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Flashback: Obama Called Libya 'A Shitshow' And Media Was Silent by OLAADEGBU(m): 12:27am On Jan 14, 2018
Flashback: Obama called Libya 'a shitshow' and media was silent

FLASHBACK: That Time Obama Called Libya A 'S**t Show'
BENNY JOHNSON
Reporter At Large
2:46 PM 01/12/2018

Following President Trump's Thursday comments, it's worth noting that former President Obama called the African country of Libya a "shit show" just two years ago.

The comments were recorded in an interview with The Atlantic. The wide-ranging interview was based on Obama’s foreign policy over his eight years in office. During one portion of the interview, Obama said described Libya as a "mess" to the interviewer but behind closed doors called the country a "shit show."

"So we actually executed this plan as well as I could have expected: We got a UN mandate, we built a coalition, it cost us $1 billion — which, when it comes to military operations, is very cheap. We averted large-scale civilian casualties, we prevented what almost surely would have been a prolonged and bloody civil conflict. And despite all that, Libya is a mess. Mess is the president's diplomatic term; privately, he calls Libya a "shit show," in part because it's subsequently become an ISIS haven — one that he has already targeted with air strikes. It became a shit show, Obama believes, for reasons that had less to do with American incompetence than with the passivity of America’s allies and with the obdurate power of tribalism.

The comments received little coverage when made public at the end of Obama’s term.

Food for thought.

http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/12/flashback-that-time-obama-called-libya-a-st-show///
Re: Flashback: Obama Called Libya 'A Shitshow' And Media Was Silent by hisgrace090: 2:33am On Jan 14, 2018
Trump as a man is surrounded by so many enemies, so must be watchful.

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Re: Flashback: Obama Called Libya 'A Shitshow' And Media Was Silent by GMBuhari: 2:45am On Jan 14, 2018
hisgrace090:
Trump as a man is surrounded by so many enemies, so must be watchful.


Just like Buhari



However in Obama's defense he was talking about the war situation not the people
Re: Flashback: Obama Called Libya 'A Shitshow' And Media Was Silent by OLAADEGBU(m): 1:42am On Jan 15, 2018
hisgrace090:


Trump as a man is surrounded by so many enemies, so must be watchful.

True but Trump will emerge triumphantly cheesy.

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Re: Flashback: Obama Called Libya 'A Shitshow' And Media Was Silent by OLAADEGBU(m): 7:26pm On Jan 15, 2018
GMBuhari:



Just like Buhari



However in Obama's defense he was talking about the war situation not the people

Democrats have no right to call Trump racist as they continue to embrace Planned Parenthood, an organisation that aborts predominantly black and Hispanic babies.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/13/democrats-condemn-alleged-shole-remark-as-racist-prop-up-eugenics-based-planned-parenthood/

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