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Related: About this forumStewart Gleefully Mocks Obama, Kerry for ‘Bumble-F*cking’ Their Way In and Out of Syria
VIDEO here: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/stewart-gleefully-mocks-obama-kerry-for-%E2%80%98bumble-fcking%E2%80%99-their-way-in-and-out-of-syria/
Jon Stewart had some tough words for the Obama administration on Tuesday night, calling them out for getting into and (maybe) out of potential conflict with Syria thanks to two very ill-thought out hypotheticals from President Obama and John Kerry.
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Note: President Obama has been working the 'diplomacy' angle for over a year
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According to a senior Senate aide, Obama told Democrats that he had asked Kerry to reach out to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and offer the diplomatic solution.
"He mentioned that that occurred during the G-20 meeting (a year ago), when he met with (Russian President Vladimir) Putin -- that he would assign Kerry to discuss diplomatic alternatives," added Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.).
A senior administration official confirmed to The Huffington Post that Obama and Putin first discussed the concept in Los Cabos at the G-20 in June 2012. After the first plenary session, while world leaders were mingling, Obama and Putin went to a corner of the room and spoke for nearly half an hour about Syria.
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Full article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/10/john-kerry-syria-solution_n_3901863.html
According to a senior Senate aide, Obama told Democrats that he had asked Kerry to reach out to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and offer the diplomatic solution.
"He mentioned that that occurred during the G-20 meeting (a year ago), when he met with (Russian President Vladimir) Putin -- that he would assign Kerry to discuss diplomatic alternatives," added Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.).
A senior administration official confirmed to The Huffington Post that Obama and Putin first discussed the concept in Los Cabos at the G-20 in June 2012. After the first plenary session, while world leaders were mingling, Obama and Putin went to a corner of the room and spoke for nearly half an hour about Syria.
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Full article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/10/john-kerry-syria-solution_n_3901863.html
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Stewart Gleefully Mocks Obama, Kerry for ‘Bumble-F*cking’ Their Way In and Out of Syria (Original Post)
Tx4obama
Sep 2013
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dkf
(37,305 posts)1. I wonder how many kids know who Mr. Magoo is.
That will likely go over their heads
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)2. i did`t know stewart had the same information that the president has
i mean those daily briefings on the situation. the info from the various nations intel agencies in the region and other vested nations. yup it`s easy to comment but sometimes it makes one look like a fool.
avaistheone1
(14,626 posts)3. It is the second video down.