The Patriot Post® · Chronicle Quotes

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Columnist Cal Thomas: “Anyone who has spent time in the Middle East knows things are not always what they seem. Alliances and loyalties shift depending on who is most likely to win a power struggle. The secular West doesn’t fully comprehend the religious motivations of extremists who claim to love death more than life. Getting killed by missiles launched by people they regard as ‘infidels,’ they say, transports them to paradise. … Learning from history, listening to what they say and watching what they do and confronting this evil, rather than trying to pacify it, is America’s best option.”

This Week’s ‘Braying Jenny’ Award

Rep. Nancy Pelosi: “Thanks to Pres. Obama’s strength, we have a Russian proposal. We hope that it is credible and real, and therefore progress.”

From the ‘Non Compos Mentis’ File

Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND): “We’re not trusting Assad. We’re trusting the Russians.”

Dezinformatsia

MNSBC’s Ed Schultz: “This is Democratic foreign policy at its finest, I guess. … If President Obama had jumped the gun and hit Syria without delay, this deal would have never happened. … President Obama played this perfectly. … This is going to be productive and this may forge a new relationship between President Obama and ‘Ole Putey.’ You never know, they might go fishing at Big Eddie’s North Country Lodge.”

Short Cuts

Jay Leno: “President Obama says the lack of response to Syria so far does not threaten his credibility. And you know something, he’s right. The economy, Benghazi, the spying scandal – that threatens his credibility.”