Obama’s ‘Manhood Problem’ – and Media’s Humanity Problem

Rise Up Times

The implicit message is that Obama either doesn’t use–or threaten to use–military force often enough, and in elite political/media circles, this line of analysis, while not often so crudely expressed, is considered normal. And that’s part of the problem.

NBC‘s Meet the Press has made it a regular habit to complain about how some world leaders don’t seem to do what Barack Obama says he wants them to do (FAIR Blog, 3/3/14).

So maybe it’s no surprise that it’d do it again, and somehow make the whole thing even more offensive.

Right-leaning pundit David Brooks was on hand  on April 20 to share this pearl of wisdom:

Let’s face it, Obama, whether deservedly or not, does have a–I’ll say it crudely–a manhood problem in the Middle East: Is he tough enough to stand up to somebody like Assad, somebody…

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