He had the nerve to claim on Wednesday that, "We've ended the war in Iraq."
No, he hasn't. If he had, 15 US soldiers would not have died last month in the Iraq War. If he had 2 US soldiers wouldn't have died last week. Barack's a damn liar.
Liar. Not leader. Liar.
He always wants credit for jobs he hasn't finished. He thinks he deserves credit for 'ending' an ongoing war just because he claims it's ended. By the same token, he's been bragging repeatedly about ending Don't Ask, Don't Tell. He didn't.
But last week the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals did what he wouldn't and ended the policy.
Ed O'Keefe (Washington Post) spoke with gay service members in Iraq about the action by the court and one explains, "A lot of people thought it all ended back in December and thought we were done." But it hadn't been ended.
Time and again, Barack fails the leadership test.
He was supposed to be addressing the economy, that is the issue that swung the general election his way. (His promise to end the Iraq War -- an empty promise -- was what allowed him to be gifted with the Democratic Party's presidential nomination.) He hasn't. The economy's not just still in shambles, it's worse than it was when he came in. Outside of czars and his personal trainer, he's created no new jobs.
In one of the most powerful rebukes, a terrorist cell in Iraq called off their deal with him on Saturday. The League of Righteous killed many Iraqis, many Americans, many British. They bragged about killing 5 US soldiers: Brian S. Freeman, Jacob N. Fritz, Johanthan B. Chism, Shawn P. Falter and Jonathon M. Millican. Though the US military had leadership and rank and file in prison, in the summer of 2009, Barack Obama entered into a deal with the terrorist cell. He agreed to release their members if they would release the 5 British hostages they had kidnapped.
That deal didn't serve American interests. It certainly didn't serve Iraqi interests. Did it serve Brith interests? 5 were kidnapped. The League of Righteous turned over Peter Moore alive and 3 others dead. And the fifth hostage?
Never turned over. Yesterday, the terrorist cell announced they were not turning him over because the White House hadn't kept their side of the agreement.
5 US soldiers killed by the terrorist cell and Barack frees them.
Not only does he make a deal with a terrorist cell which results in nothing for the US but he's not even smart enough to arrange the deal in such a manner that the British got what they wanted.
He has no leadership skills.
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Illustration is Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts "9th Circuit Shows Leadership."
