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| Champ: US intelligence underestimates Islamic State |
| 2014-09-29 |
| [Daily Times Pakistan] WASHINGTON -- United States intelligence agencies underestimated Islamic State activity inside Syria, which has become ground zero for militants worldwide, President Champ said in a CBS television interview broadcast on Sunday. Not the Champ's fault, somebody else's. Under the bus please. Have we had an intel agency that has gotten anything right since the Red Scare of the 1950s? Conversely, the US overestimated the ability of the Iraqi army to fight the militant groups, Champ said in an interview taped on Friday, days after the US president made his case at the United Nations for action. Citing earlier comments by James Clapper, director of National Intelligence, Obama acknowledged that US intelligence underestimated what had been taking place in Syria. Militants went underground when US Marines quashed al-Qaeda in Iraq with help from Iraq's tribes, he said. Again, not his fault, somebody else's. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #11 #10 Obama does not attend intelligence briefings. cuz everyone knows it doesn't stick |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-09-29 21:40 |
| #10 Obama does not attend intelligence briefings. Distracts from the golf course. |
| Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2014-09-29 18:21 |
| #9 Obama is blaming the Intel. Problem is he didn't pay attention, and is wrong. Hell, we've been warning about this here in Rantburg for months before the MSM and President noticed anything amiss, and we don't have access to anything other than open sources. You can bet the IC had stuff in front of him well before that. Let the CIA defensive leaks commence. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2014-09-29 16:29 |
| #8 Dr. Carson speaks about the Eric Holder resignation, Rev Al, the Champ, and the potential of election 2016 postponement due to anarchy. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-09-29 10:49 |
| #7 Dr. Carson has also recently predicted that within a couple of years, a wave of civil unrest may grip our nation. He's obviously been reading the Burg, and clearly sees the consequences resulting from the inevitable termination of benefits and free stuff to the entitlement crowd. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-09-29 10:25 |
| #6 Apparently Truman's "The Buck Stops Here" desk plate has met the same fate as the Churchill bust. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-09-29 10:22 |
| #5 What Dr. Ben Carson said. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-09-29 10:19 |
| #4 Yeah, I heard him speaking on the radio this morning, in his professorial lecture tone, but you can't hear lips falling off on the radio. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2014-09-29 07:37 |
| #3 I thought the joint chief of staff recommendation was to keep troops in Iraq? This would be an indication of not underestimating the enemy and not overestimating the Iraqis capability. |
| Posted by: Airandee 2014-09-29 06:09 |
| #2 See also RELATED WORLD NEWS > [Boston Herald] EXPERT: PRESIDENT OBAMA "PASSES THE BUCK" ON ISIS EVAL FAIL. Ouchies. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-09-29 01:58 |
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| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-09-29 01:25 |