President Barack Obama will meet with the top four congressional leaders — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Wednesday afternoon to discuss the deteriorating situation in Iraq.
“I’m anxious to see what plan he may have,” McConnell told reporters on Tuesday, saying the growing violence in Iraq casts doubt on Obama’s decision to “leave Afghanistan entirely.”
Asked what the president ought to do about the Sunni insurgency the radical group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, both McConnell and his deputy, Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn (R-TX), punted and placed the onus on Obama.
The president has resisted sending U.S. military forces to fight the insurgency but announced Tuesday he’ll deploy 275 troops to protect American diplomatic interests in Iraq.
Hardly worth the bother, is it? The GOP is so bankrupt both morally and ideationally they contribute not one iota to intelligent discussion.
Boner and McConnell are only interested in seeing how they can leak the meeting and try to get away with it in an attempt to discredit the administration some kind of way.
Watch your back Mr. President. These Pukes are desperate, which makes them totally cray-cray right about now. Remember, desperation often breeds contempt…or is it delusion?
This would be a good opportunity for Pres Obama to exclude GOP leaders in a public way. Then simply say: “Republicans have proven that they have no interest in anything other than scoring cheap political points, and as such, have nothing constructive to add”. Then watch their heads explode.
Asked what the president ought to do about the Sunni insurgency the radical group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, both McConnell and his deputy, Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn (R-TX), responded with their clear position.
The Repubs have proven themselves to be useless when it comes to foreign policy, as well as domestic. I’m sure the conversation will just be between the Pres, Reid and Pelosi, the latter of whom will be the House Majority Leader in 2015. Say it loud, say it proud and make it so.