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Top Bush Sr. and Jr. Advisers: Obama to Blame for Iraq
« on: June 16, 2014, 08:32:51 pm »
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Top Bush Sr. and Jr. Advisers: Obama to Blame for Iraq
Monday, June 16, 2014 03:10 PM

By: Bill Hoffmann

Two of the highest-ranking advisors to Presidents George W. and George H.W. Bush say President Barack Obama's lackluster foreign policy is directly responsible for the ongoing explosion of bloody violence in Iraq.

"President [George W.] Bush indicated that if we didn't do things right in Iraq in terms of maintaining some order, that things were going to deteriorate basically to what's happening today,'' Andrew Card, George W. Bush's deputy chief of staff, told "The Steve Malzberg Show" on Newsmax TV.

"It is a more dangerous Iraq, more dangerous for America today that it was when President Bush left office [and a] direct result of the policies that President Barack Obama put in place.''

Both Card and John Sununu, the former chief of staff for George H.W. Bush and ex-governor of New Hampshire, said one of Obama's most serious mistakes was not obtaining a Status of Forces Agreement that would have allowed the U.S. to keep an important presence in Iraq.

"The failure to really execute a Status of Forces Agreement, which meant we could not keep our 10,000 troops there … [is] having this whole series of consequences,'' Sununu said.

"Each little domino of consequences is moving forward and a horrible domino is to have Iran be able to claim that they are a partner of the U.S. in the Middle East.

"I assure you that all of our friendly Arab countries that have stood with us in conflicts in the past, like Saudi Arabia, are not going to be thrilled if that kind of a situation comes to be.''

Their comments came as the members of the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham continued a takeover of cities all over Iraq. On Sunday, ISIS released disturbing photos said to depict the mass executions of members of the Iraqi army.

Obama has said sending American ground troops to Iraq is not an option for now.

But ABC News reported on Monday that about 100 Marines and Army troops have deployed to the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.

Secretary of State John Kerry told Katie Couric in a Yahoo! News interview the U.S. will give "a very thorough vetting of every option that is available," to stem the violence, including drone strikes and cooperating with Iran.

Kerry said that he doesn't believe ISIS will be able to take the jewel city of Baghdad, but "when you have people murdering, assassinating in these mass massacres, you have to stop that — from the air or otherwise."

"It's likely to get much worse before it gets better because this cauldron is boiling over,'' Card said.

"The administration has created a climate where there's no consequence for this kind of activity and right now President Obama is kind of absent from the debate.''

He said one of the goals of Abu Bakr, who leads the ISIS group, is to eventually attack the United States.

"[He is] a really, really, really bad guy … [and] he wants to create a place where he can mount attacks on our interests, including attacks on U.S. soil half a world away," Card said.

Sununu agreed, saying Bakr — "the worst of the worst'' — is "establishing a foundation'' in attempting to create a caliphate throughout the Mideast — one Islamic state led by a supreme religious and political leader.

"Frankly it is a product of a whole series of bad decisions over the last two or three years that has just allowed [Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri] Maliki to continue his terrible governance and create an opportunity for these really bad folks to come in and do what they've done in the last week,'' Sununu said.

"The fact is [Obama had] better get his senior advisors and get some good advice on how to deal with this mess he's created before it truly gets out of hand.''

Sununu is also worried that the five high-ranking Taliban militants that were swapped by the United States for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl last week could also play a dangerous role in ISIS' continuing rampage.

"The five Taliban leaders that we returned, I wouldn't be surprised if we start seeing them somehow at least peripherally associated with what's going on in Iraq,'' Sununu said.

Sununu believes former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will attempt to divorce herself from the Iraq mess as she continues to mull a presidential run in 2016.

"It's going to be an interesting dance between now and when she might announce after the November 2014 elections, [and] sometime either in December, January, February give us her decision,'' he said.

"Between now and then, you're going to see what I call the salami theory of separation. A thin slice of difference here, and another thin slice of difference there until she can build it up.

"Look, I don't blame her for wanting to disassociate herself from Obama. That's the strongest condemnation of how bad this administration is, but … she was part of that and she's going to have to create a very clever narrative to separate herself. I don't think she's going to be able to do it.''


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Re: Top Bush Sr. and Jr. Advisers: Obama to Blame for Iraq
« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2014, 09:18:07 pm »
Very credible guys, those two Republicans. 

Obama is pitifully incompetent, and his support cadre aren't any better. Kerry. Biden.

Meanwhile hundreds of American civilian non-combatants are stuck in Baghdad, the worlds largest and supposedly most secure compound.

In Mosul 10,000 regular Iraqi soldiers laid down their weapons and fled, to 800 militants. That is what American taxpayers got for their massive sacrifices of blood and treasure.

So next time you hear from the Nation-builder side, recall Mosul.
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