I never thought I would say this, but:
Gawd, I miss Jen Psaki…
Via CNS News:
Diplomacy was put on hold at the State Department on Thursday as spokesman John Kirby clashed with a reporter for the pro-Kremlin RT network, telling her at one point, “I can’t believe honestly that you aren’t embarrassed to ask these questions.”
….Chichakyan said the U.S. was basically “silent” about the uninvited presence of Turkish troops on Iraqi soil, and asked whether that was because the U.S. needed the use of Turkey’s Incirlik air base for its campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS/ISIL) “and doesn’t want to lose access to it.”
“Oh, so here we go,” said Kirby. “This is what you’re really getting at.”
….“I can’t believe honestly that you aren’t embarrassed to ask these questions,” Kirby continued. “You have to be looking at these questions and almost laughing to yourself, don’t you? I mean they’re absolutely crazy.”
Chichakyan asked which questions Kirby thought she should be embarrassed about.
“You can ask me whatever you want, I’m just stunned that you’re not embarrassed by some of the questions you ask,” he said….
Background info. on Mr. Kirby in Public Affairs.
“…during a stint as an instructor at the Naval Academy, Kirby and a colleague took a marker and drew several slices of “pie” on a paper plate, then pinned on a wooden tongue depressor from the sick bay. Kirby and his friend spun the dial, and he wound up with public affairs…”
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/02/john-kirby-dismissed-pentagon-115293#ixzz3uIjRENvp
He is a two star Admiral. Paper plate wheel guy. Qualifications to get ahead in Obama administration.
2017, Hurry down the chimney tonight.