Absentee CINC

PACEDOG#1 wrote:http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324880504578295701078826488.html
By WILLIAM KRISTOLAND PETER WEHNER

We've both had the honor to work in the White House. We've seen presidents, vice presidents, chiefs of staff and national security advisers during moments of international crisis. We know that in these moments human beings make mistakes. There are failures of communication and errors of judgment. Perfection certainly isn't the standard to which policy makers should be held.
But there are standards. If Americans are under attack, presidential attention must be paid. Due diligence must be demonstrated. A president must take care that his administration does everything it can do. On Sept. 11, 2012, as Americans were under attack in Benghazi, Libya, President Obama failed in his basic responsibility as president and commander in chief. In a crisis, the president went AWOL.

Floridatexan wrote:

PACEDOG#1 wrote:http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324880504578295701078826488.html
By WILLIAM KRISTOLAND PETER WEHNER

We've both had the honor to work in the White House. We've seen presidents, vice presidents, chiefs of staff and national security advisers during moments of international crisis. We know that in these moments human beings make mistakes. There are failures of communication and errors of judgment. Perfection certainly isn't the standard to which policy makers should be held.
But there are standards. If Americans are under attack, presidential attention must be paid. Due diligence must be demonstrated. A president must take care that his administration does everything it can do. On Sept. 11, 2012, as Americans were under attack in Benghazi, Libya, President Obama failed in his basic responsibility as president and commander in chief. In a crisis, the president went AWOL.

Why do you keep harping on this subject? Do you have no memory at all of 9/11/01? Keep digging that hole.

2seaoat wrote:It was an active CIA operation......it was handled with the proper chain of command. Presidents do not micro manage active cia operations in most countries, and this was no different than 100 similar incidents over the last 50 years. Watch Zero Dark Thirty, and see the screw up in a fortified base camp where CIA dropped the ball and many more died.......this criticism has more to do with politics than reality. Please see zero, and then let me hear your opinions of who was responsible for CIA active operations.

PACEDOG#1 wrote:

Floridatexan wrote:

PACEDOG#1 wrote:http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324880504578295701078826488.html
By WILLIAM KRISTOLAND PETER WEHNER

We've both had the honor to work in the White House. We've seen presidents, vice presidents, chiefs of staff and national security advisers during moments of international crisis. We know that in these moments human beings make mistakes. There are failures of communication and errors of judgment. Perfection certainly isn't the standard to which policy makers should be held.
But there are standards. If Americans are under attack, presidential attention must be paid. Due diligence must be demonstrated. A president must take care that his administration does everything it can do. On Sept. 11, 2012, as Americans were under attack in Benghazi, Libya, President Obama failed in his basic responsibility as president and commander in chief. In a crisis, the president went AWOL.

Why do you keep harping on this subject? Do you have no memory at all of 9/11/01? Keep digging that hole.

Bush immediately left the school where he was reading to the kids and began taking care of business.

PACEDOG#1 wrote:

Floridatexan wrote:

PACEDOG#1 wrote:http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324880504578295701078826488.html
By WILLIAM KRISTOLAND PETER WEHNER

We've both had the honor to work in the White House. We've seen presidents, vice presidents, chiefs of staff and national security advisers during moments of international crisis. We know that in these moments human beings make mistakes. There are failures of communication and errors of judgment. Perfection certainly isn't the standard to which policy makers should be held.
But there are standards. If Americans are under attack, presidential attention must be paid. Due diligence must be demonstrated. A president must take care that his administration does everything it can do. On Sept. 11, 2012, as Americans were under attack in Benghazi, Libya, President Obama failed in his basic responsibility as president and commander in chief. In a crisis, the president went AWOL.

Why do you keep harping on this subject? Do you have no memory at all of 9/11/01? Keep digging that hole.

Bush immediately left the school where he was reading to the kids and began taking care of business.

ZVUGKTUBM wrote:

PACEDOG#1 wrote:

Floridatexan wrote:

PACEDOG#1 wrote:http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324880504578295701078826488.html
By WILLIAM KRISTOLAND PETER WEHNER

We've both had the honor to work in the White House. We've seen presidents, vice presidents, chiefs of staff and national security advisers during moments of international crisis. We know that in these moments human beings make mistakes. There are failures of communication and errors of judgment. Perfection certainly isn't the standard to which policy makers should be held.
But there are standards. If Americans are under attack, presidential attention must be paid. Due diligence must be demonstrated. A president must take care that his administration does everything it can do. On Sept. 11, 2012, as Americans were under attack in Benghazi, Libya, President Obama failed in his basic responsibility as president and commander in chief. In a crisis, the president went AWOL.

Why do you keep harping on this subject? Do you have no memory at all of 9/11/01? Keep digging that hole.

Bush immediately left the school where he was reading to the kids and began taking care of business.

Your hero Bush wasn't in control of anything that day....

Floridatexan wrote:

PACEDOG#1 wrote:

Floridatexan wrote:

PACEDOG#1 wrote:http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324880504578295701078826488.html
By WILLIAM KRISTOLAND PETER WEHNER

We've both had the honor to work in the White House. We've seen presidents, vice presidents, chiefs of staff and national security advisers during moments of international crisis. We know that in these moments human beings make mistakes. There are failures of communication and errors of judgment. Perfection certainly isn't the standard to which policy makers should be held.
But there are standards. If Americans are under attack, presidential attention must be paid. Due diligence must be demonstrated. A president must take care that his administration does everything it can do. On Sept. 11, 2012, as Americans were under attack in Benghazi, Libya, President Obama failed in his basic responsibility as president and commander in chief. In a crisis, the president went AWOL.

Why do you keep harping on this subject? Do you have no memory at all of 9/11/01? Keep digging that hole.

Bush immediately left the school where he was reading to the kids and began taking care of business.

No...he didn't.

PACEDOG#1 wrote:

Floridatexan wrote:

PACEDOG#1 wrote:

Floridatexan wrote:

PACEDOG#1 wrote:http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324880504578295701078826488.html
By WILLIAM KRISTOLAND PETER WEHNER

We've both had the honor to work in the White House. We've seen presidents, vice presidents, chiefs of staff and national security advisers during moments of international crisis. We know that in these moments human beings make mistakes. There are failures of communication and errors of judgment. Perfection certainly isn't the standard to which policy makers should be held.
But there are standards. If Americans are under attack, presidential attention must be paid. Due diligence must be demonstrated. A president must take care that his administration does everything it can do. On Sept. 11, 2012, as Americans were under attack in Benghazi, Libya, President Obama failed in his basic responsibility as president and commander in chief. In a crisis, the president went AWOL.

Why do you keep harping on this subject? Do you have no memory at all of 9/11/01? Keep digging that hole.

Bush immediately left the school where he was reading to the kids and began taking care of business.

No...he didn't.

Yep, as soon as he finished the story he left. He was told of the attacks during the reading of said story to the kids. In a manner to not produce PANIC, he didn't leave until he was done.

Lurch wrote:http://mediamatters.org/research/2012/09/14/krauthammer-whitewashes-bushs-history-to-bash-o/189890

2seaoat wrote:A terrorist attack is a terrorist attack unless I guess that the COWH decides that it isn't but it will be at a later time.

Lets put this into a framework which you deal with everyday. Let say you have a child who starts to melt down in your class. Would you pick up the phone and call the super and expect him to intervene in the child's situation.

You would try to solve the problem yourself. If you needed a social worker...you would make the call. You might even call the an assistant principal or the principal. You would be laughed out of your school if you were picking up the phone talking to the top guy on day to day operations. Now, conversely.......do you think it would be a good thing to have the Sup micro managing your classroom and looking over your shoulder.....you tell me.....

PkrBum wrote:What was Obama's involvement? Did he even answer the call? After all... he had a big fundraiser in CA the next day.