Innocent Bystander- In- Chief

[Zam-Zam]

It's funny that the President of the United States seems blissfully unaware he has any authority:



...... In his landmark “ending the War on Terror” speech last week, President Obama issued a peculiar scolding on the subject of the detention of terrorists at Guantanamo Bay.

“Look at the current situation, where we are force-feeding detainees who are being held on a hunger strike,” he said. “Is this who we are?”

One thing we know for sure: It’s who he is.

As the head of the executive branch, Barack Obama has the power — today, this minute, this second — to cease force-feeding detainees. All he need do is pick up a phone and say, “Cease force-feeding detainees,” and they will no longer be force-fed......




http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/hate_my_policies_cD98noaPZJHmbG21ljF3MK



Must be Bush's fault, somehow.......

 

[Craig]

It's funny that the President of the United States seems blissfully unaware he has any authority:



...... In his landmark “ending the War on Terror” speech last week, President Obama issued a peculiar scolding on the subject of the detention of terrorists at Guantanamo Bay.

“Look at the current situation, where we are force-feeding detainees who are being held on a hunger strike,” he said. “Is this who we are?”

One thing we know for sure: It’s who he is.

As the head of the executive branch, Barack Obama has the power — today, this minute, this second — to cease force-feeding detainees. All he need do is pick up a phone and say, “Cease force-feeding detainees,” and they will no longer be force-fed......




http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/hate_my_policies_cD98noaPZJHmbG21ljF3MK



Must be Bush's fault, somehow.......

I always figured he could just order new billets for those stationed at Guantanamo and not assign any other soldiers to the location. Move the prisoners to a military prison.

It does seem a lack of will.

 

[Colorforms]

Barry does seem oddly detached from everything going on around him. It's an interesting dichotomy. Barry loves issuing orders, but he seems completely helpless to affect his own administration.

 

[as seen on tv]

this is the same president who at first falsely claimed that sequestration was someone elses idea, and then refused congress's offer to allow him to make targetted expense cuts instead of across the board cuts.

 

[Zam-Zam]

this is the same president who at first falsely claimed that sequestration was someone elses idea, and then refused congress's offer to allow him to make targetted expense cuts instead of across the board cuts.

He seems to be unaware that he is the President. He complains about something he could fix with a phone call, but never makes the call. Why whine to us about it?

 

[marvin martian]

He seems to be unaware that he is the President. He complains about something he could fix with a phone call, but never makes the call. Why whine to us about it?

Massive sense of entitlement + severe narcissism = inability to take responsibility for anything. It's pretty obvious in almost everything he does.

 

[Arkady]

It's funny that the President of the United States seems blissfully unaware he has any authority:



...... In his landmark “ending the War on Terror” speech last week, President Obama issued a peculiar scolding on the subject of the detention of terrorists at Guantanamo Bay.

“Look at the current situation, where we are force-feeding detainees who are being held on a hunger strike,” he said. “Is this who we are?”

One thing we know for sure: It’s who he is.

As the head of the executive branch, Barack Obama has the power — today, this minute, this second — to cease force-feeding detainees. All he need do is pick up a phone and say, “Cease force-feeding detainees,” and they will no longer be force-fed......




http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/hate_my_policies_cD98noaPZJHmbG21ljF3MK



Must be Bush's fault, somehow.......

That's a fair criticism.

 

[Arkady]

this is the same president who at first falsely claimed that sequestration was someone elses idea, and then refused congress's offer to allow him to make targetted expense cuts instead of across the board cuts.

Congress holds the purse strings. If they want targeted cuts rather than across-the-board cuts, they should target which cuts they want. They should not try to shirk that duty. It's shameful.