You know, there just isn’t a good answer for this, is there?
JONATHAN KARL, ABC NEWS: I know you’re asked this every time something terrible happens in Yemen, but now that we have essentially complete chaos in Yemen, does the White House still believe that Yemen is the model for a counter-terrorism strategy?
WH Press Secretary Josh Earnest would rather have chewed off his own leg than answer that question, and he came pretty close to doing just that.
Moe Lane
*To wit: perhaps, then, the White House should do more to keep terrible things from happening in Yemen. Or, indeed, do anything to keep terrible things from happening in Yemen. Assuming, of course, that the White House can ever manage to figure out what they, in fact, can do.
The White House is full of people who have imbibed the dink that says the world is so bad because of the USA (and imperialism, colonialism, and everything else they do not like.)
So pull back, try to isolate the world from the evil that is America and you will get…pretty much this.
Welcome back to Kipling’s World, my friends. It will take a few decades to repair once these fools depart the stage.
For it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an’ “Tommy, wait outside”;
But it’s “Special train for Atkins” when the trooper’s on the tide,
The troopship’s on the tide, my boys, the troopship’s on the tide,
O it’s “Special train for Atkins” when the trooper’s on the tide.
Such as it was, is, and will be forever.
… but now that we have essentially complete chaos in Yemen …
Complete chaos, and with our sworn enemies about to gain control of half a billion dollars worth of U.S. weaponry. Just frakkin’ lovely …
Our sworn enemies had already gained control of the weaponry.
Our other sworn enemies contesting that isn’t something that’s going to cause me additional disgust.
Let Iran and ISIS fight each other, preferably to the death of both.
‘We live in an unpredictable world. While we had great success with the government of Yemen and had built a strong partner in the war against terrorism, the actions by actors outside Yemen have greatly influenced its internal stability. While we stand by our earlier statement that Yemen was a great success story, I think everyone in this room knows that that is no longer true.’
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See, it’s so easy to acknowledge what everyone knows to be true, admit you were wrong, and not sound like a complete bumbling idiot while doing it.
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Dammit. I could be a better president and I have no political talent, instinct or inclination.
That’s a convolute, buzzword/acronym heavy version of “you’re on your own, boys”, in case you had trouble with translation.