Obama is out of touch with reality.
That's scary, given the power he wields.
From ABC News:
President Obama said his formal apology to Afghan President Hamid Karzai for the burning of Korans by U.S. troops last week has "calmed things down" after the incident sparked an outbreak of violence across the country.
"We're not out of the woods yet," Obama said in an exclusive interview with ABC News' Bob Woodruff at the White House. "But my criteria in any decision I make, getting recommendations from folks who are actually on the ground, is what is going to best protect our folks and make sure that they can accomplish their mission."
The president's comments came just hours before a formal White House dinner to honor Iraq War veterans, some of whom have also served in Afghanistan and may be redeploying there to assist ongoing U.S. military operations. Woodruff was the only journalist invited to attend the dinner.
Obama said his letter to Karzai aimed to curb further danger to U.S. troops on the ground. It reportedly expressed regret for the apparently inadvertent burning of the Korans, the sacred text of Islam, on a U.S. military base in Afghanistan.
Obama sent his apology letter and violence continued.
Gateway Pundit reports that yesterday was the eighth consecutive day of protests in Afghanistan.
Two U.S. officials were shot in the back of the head in the Interior Ministry Building in Kabul AFTER Obama's apology.
The great Obama has "calmed things down"? Really?
From FOX News:
President Barack Obama said his apology for the burning of Korans at a US military base has "calmed things down" in Afghanistan, after the incident triggered an outbreak of violence that left four US service members and dozens of Afghans dead last week.
In an interview with ABC News' Bob Woodruff that aired Wednesday, Obama was asked if he thought his apologizing to Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai had improved the situation on the ground. The president replied, "It calmed things down."
...Last Thursday, two American service members were killed when Afghan soldier opened fire on a US base in the eastern Nangarhar Province. Days later, two military advisers were allegedly shot dead by an Afghan colleague in their office at the Interior Ministry in Kabul.
There was also a grenade attack at a base in Kunduz Province and a suicide car bomb attack at Jalalabad airport in eastern Afghanistan, where NATO forces have a base.
Obama's assertion that tensions have been subsiding in Afghanistan came a few days after Pentagon spokesman Capt. John Kirby in Kabul told reporters that protest activity was declining.
Obama must have been briefed about the deaths of Americans that occurred AFTER his apology.
It's absurd for Obama to claim he "calmed things down" when more Americans were killed.
Where's the apology from Kazai?
Some Korans were burned. Obama grovels.
Four Americans are killed. Kazai write a letter of apology.
Unacceptable.
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