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Never would have happened without President Obamaâs vision and leadership and Kerryâs tireless work on the Nations behalf for PEACE. Thank you, Mr. President and SoS Kerry!
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Holy shit, diplomacy?
FUCKING WEAKNESS BLOBAMMY MUSLIN TAX AND SEND TREEZUN NON-STRONG FECKLESS WEAK BOMB BOMB, BOMB BOMB IRAN GO DRUMPF 2019 PURPLE MONKEY DISHWASHER.
Signed,
the Freedumb Carcass
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Of course, the Rightie WooWoosâ reaction was: âSee, Obamaâs weak. We should break all ties with IranâŚblah, blah, blahâŚâ
Of course, the ONLY course of action should have been a full scale invasion of Iran and ââŚbomb, bomb, bomb.â No need to diplomacy; WE never make mistakes so âWARâ is the ONLY remedy! This is the âforeign policyâ promised by the Republican candidates and pushed by the Right Wingnuttery and Bagger loons and pundits across the media.
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Wait, how do we blame Obama for this? Clearly its his fault no blood was shed.
And btw, saw the SOTU speech last night and the Presidentâs line about curing cancer. NONE of the Republicans applauded.
Many of us have joked (or so we thought) that if the President cured cancer, the GOP response would be to blame Obama for job losses in Oncology. We never (at least I didnât) suspect that any human being could be that callous or hate someone that much that they couldnât appreciate a cancer cure.
We were wrong.
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From the mouths of the ultra-Right you will hear that this diplomatically secured release was just another lost opportunity to justify unleashing nuclear weapons on Iran and exterminate the enemy population.
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Leading to much wailing and gnashing of teeth over at Foxy Nooz. Donât believe for a second that conservatives are not disappointed at this resolution.
It was really pathetic to see conservatives that just could not wait to hang this incident around the Presidentâs neck.
Unfortunately for conservatives, diplomacy and the resulting personal relationships do work to resolve trivial issues like this.
Although, I really canât wait to see their pathetic attempts to show how this incident âprovesâ how weak Mr. Obama is. Pass the popcorn, please!
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Well, you were wrong.
I never doubted the truth of that for one second.
FOX is wondering if Obama apologized for our actions in exchange for the release of our sailors.
I think Tom Cotton was going to cry, he wanted to go to war so bad and he realized Iran wasnât considering this an act of war and basically did the equivalent of âno blood, no foul.â
I wonder what people think the U.S. Navy wouldâve done if Iranian navy vessels entered American territorial water? By mistake or not? I donât know what the sailorsâ reaction was after learning they were in Iran but mine wouldâve been âohhhhh⌠SHIT.â
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Who can explain it, boats float in and boats float out. Iran is even bumfuzzled.
This was a minor incident that had the potential for major conflict but nothing happened because wise leadership made sure that it wasnât blown out of proportion.
Like a fender bender in a parking lot, do you freak out and start shooting or just trade your information.
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You know whoâs really going to be bummed? Steve Schmidt. In the pre-SOTU coverage on MSNBC, he kept going on and on about how the president was going to pay himself on the back for the Iran deal and what a disastrous mistake it would be. He whined that not one knew how this was going to shake out and blah, blah, blah. When Chris Matthews finally called him out about how much he was enjoying this, Schmidt feigned outrage and offense. One of the best parts about the SOTU was the MSNBC hosts openly snickering at and making fun of Schmidtâs bullshit.
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I saw that. At first I was aghast that Chris would come at Steve like that, but the more Steve made mouth sounds the more I realized how happy I was that Chris did say what he said. Rachel didnât just let his mouth sounds wash over her, she let him have it in her own way as well. I always liked Steve, he seems normal for a Repukelican, but last night he jumped the shark. And landed in shit.
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During the SOTU, their release was in the works and Obama wisely did not bring up the situation. And yet the GOP would have had him out there rattling his saber. Either they are unfathomably stupid, or they figured this and just cynically decided to use it for political fodder anyway. In either case, they dangerously played with the safety of those servicemen and the security of our country. I call that traitorous.
This is what our framers worried about. They warned against developing political parties. They were concerned prople would put party before country. There is a word for that. Treason.
Steve Schmidt and Andrea Mitchell. When asked what effect the incident might have coming on the day of the SOTU, she said, âWell it couldnât be worse,â and went on at some length about what a disaster it was for the Presidentâs credibility with regard to Iran.
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Did Paul Ryan even clap once? If so, I missed it. The asshole was like a frozen robot sitting up there. No expression whatsoeverâŚlike he just had massive botox injections all over his face and paralysis set in.
I saw that one earlier when she was interviewed. Funny how all of cable news was basically running with the same narrative yesterday in the lead up to the SOTU. Since that didnât pan out for the Repukes as divisive tactic, theyâve moved onto all the old standbys⌠âDemocrats in Disarrayâ, âHillary campaign panickingââŚSame old, same old.
I heard Paul Begala say yesterday late on CNN that the difference between the Dems and the Repukes is that Dems actually love their candidates running for President, while Repukes essentially deep down hate theirs.
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The extent to which this entire situation has been blown out of proportion shows how totally insane our political situation has become. Take the following sentence: âtwo military vessels belonging to Country A entered the waters of Country B without permission.â You can insert the names of any two countries on Earth into that sentence, and the result will be exactly the same - those sailors will be taken into custody and held while Country B contacts Country A and asks, âWTF is going on here?â That could have been Canada instead of Iran, and the result would have been the same. Except that absolutely no one would have found it in any way remarkable.
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âŚand TomCotton is in mourningâŚ