Barack Obama: People Not Named 'Barack Obama' Really Blew it on ISIS Guy Benson | Sep 29, 2014
Earlier this morning, Katie posted several video snippets from President Obama's 60 Minutes interview, which aired last evening. Pressed on the failure of America's Iraq policy, Obama agreed that someone had misjudged the situation on the ground -- someone other than himself, of course:
CBS: How did [ISIS] end up where they are in control of so much territory? Was that a complete surprise to you?
Obama: Well I think, our head of the intelligence community, Jim Clapper, has acknowledged that I think they underestimated what had been taking place in Syria "They." Classic, dishonest Obama blame-shift. We know that the Obama administration has been specifically warned by US intelligence about the rise of ISIS since at least 2012, with presidential briefings on the matter dating back to last year.
Reached by The Daily Beast after Obama’s interview aired, one former senior Pentagon official who worked closely on the threat posed by Sunni jihadists in Syria and Iraq was flabbergasted.
“Either the president doesn’t read the intelligence he’s getting or he’s bullshitting,” the former official said
CBS: How did [ISIS] end up where they are in control of so much territory? Was that a complete surprise to you?
Obama: Well I think, our head of the intelligence community, Jim Clapper, has acknowledged that I think they underestimated what had been taking place in Syria "They." Classic, dishonest Obama blame-shift. We know that the Obama administration has been specifically warned by US intelligence about the rise of ISIS since at least 2012, with presidential briefings on the matter dating back to last year.
Reached by The Daily Beast after Obama’s interview aired, one former senior Pentagon official who worked closely on the threat posed by Sunni jihadists in Syria and Iraq was flabbergasted.
“Either the president doesn’t read the intelligence he’s getting or he’s bullshitting,” the former official said
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