Obama Says the World's Credibility is at Risk if There is No Response To Use of Chemical Weapons in Syria
Is confident Congress will vote to authorize military force
President Barack Obama warned Wednesday that the international community's credibility — though not his — is at risk if there's no response to the use of chemical weapons in Syria, though he expects Congress to agree to take military action against Bashar Assad's regime.
"My credibility is not on the line. The international community's credibility is on the line," Obama said at a press conference in Stockholm, Sweden. "And America and Congress's credibility is on the line."
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The whole world huh? The ego on this guy...
"My credibility is not on the line. The international community's credibility is on the line,"
Lying sack of shit.
Anyone else hearing the teacher in the Peanut Gang?