Obama the Poseur POTUS

President Barack Hussein Obama did his one finger Shahada-like pointing as he announced that the U.S.-led coalition "will not relent" in the fight against ISIS and believes that they will be defeated.

He's probably correct, but the defeat of ISIS will be in spite of Obama, not because of his so-called leadership.

The way things currently are, 75% of the time our fighter planes return without dropping any of their ordnance. And the fact that we fly so few sorties each day is obvious proof that Obama is sitting this fight out, waiting for his replacement to take over the task. 

Obama spoke at the close of the ASEAN summit in Malaysia, pressing Russian President Vladmir Putin to go along with him in the U.S.-led coalition, especially now that ISIS has been fingered as the group responsible for bringing down a Russian passenger jet last month, which killed all 224 people on board.

"He needs to go after the people who killed Russia's citizens," Obama said, referring to Putin.

Putin should have responded with "Sure, I'll go after ISIS without joining your make-believe military actions, and maybe you can go after Iran for refusing to release your citizens, Comrade Obama. You draw red lines line dog crap draws flies."

Obama said Moscow has been focusing on the rebel forces who are fighting against Syrian President Bashar Assad, a new ally to Putin. He called on Putin to make a "strategic adjustment" and stop supporting the chinless dictator, saying that as long as he remains in power, the violence in Syria will continue.

For those who aren't familiar with the term "strategic adjustment," it is the opposite of "strategic patience." The former requires action, the latter requires sitting back while pretending that the act of sitting back is doing something. Obama champions the latter.

"It will not work to keep him in power," Obama whined. "We can't stop the fighting."

Putin could very well have replied: "Comrade Obama, you drew that red line and you allowed Bashar to cross it. If you had the testicles you would have stopped him from gassing his people and your leftist followers would have a legitimate cause to take in those so-called refugees. But you chickened out and now you want Russia to clean up your mess. You better call on your Muslim Brotherhood friends and get them to help you out of this jam."

French President Francois Hollande will meet with Obama on Tuesday at the White House to discuss ways to fortify the fight against ISIS. But Hollande is smart enough to know that little effort will come from Obama because ISIS isn't part of the GOP, therefore, he will also meet with Putin in Moscow.


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