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2014-08-11 Iraq

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Posted by Fred 2014-08-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 With Iraq sitting between the two powder kegs of Syria and Iran, the potential consequences of a failed Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki was surely studied and war-gamed extensively. I will not accept the usual default of U.S. Intelligence failure ["eyes off militants"] as a cause for these tragic events. Responsibility resides with those charged with monitoring events and decision making. Iraq and Al-Maliki were written off and fail Al-Maliki's failure has taken place before the current residents of the White House could pack bags and check out.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-08-11 03:52|| 2014-08-11 03:52|| Front Page Top

#2 We elected Obama. Got the thrill up our leg and then we bent over.

The American People elected the clown. Eat your Wheaties.

Posted by Big Thromoth3646 2014-08-11 09:01|| 2014-08-11 09:01|| Front Page Top

#3 American leadership is needed now more than ever.

Hmmmm, “Now More Than Ever” Amazing. (Read the Washington Times Retrospective) Remembering a visionary 40 years after his fall from grace

Almost 40 years and Nixon is being channeled into the 21st century.

Now more than ever, to the left he might have seemed a b*stard, but you need a tough guy in the office of the president; not what we have now, a back bench, barely a senator, an inexperienced narcissist, who pees a puddle every time a crisis hits and the red phone rings.

May he meet the same fate as RMN, but you know it ain't going to happen any time soon.

Posted by Don Vito Bucket1902 2014-08-11 09:35|| 2014-08-11 09:35|| Front Page Top

#4 Obama is so insecure that he has surrounded himself with toadies, sycophants, and ciphers who agree with him. If he says it was an intelligence failure, they say it is an intelligence failure.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-08-11 09:39|| 2014-08-11 09:39|| Front Page Top

#5 Who is this "we" they're writing about?

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2014-08-11 12:50|| 2014-08-11 12:50|| Front Page Top

#6 Unfortunately intelligence wonks don't make policy. They provide information. The information was there and it was on the front page of every newspaper in the ME.

The intelligence failure was the failure to act on actionable information in a timely manner.

It took him THREE weeks to make a decision on bombing ISIL, hell, even freaking sissy boy Carter would have pulled the trigger sooner...even Bubba would have acted sooner. Dammit, Neville Freakingchamberlain would have bombed them sooner.

Geez, I have to say that back bench pissing a puddle is a much better description of what we have than "the empty suit hiding under his desk in the oval office."

Posted by Bill Clinton 2014-08-11 12:55|| 2014-08-11 12:55|| Front Page Top

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