Playing golf AGAIN: Obama tees off for second time in 24 hours since he solemnly pledged justice for beheaded journalist James Foley

The vacationing commander-in-chief teed off shortly after 1:00 p.m. on Thursday for his eighth round of golf in 11 days



He played 18 holes Wednesday with former NBA star Alonzo Mourning and two business pals

Twitter exploded and commentators from Fox and ABC tore into Obama for appearing insensitive and 'stupid' as the nation reeled from the beheading of an American photojournalist



Former President George W. Bush declined to comment on Obama's 18-hole priorities but his VP Dick Cheney slammed the current president



Texas congressman carps that Obama 'spent more time lining up his many putts than he did lining up efforts to stop the killers'

Penn. lawmaker says 'ISIS needs to be stopped, and fist pumps between the president and his buddies won’t stop them'



Nearly a dozen new airstrikes near the Mosul Dam came after gruesome video showed an ISIS militant cutting off photojournalist's head



President Barack Obama teed off again on Thursday, just 24 hours after pictures of his wide grin on the golf course drew condemnation in the wake of the beheading of American photojournalist James Foley.

'Admit it,' a White House pool reporter emailed the press corps. 'You all made small-dollar bets that POTUS would be playing golf today. And ... you would be right!'

'We are at the Farm Neck Golf Club at 1:13 pm. and POTUS is hitting the links again.'



The president drew fire Wednesday after reacting to Foley's on-camera slaying for just five minutes, and then gripping his driver.

He had told a global audience minutes earlier that 'when people harm Americans, anywhere, we do what’s necessary to see that justice is done.'

Then he was seen laughing with friends and fist-bumping them during a five-hour round at Farm Neck on Martha's Vineyard.

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Dumbfounded: 'The president himself clearly doesn't ... care about the way it looks,' said ABC News political director Rick Klein

CBS News White House Correspondent Major Garrett was first to tweet about where the president was headed after his brief remarks about Foley's execution The editorial board of Investor's Business Daily, an influential business and international finance newspaper, had lost its patience with Obama by Wednesday evening

The New York Times had digital egg on its face for hours while Obama golfed, publishing a story about his early afternoon speech headlined: 'Obama Outraged Over Beheading, Vows to Stay on Course.'

The grey lady eventually changed her headline.

In stark contrast to the somber mood of his speech, the president then returned to his vacation and the golf course where he was pictured laughing and smiling with friends just eight minutes later, according to Fox.



The editorial board of Investor's Business Daily, a California-based business and international economics broadsheet, opined late Wednesday night that the president has lost his way amid a series of social klatches.



'Murdered ambassador. Beheaded American. Just what exactly would it take to keep Obama from a fundraiser or off the golf course?' the editorial board's official Twitter account blasted.



Through a spokesman, Former President George W. Bush declined to comment about Obama's 18-hole priorities.

He famously gave up golfing in 2003 'in solidarity' with families of American servicemen and women who were dying in an Iraq war that he launched after the 9/11 terror attacks.

'I don't want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander-in-chief playing golf,' he said during a 2008 interview with Politico.

'And I think playing golf during a war sends the wrong signal.'

Early in his presidency Bush was put on defense after a video clip circulated of his mid-golf reaction to a suicide bombing in Israel that killed 9 people.

'I call upon all nations to do everything they can to stop these terrorist killers. Thank you,' he says in the clip. 'Now watch this drive.'

Now Obama, too, has his own moment of awful golf timing.



He was also pilloried online on August 14 when he played the Vineyard Golf Club in Edgartown, Massachusetts while a military honor guard conducted the funeral of U.S. Army Major General Harold Greene in Arlington, Virginia.

Greene, shot to death by an Afghani soldier, was the highest ranking officer killed in hostile action overseas since the Vietnam War.

A day earlier Obama caught flak for dancing at a friend's birthday party while street riots overtook the town of Ferguson, Missouri, where a white police officer had gunned down an unarmed black teen robbery suspect just days before.

Obama has played roughly 35 hours of golf in the last week and a half alone.





James Wright Foley tenses as his executioner addresses the camera who says this act of revenge is in response to US airstrikes on Iraq

President Barack Obama played Wednesday with former NBA basketball player Alonzo Mourning, left, at Vineyard Golf Club, in Edgartown on the island of Martha's Vineyard

Mulligans in memory of Foley? National Review contributing editor Jim Geraghty, by no stretch an Obama fan, suggested a mocking rationale for the president's golf obsession

Obama, according to retired Army Lt. Col. Ralph Peters, sent a message to ISIS with his golf game 'that he doesn't take it all seriously'

As Obama was teeing off, his administration was briefing on its rescue attempts this summer and said it would not release more details on the raid.

It was revealed Wednesday that special forces attempted to rescue Americans – including James Foley – held hostage by ISIS in Syria earlier this summer. The mission failed because of flawed intelligence about where the captives were being held.

The mission to save the journalist and others was carried out in early July. The hostages – held by a trio of British jihadists known as 'The Beatles' – could not be found.

'This operation involved air and ground components and was focused on a particular captor network within ISIL [also known as ISIS],' the White House said in a statement last night.

'Unfortunately, the mission was not successful because the hostages were not present at the targeted location.'

Sources told The New York Times that the mission was carried out by two dozen special-ops members, who were dropped off in Syria in early July and were met with gunfire.

'While on site, it became apparent the hostages were not there,' one of the officials said.

The sources wouldn't say where the raid was held, but pointed out that if it had happened in a heavily-populated area, it likely would have already made news. They also wouldn't comment on how many hostages were believed to be held captive at the location, or their names.



The administration kept the raid a secret until now in order to 'preserve future opportunities' for future missions.

Details of the mission were revealed after President Obama spoke about the execution of James Foley and promised new strikes on ISIS.

Diane and John Foley addressed reporters after speaking to President Obama about their son

On Thursday Liz Cheney criticized the Obama administration for volunteering information on the sensitive mission to the press.

'One more time we're seeing this president put politics above security,' she told Fox News' Bill Hemmer. 'The only reason to release the information that he released about that rescue attempt was for his own political gain.



'There was absolutely no national security reason to do it, and in fact, it weakens our national security,' she said.

Arizona Sen. John McCain told Hemmer it would have been 'far better' if Americans didn't know about the rescue mission.

'They see the negative . . . the disapproval of the American people of the handling of the situation, so one can't help but assume that this is sort of try to help their PR,' he said.

McCain said in releasing the information the administration was 'betraying some of our capabilities.'

'And it wasn't unintentional,' he added.



There were nearly a dozen new airstrikes near the Mosul Dam after the gruesome video of Foley's death emerged.

Before his tee time on Wednesday afternoon, Obama took a few minutes to address Foley's execution, declaring that 'the entire world is appalled by the brutal murder.'

Obama didn't mention any advance warnings when he delivered five minutes of remarks, while on vacation on Matha's Vineyard. But he said the U.S. won't back down from ISIS , the militant terror group behind Foley's death.

'No just God would stand for what they did yesterday, and for what they do every single day,' he said.

'ISIL speaks for no religion,' he said, aiming his words at the Islamist faction that claims to have established a Muslim caliphate in portions of Syria and Iraq. 'Their victims are overwhelmingly Muslim, and no faith teaches people to massacre innocents.'

Foley stood 'in stark contrast' to his captors and executioners, he said, blaming them for a series of 'cowardly acts of violence.'

Americans 'are all heartbroken at their loss and join them in honoring Jim,' he said, somber but not wearing a necktie, as has been his practice during his extended family holiday.