Our intelligence underestimated the threat, and the president did as well.”

The former presidential candidate noted Obama's recent military involvement, but said he would have launched the campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) earlier so the U.S. wouldn't be "behind the ball."
"It’s not just about ISIS," Kerrey reiterated. "This is a global jihad with many locations ... Nigeria, Somalia and elsewhere where organizations have sworn themselves to kill as many Muslims, Christians and Jews as they can to establish their religious order.”

Complete text: http://thehill.com/policy/defense/219799-kerrey-obama-dropped-the-ball-on-isis

Leon Panetta and Hillary Clinton have said pretty the same thing. A CBS poll seems to indicate most Americans agree with their assessment:

President Obama continues to receive negative ratings for his handling of the situation with ISIS militants in Iraq and Syria. Forty percent approve of the job the President is doing on ISIS, but more (51 percent) disapprove. In September, the split was 39 percent approval, 48 percent disapproval.

A month ahead of the midterm elections, Republicans hold a large advantage on the issue of terrorism -- as they did in September. Fifty-three percent of voters think the Republican Party will do a better job dealing with terrorism, while far fewer - 32 percent - pick the Democrats.

Meanwhile, concerns about a terrorist attack in the U.S. are at a level similar to last month, with 54 percent saying a terror attack on the homeland in the next few months is somewhat or very likely, but they are slightly higher compared to March of this year (44 percent saying somewhat or very likely), before ISIS emerged as a threat.


http://www.cbsnews.com/news/americans-not-happy-with-obamas-handling-of-isis/



The thrill is gone.....

I always liked Bob Kerrey. In fact, back on Slate I often wrote that the Dems nominated the wrong Kerrey/Kerry.

 

[RickWA]

If Bob Kerrey had been POTUS in 2011 and kept the troops in Iraq, voters would have showed his ass the door in 2012 just like they did the last time he ran for office.

Yep. Another gets the Obamacultist hatchet.

 

[bdtex]

Yep. Another gets the Obamacultist hatchet.

What I said was absolutely true. Attacking me doesn't change that.

 

[connieb]

Oh, and there are others:
Incumbent Democratic senators up for reelection this fall became the White House’s latest headache on Wednesday, criticizing President Barack Obama’s approach to confronting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

In a tough letter to Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday evening, Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) said he was “troubled” by statements indicating the administration lacks a comprehensive military strategy in Syria. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) channeled many Republicans’ rhetoric on ISIL in asking the administration to clearly articulate a comprehensive strategy to take on the extremist group. And Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) lit into Obama’s goal to make ISIL a “manageable problem.”

Complete text: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/al-franken-obama-isil-strategy-110557.html#ixzz3FYn41z11


Don't you just love politicians?

They are like a pack of wolves when they smell blood, aren't they .

 

[marvin martian]

Oh, and there are others:
Incumbent Democratic senators up for reelection this fall became the White House’s latest headache on Wednesday, criticizing President Barack Obama’s approach to confronting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

In a tough letter to Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday evening, Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) said he was “troubled” by statements indicating the administration lacks a comprehensive military strategy in Syria. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) channeled many Republicans’ rhetoric on ISIL in asking the administration to clearly articulate a comprehensive strategy to take on the extremist group. And Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) lit into Obama’s goal to make ISIL a “manageable problem.”

Complete text: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/al-franken-obama-isil-strategy-110557.html#ixzz3FYn41z11


Don't you just love politicians?

It's very enjoyable watching these rats desert the sinking ship that is Obama's failed regime...

 

[RickWA]

What I said was absolutely true. Attacking me doesn't change that.

I wouldn't attack you, BD.

 

[MrMike]

I think you'd find (in the old place) and perhaps here, I stated that I always felt the wrong Kerrey was promoted to the USA as the option for the Democrats. I would have voted for Bob Kerrey and never voted for John Kerry (weasel).

What I said was absolutely true. Attacking me doesn't change that.

 

[bdtex]

I think you'd find (in the old place) and perhaps here, I stated that I always felt the wrong Kerrey was promoted to the USA as the option for the Democrats. I would have voted for Bob Kerrey and never voted for John Kerry (weasel).

I would've been okay with him as the 2004 nominee. Never was thrilled with the 2004 Dem field. Never thought any of 'em could beat GWB,even though Kerry came damn close. I can remember a few FrayLibs telling me Kerry had it in the bag and how they tripped when the early exit polls showed Kerry winning. Never believed any of that.

 

[marvin martian]

I would've been okay with him as the 2004 nominee. Never was thrilled with the 2004 Dem field. Never thought any of 'em could beat GWB,even though Kerry came damn close. I can remember a few FrayLibs telling me Kerry had it in the bag and how they tripped when the early exit polls showed Kerry winning. Never believed any of that.

I think the 2016 election will primarily consist of Hillary campaigning against George W. Bush in order to draw attention away from the absolute disaster of the Obama years, and the stain on her for being part of it.

You can count on that, the name of GWB will be invoked many, many times during the election campaign, as it is the shorthand language liberals understand best...