The Briefing Room
General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: mystery-ak on August 10, 2014, 01:13:37 pm
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http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/2014/08/09/Obama-Blames-Underestimating-ISIS-on-Bad-Intelligence (http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/2014/08/09/Obama-Blames-Underestimating-ISIS-on-Bad-Intelligence)
on Breitbart TV 9 Aug 2014
Saturday from the White House South Lawn, President Barack Obama blamed "intelligence estimates" for not anticipating the speed in which ISIS would capture large sections of Iraq.
The president,who has been under harsh media criticism for likening ISIS to an Al-Qaeda JV basketball team in January said, "There is no doubt that their advance their movement over the last several of months has been more rapid than the intelligence estimates and I think the the expectation of policy makers both in and outside of Iraq."
The president also made clear no troops would go into Iraq during this operation of humanitarian aid and military airstrikes on ISIS.
video at link
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I think a bad administration has more to do with it. Especially one where the head decision maker can't seem to find time to attend intelligence briefings.
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Bad intelligence my rear end. We were reporting that Iraq would begin to break up after our (US) departure back in 2009. Our snitches knew what was going to happen in early 2010. Many headed to Jordan or Syria in an effort to avoid the impending implosion of the nation.
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In my lifetime I ave never heard a President blame others this much for his shortcomings.