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Obama Admits U.S. Intelligence Didn’t See ISIS Coming

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

AnonTechie writes:

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 mtrycz on Monday September 29 2014, @09:41PM

    by mtrycz (60) on Monday September 29 2014, @09:41PM (#99785)

    Are you two fucking stupid? The ISIS occupied an area inhabited by eight fucking million people, cleansing all minorities, killing thousands, kidnapping and raping.

    They're not a threat to "anywone who visits that part of the world", they're a threat for the whole fucking humanity. The one you two have seemingly lost.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 30 2014, @12:46PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 30 2014, @12:46PM (#99975)

    they're a threat for the whole fucking humanity.

    Well, I'm part of the non-fucking humanity, so I guess I'm safe, right? ;-)