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In reply to the discussion: Obama's staff is rewriting his speech because of what happened today. That's how planned this was [View all]Logical
(22,457 posts)61. LOL, keep trying to spin it your way. Most of us know what really happened! n-t
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Obama's staff is rewriting his speech because of what happened today. That's how planned this was [View all]
dkf
Sep 2013
OP
LOL, keep trying to spin it your way. Most of us know what really happened! n-t
Logical
Sep 2013
#61
The Game, the Go board, indeed, is much larger. Putin's judo, karate, intelligence-
Ghost Dog
Sep 2013
#12
If Kerry's statement was a trial balloon, which I think, how would he have known
pnwmom
Sep 2013
#14
Obama is fortunate to have found an exit strategy for his hugely unpopular Syria strike.
Comrade Grumpy
Sep 2013
#37
In these situations, keep a bunch of possibilities going, hope one breaks your way, and jump on it.
Hoyt
Sep 2013
#26
It's really, really important to you that Obama not take any credit for this, right?
randome
Sep 2013
#28
I give him credit for rolling with it. But I'm not going to credit him for something anyone
dkf
Sep 2013
#31
It should be obvious to you that Kerry didn't mean to make a proposal that would stop the bombing.
dkf
Sep 2013
#34
Of course it will linger. Even when Saddam got rid of WMD it lingered. Ask Qaddafi how well
dkf
Sep 2013
#40
I'll give him credit if he can resist the impulse to sneak excuses for a war into the agreement
kenny blankenship
Sep 2013
#54
I haven't heard anyone imply it was "planned" They said it was thought of and discussed
FedUpWithIt All
Sep 2013
#30
Oh god, now you are spamming threads with the same cliche ass copy/paste sentence.
phleshdef
Sep 2013
#44
Only conservatives think in terms of black and white. No nuance. No flexibility. No reason...
Liberal_Stalwart71
Sep 2013
#48
His actions lead to this reaction from Russia and Syria, you sound disappointed (nt)
The Straight Story
Sep 2013
#51