December 9, 2016
Obama: ISIL not on my radar
Obama is trying to clean up his legacy. But he admitted to CNN on December 7, 2016 that he did not pay attention to the ISIS threat.
Obama said:
The ability of ISIL to not just mass inside of Syria, but then to initiate major land offensives that took Mosul, for example, that was not on my intelligence radar screen.
Obama admitted what was obvious to anyone paying attention to Obama’s handling of the war in Iraq and Syria. Obama simply did not seem interested in fighting Islamist terrorists. He wanted to withdraw from Iraq and did so without negotiating a status of forces agreement. By failing to leave an adequate force to protect the hard fought victory to stabilize Iraq after the surge, Obama allowed ISIS to form and grow.
Obama dismissed the ISIS threat as a “JV team” after it captured Fallujah:
I think the analogy we use around here sometimes, and I think is accurate,...(Read Full Post)