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Tim Walker and Nigel Morris @independent.co.uk, write: “Barack Obama has sharply criticised David Cameron for the UK’s role in allowing Libya to become a “s*** show” after the fall of the dictator Muammar Gaddafi, in an unprecedented attack on a British leader by a serving US President.  

“Mr Obama said that following a successful military intervention to aid rebels during the 2011 Arab Spring revolt, Libya was left to spiral out of control – due largely to the inaction of America’s European allies.” 

“In a candid US magazine interview, Mr Obama said: “When I go back and I ask myself what went wrong… there’s room for criticism, because I had more faith in the Europeans, given Libya’s proximity, being invested in the follow-up.” 

The POTUS then singled out the British Prime Minister, suggesting that David Cameron, “had taken his eye off Libya after being distracted by a range of other things.”

And then, two thirds of the way into the article, the POTUS’s objective in vilifying Cameron became clear, as follows: 

“Mr Obama also said Mr Cameron’s failures had affected his decision not to enforce a “red line” over President Bashar al-Assad’s use of chemical weapons during the Syrian civil war. The President had planned a strike against Assad’s forces in August 2013, following a deadly sarin gas attack by the regime on civilians in a Damascus suburb. The strike w as called off at the 11th hour. One “major factor” in the decision, the President said, “was the failure of Cameron to obtain the consent of his Parliament” for military action.”

Thus, not being the brightest bulb in anyone’s chandelier, it took a few years. But the POTUS finally figured out a way to blame someone else for his own failure to deliver on another of the empty threats he so frequently makes. This time pointing the finger at the nation’s longest, closest and always reliable ally.

As far as the Republican presidential race goes, FoxNews.com reports: Ben Carson endorsed Republican front-runner Donald Trump at a news conference in Florida Friday morning, saying he has buried the hatchet with his former rival. 

Carson said: “There’s a lot more alignment philosophically and spiritually…that surprised me more than anything,” about his relationship with Trump. He added that there are two Trumps “one you see on the stage and the one who is very cerebral.” 

So, this means that Trump will now inherit all seven of Carson’s supporters, if there are that many. And in return, Carson probably asked to be made Secretary of Health, should Trump win.

There was also another Republican presidential debate last night, which was a toned down version of the same old, same old, according to news reports. However, Cruz delivered a line that was unquestionably accurate. “There are only two of us who have a path to winning the nomination -- Donald and myself,” while also jokingly referring to Trump as the “son of a businessman.” 

And, in fact, if you take what dad left him away, all that’s left of Trump is zip, zero, nada.

Bringing us to today’s update on Bill Clinton’s wife.

Yesterday, according to The Hill via Chris Stirewalt’s column on Fox: “Hillary Clinton on Wednesday refused to answer a question about whether she’d quit the presidential race if she were indicted over her private email server. ‘Oh, for goodness, it’s not going to happen. I’m not even answering that question,’ Clinton said in the CNN/Univision debate in Miami. Clinton was asked by moderator Jorge Ramos about the controversy over her emails and whether she ever improperly sent classified information over her server. The former secretary of State reiterated that her email arrangement was permitted and said the classification of her emails reflects excessive secrecy in the government.”

Her denial was remindful again of Sadam Hussein’s Press officer Muḥammad Saʿīd Al-Ṣaḥḥāf aka “Baghdad Bob,” famous for his broadcasts that continually presented a greatly distorted accounting of the war in Iraq. Bob always presented his nation, and certainly Hussein, as winning the conflict. 

The broadcast where Bob sounded most like Bill’s wife claims of her certain innocence took place at the very end of the Iraqi conflict. He pronounced on the air that American soldiers were committing suicide "by the hundreds" outside the city, denying there were any American tanks in Baghdad. However, at that very time, they were only several hundred meters away from the press conference where he was speaking and the combat sounds of the nearing American troops could already be heard in the background of the broadcast. 

A few minutes later, American troops entered the studio and carried Bob out by the ankles and armpits, still screaming that Iraq was winning. 

Which brings up the ongoing question again: Joe Biden, Mayor Bloomberg, Jerry Brown, and Starbuck’s chairman and CEO, Howard Schultz, are you guys reading this?   

That’s it for today folks.    

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