Obama uses phrase 'my military'; blood pressures rise!

by Joe Saunders

When it comes to an attack on Syria, President Obama gave the egotistical game away Friday when he referred to U.S. armed forces as "my military" during a White House news conference explaining the pending action.

"… I have had my military and our team look at a wide range of options," he said. "We have consulted with allies. We've consulted with Congress …" (Check out the video below)

Bad move.

A guy who ticked off half the country last year when he told Americans who own successful businesses "you didn't build that" looks pretty hollow claiming ownership over something the country inarguably built collectively.

And it didn't take long for Twitter to come alive:

Obamaphiles used to making excuses for His Eloquence will probably call it a slip of the tongue, but considering it was followed immediately by "our team," you get the impression Obama was saying exactly what he thought.

He probably does think the military as his own. And he's got some reasons:

He's got a lapdog secretary of defense in Chuck "I won't be in a policy-making position" Hagel. He's surrounded by generals who've spent five years coming up with rationalizations for liberal positions like why having gays openly serving in the military is great, why women should be in combat, and how every 18-every-man in uniform is a rapist-in-waiting.

But having reasons for thinking so is no excuse for blurting it out, particularly on the eve of attacking another country that poses no military threat to the United States whatsoever — and never has – in what is, at bottom, a fit of imperial pique. (And even emperors have the class to say "our.")

One thing Obama's going to learn, fast and hard, if he goes through with dragging this country into attacking Syria:

There really is no "I" in war.

Should U.S. strike Syria for (allegedly) using chemical weapons?

Obama uses phrase 'my military'; blood pressures rise!
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