Posted by
Roxanna M. on Saturday, April 02, 2011 11:48:33 AM
Andrea Mitchell 2003: "It's
terrible that Saddam Hussein is butchering his people, but the United
States simply cannot send in the Marines to take on every dictator.
And, while the Bush administration likes to brag about the 30 nations in
their coalition, it will be the United States that does most of the
fighting in Iraq. I fear this is the wrong war at the wrong time and in
the wrong place."
Andrea Mitchell 2011: "This intervention could wind up being Barack Obama's finest hour. His intentions are pure - this is a humanitarian mission, not blood for oil. We've got a coalition with us, the United Nations, the Arab League. And the diplomacy has truly been masterful - future military planners will surely use Obama's Libya template as a guide."
Bob Schieffer: ". . . I was struck by an observation I came across from a Harvard professor. he reminded us all that Barack Obama is really a, 'true philosopher-President whose peers include the likes of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and our last professorial President, the under-rated Woodrow Wilson.'"
Tom Brokaw: "Yes, Lincoln had the Civil War. FDR faced the Great Depression, Nazi Germany, Pearl Harbor. But look at the daunting set of challenges President Obama faces today: wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and now Libya; a runaway deficit, unemployment at record levels, a health care reform bill that special interests are trying to destroy - all of that, plus the irrational hatred of the bigots in the Tea Party who want nothing more than to see him fail. All of that has arrived at the Oval Office at the same time. He deserves a Nobel Prize just for showing up each day."
Brian Williams: (interviewing Obama) "Your wife and daughters know you ran for this office for them and their future. But they clearly suffer when hard times cause you to overwork (sic) and clearly suffer when you're attacked despite all that effort. As you sit here on a beautiful day in New York in April, reflect for me on how the criticism from all sides, at all times, can threaten to ruffle your legendary calm."
Jonathan Alter: "And as his impressive basketball bracket proves" (he picked George Mason to upset Villanova) "Mr. Obama's head for hoops almost approaches his mastery of Middle East multilateralism."