When Obama was president, he used the term "shit show" to describe Libya.
From The Atlantic:
“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.
Hate-filled?
Vile?
Racist?
Of course not, because "shit show" came out of Obama's mouth.
1 comment:
This was exactly my reaction when the alleged “shithole” comment engulfed the news cycle. Trump does himself no favors when he habitually speaks likewise coarsely, but the overreaction is sad.
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