{"id":8235,"date":"2014-10-01T17:54:18","date_gmt":"2014-10-01T17:54:18","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2014-10-01T17:54:18","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T17:54:18","slug":"obama_exempts_himself_from_his_own_rules_on_civilian_casualties_in_syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2014\/10\/01\/obama_exempts_himself_from_his_own_rules_on_civilian_casualties_in_syria\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Exempts Himself from His Own Rules on Civilian Casualties in Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"

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RUSH: Here\u2019s Jim in central Illinois. Welcome, sir. You\u2019re next on the program. It\u2019s nice to have you here with us. Hello.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Thank you, Rush. I had a question I\u2019d like your opinion.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Certainly.<\/p>\n

CALLER: We\u2019re bombing in Syria. In your opinion, did we do ourselves more harm than good? <\/p>\n

RUSH: In what way? You mean uniting various factions of Islamists against us?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Exactly. There have been a lot of rumors or bits and pieces of news that I\u2019ve heard already about the, quote, moderates not wanting us to help their dictatorial government that they\u2019re fighting against, which is —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Who are these moderates?<\/p>\n

CALLER: I don\u2019t know. I can\u2019t imagine that they exist.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, I have here a story by the estimable Michael Isikoff. You might remember the name. Michael Isikoff had the original story on Monica Lewinsky at Newsweek, spiked it, Matt Drudge ran it. And he\u2019s been forever known as Spike.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Ah, okay.<\/p>\n

RUSH: He\u2019s got a piece here at Yahoo News<\/a> and he says: “The White House has acknowledged for the first time that strict standards President Obama imposed last year to prevent civilian deaths from US drone strikes will not apply to US military operations in Syria and Iraq<\/a>.”<\/line><\/p>\n

So, in other words, some of the so-called moderate Syrian rebels that you have brought up here are claiming one of our drones killed women and children during an attack on the Khorasan group, which doesn\u2019t exist. It\u2019s Al-Qaeda. In fact, it\u2019s a franchise of Al-Qaeda. Which raises questions about “a much-publicized White House policy that President Obama announced last year barring US drone strikes unless there is a ‘near certainty\u2019 there will be no civilian casualties.”<\/p>\n

We\u2019re now saying Obama has given himself an exemption for his operations, the ones he wants, it\u2019s okay to go ahead. If we happen to randomly kill some civilians, well, that\u2019s okay here. And these civilian deaths will not apply to military operations Syria and Iraq. The next thing we\u2019re gonna hear is that Obama has authorized waterboarding of Syrian moderate citizens.<\/p>\n

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RUSH: Okay, so it\u2019s okay, Obama has given himself an exemption. Syria air strikes can result in civilian deaths because this is important. The next thing we know, Obama is gonna be waterboarding these moderates to find out their secrets. But these rules of engagement that involve civilian deaths, I guess it doesn\u2019t hurt as much if you\u2019re bombed by Obama, unlike that evil, mean cowboy Bush. When he bombed you it was mean. With Obama, you know he\u2019s bombing you with the best of intentions, \u2019cause Obama knows what\u2019s best for you. But Bush, that was painful. People are supposed to understand it, I guess. How do you justify the difference?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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