Posted on 03/27/2016 7:57:57 AM PDT by Nachum
In a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies yesterday, CIA director John Brennan made a startling admission: The Islamic State was “decimated” under George W. Bush and had just “700-or-so adherents left” following the surge in Iraq. Said Brennan:But President Hussein Obama said in Turkey on Friday that the US is pursuing the 'right strategy' against ISIS. Maybe if he's trying to help ISIS get stronger....
[ISIS] was, you know, pretty much decimated when US forces were there in Iraq. It had maybe 700-or-so adherents left. And then it grew quite a bit in the last several years, when it split then from al-Qaida in Syria, and set up its own organization.But in September 2014, a CIA analysis found that:
[ISIS] can muster between 20,000 and 31,500 fighters across Iraq and Syria … This new total reflects an increase in members because of stronger recruitment since June following battlefield successes and the declaration of a caliphate, greater battlefield activity, and additional intelligence.This means that, by the CIA’s own estimate, ISIS has grown on President Obama’s watch from just 700 fighters to between 20,000 and 31,500 fighters.That is an increase of between 2,700 and 4,400 %.
Moreover, Brennan tacitly acknowledged that the Obama administration had underestimated the ISIS threat. At CSIS, Brennan declared that:
Not content to limiting its killing fields to Iraqi and Syrian lands, and to setting up local franchises in other countries of the Middle East, South Asia and Africa, ISIL has developed an external operations agenda that is now implementing … with lethal effect.That now obvious assessment directly contradicts the assessment of ISIS’ intent and capabilities delivered by Obama administration officials just one year ago.
In August 11 2014, Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes wrote in a White House blog post:
While both [al-Qaeda and the Islamic State] are terrorist forces, they have different ambitions. Al-Qaeda’s principal ambition is to launch attacks against the west and US homeland…Right now, ISIL’s primary focus is consolidating territory in the Middle East region to establish their own Islamic State. So they’re different organizations with different objectives.
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Wonder who the next Director CIA will be.
Millions have died and millions more have been driven from their homes thanks to Obama
At least *something* has grown under Obama’s watch. I just wish something positive had grown, instead.
Brennan was appointed by Bathhouse.
So, that means ISIS grew by 4400 percent under Brennan as well.
Nice try at deflecting blame, John, but that pig don't fly.
Oh. Sorry, John. Does my pig reference offend your mooslim faith?
Another one of the foreign policy experts with 20/20 hindsight.
Bump
But, but, but....obama has them contained!
No surprise there. Plus, Russia was given “more flexibility” by Obama and they are a huge source of ISIS support. http://www.rferl.org/contentinfographics/foreign-fighters-syria-iraq-is-isis-isil-infographic/26584940.html
Well what do you expect when the POTUS is an Islamic enemy agent solely interested in empowering and helping to spread radical Islam while kicking the legs out from the US and its allies at every turn. And by the way: I’m still waiting to see one shred of evidence that Osama Bin Laden was taken out.
I know what’s grown: his golf game!
That’s to be expected when the CIC and CIA director are both sympatico with the headchoppers
When did three letter recruitment to ISIS begin?
Never heard of it wanting ~2012-13.
I don’t remember ever hearing the name isis under the Bush presidency. All I remember is Al Quado, Hezbollah, Saadam, and Iraq.
But mostly I remember jumping up and down; screaming for GWB to close the borders after 9/11, warning that literally anyone who means us harm can just waltz right in.
And I remember the RINO’s would have none of it.
Bush border fence...
Don't give me this garbage Bush did anything about the problem here in the U.S.
But mostly I remember jumping up and down; screaming for GWB to close the borders after 9/11, warning that literally anyone who means us harm can just waltz right in.
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After GWB said, “see ya at the signing” when they were trying for amnesty in 2006, I started looking deeper and found he had actually REDUCED border and interior enforcement AFTER 9/11. Totally unforgivable.
After that eye-opener, I started seeing how BOTH parties were INTENTIONALLY flooding the country with fraudulently documented foreigners.
They have been actively thwarting the will of the people to keep the rule of law and our country.
We have had nothing but amnesty candidates since the last amnesty.
Don’t forget the mujadeen. Who did our Afgani soviet fighter recruits turn into?
Obama, and the Democrats have not been good for us, or the World.
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