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posted by n1 on Monday September 29 2014, @03:13PM   Printer-friendly
from the wasn't-looking,-too-busy-listening dept.

Time reports on statements made by President Obama during an interview:

When asked about comments by the Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, who has said the U.S. overestimated the ability and will of the Iraqi military to fight the extremist group, Obama said, “That’s true,” Mr. Obama said. “That’s absolutely true.”

Obama had already admitted that the rise of ISIS took the U.S. by surprise. “I think that there is no doubt that their advance, their movement over the last several months has been more rapid than the intelligence estimates and I think the expectations of policymakers both in and outside of Iraq,”

Statement by the President on Iraq: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/08/09/statement-president-iraq

 
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  • (Score: 2) by HiThere on Monday September 29 2014, @06:49PM

    by HiThere (866) on Monday September 29 2014, @06:49PM (#99722) Journal

    When someone lies so often, I distrust everything he says.

    P.S.: While this is an anti-Obama statement, he shouldn't feel praised. I feel the same way about many politicians. In fact about most of those I've observed over any length of time. (There are a few exceptions...but none of them are powerful.)

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