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http://news.firedoglake.com/2014/09/16/obama-vetted-isis-speech-in-off-the-record-meeting-with-establishment-media/According to Michael Calderone at the Huffington Post, President Barack Obama met with over a dozen journalists in an off-the-record meeting to get input on how he should sell his war against ISIS to the American people...
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)And others.
What whining bullshit.
I'm glad Obama meets with the press before a press release.
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)Or Australia or Germany or France or any other liberal democracy, really.
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)The replies at FDL are as sickening as anything at freerepublic.
And, I'm pretty sure you're kidding.
PSPS
(13,617 posts)Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)And no, I'm not kidding. The press in democracies which aren't the USA are far less deferential. They'd be unlikely to get that kind of access in the first place and not expected to keep it off the record (because informed debate in a democracy isn't compatible with that sort of thing).
Cha
(297,722 posts)Steven Sotloff and James Foley~ RIP~
HomerRamone
(1,112 posts)rather than questioning its justification is horrifying to me
PSPS
(13,617 posts)Cha
(297,722 posts)Jimmy Carter.. "I think we need to attack ISIS. I'm really concerned about them."
"Is the bombing of ISIS justified? I say yes. And I hope President Obama has every possible success in getting allies to join with us, some with ground troops effected inside Syria."
FrodosPet http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5566788
Bernie stands with the President on this "Enormously complicated issue".. as he calls it. He disagrees with staying out of ISIS like some around are clamoring on about.
As he stated it's an "International effort" and guess what.. "they have to put money in it too."
Hartman and he talked about one republiCon saying.. they'll "blast him if it doesn't work and ask why he didn't do it sooner if it does." Sounds like a familiar whine.
Senators Warren and Sanders are on board with the President..
FrodosPet http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5527989
Sen. Elizabeth Warren says she supports President Obama's decision to authorize airstrikes in Iraq
BOSTON Warning against a new U.S. war in Iraq, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Friday stood by President Barack Obamas decision to authorize targeted airstrikes to help defend Americans in Erbil, Iraq, and provide aid to a religious minority taking refuge in the Sinjar mountains.
Its a complicated situation right now in Iraq and the president has taken very targeted actions to provide humanitarian relief that the Iraqi government requested, and to protect American citizens, Warren told reporters. But like the president I believe that any solution in Iraq is going to be a negotiated solution, not a military solution. We do not want to be pulled into another war in Iraq.
Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said she supports president Barack Obama's decision to authorize new airstrikes in Iraq but cautioned against U.S. involvement in a new war in the Middle East.
http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/08/sen_elizabeth_warren_warns_abo.html
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)Fuck people who kidnap and kill journalists doing their work in the field.
Cha
(297,722 posts)moondust
(20,006 posts)These news organizations are not all going to be on the same page no matter what page it is. Some or all of them have reporters in the field paying attention to what is happening on the ground there. I heard a Daily Beast reporter on a phone interview a couple days ago saying he speaks to Free Syrian Army leaders all the time. Etc.
The more informed inputs the President has the better.
TexasMommaWithAHat
(3,212 posts)This is the correct response.
It is horrifying. Imagine Bush doing this.
Cha
(297,722 posts)So what if he talked to the press.. they're involved in this.. poor things.
"I think we need to attack ISIS. I'm really concerned about them."
"Is the bombing of ISIS justified? I say yes. And I hope President Obama has every possible success in getting allies to join with us, some with ground troops effected inside Syria."
FrodosPet http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5566788
Bernie stands with the President on this "Enormously complicated issue".. as he calls it. He disagrees with staying out of ISIS like some around are clamoring on about.
As he stated it's an "International effort" and guess what.. "they have to put money in it too."
Hartman and he talked about one republiCon saying.. they'll "blast him if it doesn't work and ask why he didn't do it sooner if it does." Sounds like a familiar whine.
Senators Warren and Sanders are on board with the President..
FrodosPet http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5527989
Sen. Elizabeth Warren says she supports President Obama's decision to authorize airstrikes in Iraq
BOSTON Warning against a new U.S. war in Iraq, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Friday stood by President Barack Obamas decision to authorize targeted airstrikes to help defend Americans in Erbil, Iraq, and provide aid to a religious minority taking refuge in the Sinjar mountains.
Its a complicated situation right now in Iraq and the president has taken very targeted actions to provide humanitarian relief that the Iraqi government requested, and to protect American citizens, Warren told reporters. But like the president I believe that any solution in Iraq is going to be a negotiated solution, not a military solution. We do not want to be pulled into another war in Iraq.
Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said she supports president Barack Obama's decision to authorize new airstrikes in Iraq but cautioned against U.S. involvement in a new war in the Middle East.
http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/08/sen_elizabeth_warren_warns_abo.html
HomerRamone
(1,112 posts)That they or you are in favor of bombing yet again does not relieve the press of its obligation to consider all sides, NOT be government propaganda *sources*