Post by Origanalist on Jul 15, 2014 21:31:16 GMT -8
WH: We've ‘Substantially Improved the Tranquility of the Global Community’
July 14, 2014 - 9:22 PM
By Patrick Goodenough (really, that's his name....)
(CNSNews.com) – White House press secretary Josh Earnest (really, that's his name....) said Monday the Obama administration’s foreign policies in a number of areas have enhanced the world’s “tranquility” – a word that raised eyebrows as reporters pointed to situations in Gaza, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Ukraine and the South China Sea.
More than one reporter during Monday’s press briefing referred to a front-page Wall Street Journal article highlighting some of those crises, and citing security strategists as saying “the breadth of global instability now unfolding hasn’t been seen since the late 1970s.”
“How does the White House react to the notion that the president is a bystander to all these crises?” asked Fox News’ Ed Henry, citing the widening gaps between the sides in the Iranian nuclear talks, the conflict in and around Gaza, and the Syrian civil war.
“I think that there have been a number of situations in which you’ve seen this administration intervene in a meaningful way, that has substantially furthered American interests and substantially improved the, uh, you know, the – the tranquility of the global community,” Earnest replied. (this is not the Onion)
continued at...www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/wh-weve-substantially-improved-tranquility-global-community
July 14, 2014 - 9:22 PM
By Patrick Goodenough (really, that's his name....)
(CNSNews.com) – White House press secretary Josh Earnest (really, that's his name....) said Monday the Obama administration’s foreign policies in a number of areas have enhanced the world’s “tranquility” – a word that raised eyebrows as reporters pointed to situations in Gaza, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Ukraine and the South China Sea.
More than one reporter during Monday’s press briefing referred to a front-page Wall Street Journal article highlighting some of those crises, and citing security strategists as saying “the breadth of global instability now unfolding hasn’t been seen since the late 1970s.”
“How does the White House react to the notion that the president is a bystander to all these crises?” asked Fox News’ Ed Henry, citing the widening gaps between the sides in the Iranian nuclear talks, the conflict in and around Gaza, and the Syrian civil war.
“I think that there have been a number of situations in which you’ve seen this administration intervene in a meaningful way, that has substantially furthered American interests and substantially improved the, uh, you know, the – the tranquility of the global community,” Earnest replied. (this is not the Onion)
continued at...www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/wh-weve-substantially-improved-tranquility-global-community