‘Who says that?’ Obama busts out the straw men for West Point commencement speech

Obama: "US military action cannot be the only or even the primary component of our reaction in every instance." Does anyone disagree?

— Jackson Diehl (@JacksonDiehl) May 28, 2014

Obama argues that not every problem has a military solution. But no one argues that every problem has a military solution.

— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) May 28, 2014

Obama cites "critics who think military intervention is the only way to avoid looking weak." #strawman #nobodybelievesthis

— Stephen Hayes (@stephenfhayes) May 28, 2014

"To say we have an interest in pursuing peace ..beyond our borders is not to say that every problem has a military solution." Who says that?

— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) May 28, 2014

Who in the world claimed that the military is the primary solution to every problem?

— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) May 28, 2014

Did I miss the part where he says who exactly is proposing "invading every country that harbors terrorist networks"

— Noah Pollak (@NoahPollak) May 28, 2014

Obama is boldly staking out foreign policy positions with which literally no one disagrees https://t.co/RBqW8Kjgsi

— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) May 28, 2014

O has delivered a powerful riposte to the two people on earth who think the U.S. should intervene everywhere in all things at all times.

— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) May 28, 2014

Another straw man RT @ShannonBream: "… about critics who think military intervention is the only way for America to avoid looking weak."

— Charles Hoskinson (@cehoskinson) May 28, 2014

peak strawman.

— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) May 28, 2014

#NotAllStrawmen

— el Sooper ن (@SooperMexican) May 28, 2014

Obama: "We need to do stuff. And the stuff we will do will not be stuff that a crazy person says we should do. It will be good stuff."

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) May 28, 2014

Fun Fact: The only solution to every problem is dropping all the bombs.

— Sonny Bunch (@SonnyBunch) May 28, 2014

Sad. @BarackObama continues to throw straw men arguments about military force during #WestPoint address

— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) May 28, 2014

Every straw man has a military solution; Obama's taking a total war approach

— F. Bill McMorris (@FBillMcMorris) May 28, 2014

Obama defending his foreign policy at #westpoint positions himself between "self-described realists" and liberal interventionists.

— Kathleen Hennessey (@khennessey) May 28, 2014

False choice between two extremes? Check. RE https://t.co/t9C9mx7L0e

— Brian Faughnan (@BrianFaughnan) May 28, 2014

Here we go. Obama triangulating between "realists" & "idealists." Same rhetorical formulation nearly every Dem uses (and many GOPers).

— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) May 28, 2014

Obama loves the King Solomon "false choices" stuff. http://t.co/EePHTe4pRc

— Jim Antle (@jimantle) May 28, 2014

"Some say we should nuke the entire Asian continent. Others want our capital to be Pyongyang. Unlike everyone else, I'm a rational centrist"

— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) May 28, 2014

"Some say hashtags can win wars. Others think Twitter is a tool of Satan. Personally, I prefer drone strikes."

— Yair Rosenberg (@Yair_Rosenberg) May 28, 2014

Some people say "Godfather Part III was a good movie." Others say everybody associated with it should be vaporized. I reject both views.

— Philip Klein (@philipaklein) May 28, 2014

Some say we must put armadillos in our trousers to defeat tyranny. Others say that cats are poor spellers. I reject both points of view.

— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) May 28, 2014

I reject the false choice between what Obama says in this speech and what he has said in every other speech, since it's all the same.

— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) May 28, 2014