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Reminds me of the Obama speech regarding Syria:

I don't need Congress' or anyone's permission to strike Syria right now. But since I'm such a nice guy, I'll just go ahead and let Congress have a vote before I do it anyway, just for kicks.

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He actually saud that? Wow. Do you have a limk to video? This would certainly reveal a mindset.

As Kevin said, I was paraphrasing. Here's the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeYDhMmVLXI

I think he was paraphrasing.

I think he was paraphrasing and sensationalizing.

Especially considering, in hindsight, the entire episode seems to have been a masterful Bad Cop impression by Obama. I thought he looked like an idiot during it, but somehow we got more than we could have expected from a coercive cruise-missiling.

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