President Obama emerged briefly this afternoon to address the brutal murder of American journalist James Foley. Naturally, he didn’t stick around for questions, but he did make this bold pronouncement before checking out:
"People like [ISIS] ultimately fail. Because the future is won by those who build and not destroy": Barack Obama http://t.co/SISskMJOS0
— constanza lameiras (@constanza) August 20, 2014
Uh, OK.
https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/502136874333655040
https://twitter.com/bfinstock/status/502139148393000961
It’s a little more complicated than President Peace Prize would like us to believe. Evil doesn’t just buckle; it has to be stopped cold and obliterated — by force.
https://twitter.com/NathanWurtzel/status/502138086328107009
If the president thinks ISIS will crumble on its own, he is dangerously mistaken.
Obama said people like ISIS ultimately fail…what does that mean? Now we wait for them to get tired of playing their JV game? WTH
— Theresa Maurer (@TheresaMaurer2) August 20, 2014
Obama: "Ultimately people like ISIS fail." No, champ, ultimately they are DEFEATED.
— John Hayward (@Doc_0) August 20, 2014
Obama: "Ultimately people like [ISIS] fail."
Um…no! Nazis had to be defeated!— Shoebox (@Shoeboxnre) August 20, 2014
"People like this [ISIS] ultimately fail." Because we kill them before they can succeed, right, Mr. President?
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) August 20, 2014
People like ISIS ultimately fail, but let's help speed up the process, shall we?
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) August 20, 2014
They fail when people stand up to them. RT @jimgeraghty: People like ISIS ultimately fail, but let's help speed up the process, shall we?
— Christy Lynn (@ChristyLynnLSU) August 20, 2014
https://twitter.com/c_deolive/status/502141700287266817
https://twitter.com/LeftyBollocks/status/502139007015612416
https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/502138357699584001
You want to send a message, Mr. President? Back your words up with action.
"Ultimately people like this (ISIL) fail."
Mr. President they FAIL because nations rise up against them and destroy them. Do something!
— Yancy Evans (@gallandro1) August 20, 2014
People like ISIS don’t “ultimately fail”. They are defeated by peoples with enough guts to beat them into submission or extinction.
— VarkDoc (@BroncosJeff) August 20, 2014
https://twitter.com/toobills/status/502143595462545408
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