Why did Obama lie about setting a redline in Syria?

Links or you lie.

Obama never set the red line. The red line was set in 1918, after WWI revealed the horror and ruthlessness of chemical weapons with chlorine based grenades. Obama said that if Syria were to cross the red line, he would act upon it, which he is doing so. What's the point in having laws if you don't punish those who break them?

To address your quote, what the White House Official was saying was that it was Obama's red line in the sense that he took the original 1918 red line, and simply redirected its purpose toward the middle east, because that (and north korea) is the only place where people are going to be crazy enough to use chemical weapons. Also, the point of that statement was to say that Obama isn't going to take bullsh!t from Syria. He was addressing the actual situation, as opposed to dwelling on minor, irrelevant details like you are.

If you are going to criticize Obama, use topics that are actually significant, like Obamacare, what's actually going on in Syria, etc., instead of bullsh!t like your question, because that just makes you seem desperate to find something legit.

You've been misled, honey. Fox is telling you that he says he didn't say that, but that's NOT what he said. What he said in essence was that he is not the one who created the red line or set a red line. That was done by the Chemical Weapons Act long before he was in office and signed by 188 countries.

Sometimes it's hard to understand people if/when you take them out of context or are trying to find something to criticize.

He didn't lie. He DID mention a Red Line. But He NEVER said that He was GOING to Cross it- if no better Alternative came Along ! And that's EXACTLY what's Happened... :)

He may not be lying. He doesn't even KNOW the truth. Besides, I would feel a lot safer with an incompetent president than one filled with deceit.

As a last resort, just deny saying it. Doesn't matter if it's on film or recording, just deny, deny, deny

I would like your sources. But most recently I heard Obama say that he did not set a red line, but the world set a red line.

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/09/04/201163/obama...

Woah, don't bring up the truth! That disarms the entire liberal lie.

LOL look at the libs back tracking on

this one

Good Job

He has to go with what works for him.

He's trying to maintain his average