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Obama: Bad Intelligence Behind ISIS Underestimation
Breitbart TV ^ | 8-9-2014

Posted on 08/09/2014 11:31:17 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot

Saturday from the White House South Lawn, President Barack Obama blamed "intelligence estimates" for not anticipating the speed in which ISIS would capture large sections of Iraq.

(Watch the 2:41 video clip at source)

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: airstrikeonisis; badintelexcuse; iraq; isis; isisiraq; kurdistan; obama; obamaisis; obamaownsiraq; obamapresser; underbarrysbus; yazidi; yazidis
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To: Sir Napsalot

Is Obama the only one in the room who doesn’t realize ISIS was established by his orchestration over the past 6 years?


81 posted on 08/09/2014 12:29:37 PM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: Sir Napsalot

Yes, the voters made intelligence estimates of dear leader that were were far greater than dear leader’s actual intelligence... The truth is painful... And deadly...


82 posted on 08/09/2014 12:32:09 PM PDT by DB
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To: dfwgator
The buck shops here!
83 posted on 08/09/2014 12:41:25 PM PDT by eyedigress ((zOld storm chaser from the west)/?s)
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To: Cvengr
>>"Is Obama the only one in the room who doesn’t realize ISIS was established by his orchestration over the past 6 years?"

Doubtful. ISIS is another CIA creation. Just like Hussein, and alciaduh. They're just changing their business name because the alciaduh brand cant be used as an ally anymore.

Why with Burry's powers of mooseslime persuasion he should have a peace treaty negotiated with them just as soon as they finish commiting GENOCIDE against the Christians and Jews.

84 posted on 08/09/2014 12:44:01 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist (Jeremiah 50:32 "The arrogant one will stumble and fall ; / ?)
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To: mikrofon

No it didn’t, and Bush never used it as an excuse. He simply said that he went by what he had, which was actually sound information for what it was...the Dems insisted that there had to be WMD in there for us to go in (even though Saddam and that whole cluster were busy supporting even more radical forces, and we were originally going in because of that) and Saddam definitely had WMD. Thus the information had to be undermined, corrupted and cast into doubt.

But Bush never blamed the CIA for giving him bad information; not everything was completely accurate (because it never is), but they actually had the general gist of it until the Dems got into insane things like Valerie Plame, etc.

If Obama wanted “intelligence” about this, all he had to do was read the newspapers. And if he had wanted a special report, I’m sure he could have gotten one, except that he never goes to NSC meetings or even his daily briefings.

So he’s blaming this on the intelligence services. Cute. I wish one of them would post his foreign birth certificate in retaliation.


85 posted on 08/09/2014 12:45:13 PM PDT by livius
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To: Sir Napsalot

When is our vaunted intelligence going to come forward to defend themselves and throw this whiney punk under a tank????
YOu know, the one we spend a hundred billion or so a year to not see the fall of the soviet union? The same one that missed 9-11, etc etc?


86 posted on 08/09/2014 12:47:44 PM PDT by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) obammy lied and lied and lied)
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To: onona

10 Bears he’s not!


87 posted on 08/09/2014 12:54:35 PM PDT by NonValueAdded ("Kerry, as Obama's plenipotentiary, is a paradox - the physical presence of a geopolitical absence")
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To: Sir Napsalot
Obama blamed "intelligence estimates" for not anticipating the speed in which ISIS would capture large sections of Iraq.

dey be raysis for giving me bad intel

88 posted on 08/09/2014 12:56:43 PM PDT by mjp ((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
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To: Sir Napsalot

SOS. Soetoro lies.


89 posted on 08/09/2014 1:09:42 PM PDT by VRWC For Truth (Roberts has perverted the Constitution)
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To: VRWC For Truth

AS USUAL.....OBAMA SAYS...Not my fault,

and always someone else to blame...the guy just get worst daily...and off he goes on vacation...and MSM just smiles and moves on....what an embarrassment to a once Great Nation..


90 posted on 08/09/2014 1:14:23 PM PDT by haircutter
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To: Sir Napsalot

“Obama blamed ‘intelligence estimates’ ...”

Democrats should follow his lead and question theirs.


91 posted on 08/09/2014 1:16:03 PM PDT by tinyowl (A equals A)
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To: Sir Napsalot

I wonder if the the various intelligence agencies are going to take this one lying down . . . or if we will suddenly see a few strategic leaks that prove otherwise.


92 posted on 08/09/2014 1:29:20 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie (http://forum.stink-eye.net)
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To: livius

On this general topic, Obama has always held to the adage that-
“Nobody ever lost an election underestimating the intelligence of the American voter.”

It would be great to see the ‘chickens come home to roost’ by having someone in the Intelligence services call him on this outright insult ... In a match of wits with the experts, POSOTUS would get a rude awakening.


93 posted on 08/09/2014 1:58:49 PM PDT by mikrofon (NObama, Never, No-how)
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To: Alas Babylon!; American_Centurion; An.American.Expatriate; ASA.Ranger; ASA Vet; Ax; Azeem; ...

MI Ping


94 posted on 08/09/2014 2:16:11 PM PDT by ASA Vet (Don't assume Shahanshah Obama will allow another election.)
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To: Sir Napsalot

I guess that falls into the realm of “unexpected”.


95 posted on 08/09/2014 2:16:14 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (His Arrogance would love to replace John Kerry-Heinz but all the trained monkeys turned him down.)
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To: Sir Napsalot


96 posted on 08/09/2014 2:20:21 PM PDT by Iron Munro (It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government --- Thomas Paine)
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To: Sir Napsalot; ASA Vet

What an asshole! We know exactly who is doing what and has what. The problem is from the top.


97 posted on 08/09/2014 2:27:55 PM PDT by Azeem (There are four boxes to be used in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury and ammo.)
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To: livius
So he’s blaming this on the intelligence services. Cute. I wish one of them would post his foreign birth certificate in retaliation.

It has been posted right here on FR several times. The PTB decided to zot those posters.

98 posted on 08/09/2014 2:31:13 PM PDT by ASA Vet (Don't assume Shahanshah Obama will allow another election.)
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To: ASA Vet

Even I knew ISIS was on the march and that we could have droned them on their convoys from Syria two months ago. Maybe I could be on his staff of advisors.


99 posted on 08/09/2014 2:38:57 PM PDT by Semper911 (When you want to rob Peter to pay Paul, you'll always have the support of Paul.)
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To: Semper911
Maybe I could be on his staff of advisors.

Could you leave any sense of morality, honesty, integrity at the doorway? If so, you might have a shot.

100 posted on 08/09/2014 2:47:43 PM PDT by ASA Vet (Don't assume Shahanshah Obama will allow another election.)
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