This afternoon, President Obama took to the podium to address the situation in Iraq. He was over an hour late, but that’s probably because he just lost track of time thinking of really intelligent things to say. Things like this:
Pres Obama says "above all," Iraqis must rise above their differences as shi'a, sunni and kurds.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) June 19, 2014
Pres says: Iraqi leaders must rise above their differences and come together – need to build consensus.
— Shannon Bream (@ShannonBream) June 19, 2014
"Above all, Iraqi leaders must rise above their differences and come together around a political plan for Iraq’s future." —President Obama
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) June 19, 2014
Spoken like a true Nobel Peace Prize winner.
Good luck with that. RT @AndrewStilesUSA: “Iraqi leaders must rise above their differences.”
— Rick Henderson (@deregulator) June 19, 2014
Yes right that's going to happen Mr. BO! MT @katz: Obama: Above all, Iraqi leaders must rise above their differences…for Iraq's future.
— Aseem Chhabra (@chhabs) June 19, 2014
https://twitter.com/Tark31/status/479679207362924544
https://twitter.com/Tark31/status/479679322647588864
Exactly! To be fair, though. Obama understands that Iraq can’t make nice all on its own. It might need a little help:
https://twitter.com/RosieGray/status/479685013823582211
https://twitter.com/RosieGray/status/479685306460164096
So, like, make Iran the babysitter. What could go wrong?
https://twitter.com/BenHowe/status/479686013162647553
@BenHowe @RosieGray really sounds like a parent scolding an unruly child. Kid's still not gonna listen.
— Ashe Schow (@AsheSchow) June 19, 2014
"Iran can play a constructive role" if it weren't Iran.
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) June 19, 2014
Obama: Iran can play a constructive role in Iraq. Iran: Just wait until we've constructed some nukes.
— John Hayward (@Doc_0) June 19, 2014