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West Point Report: Obama Watched Islamic State Grow
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Posted on 08/28/2014 5:04:00 PM PDT by raptor22
War On Terror: A new report from the West Point counterterrorism center says the administration ignored warning signs as the Islamic State grew and trained over a four-year period paralleling our withdrawal from Iraq.
As President Obama dithers about whether to strike the Islamic State's sanctuary in Syria, a report by the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point shows how we got to this point. Obama simply overlooked the "JV" team until it was ready for terrorism's Pro Bowl.
Instead, he was focused on getting us out of Iraq and creating a power vacuum that the terrorist group was all too willing to fill.
"ISIL did not suddenly become effective in early June 2014," the report states. "It has been steadily strengthening and actively shaping the future operating environment for four years."
The Islamic State's rapid expansion into Iraq was "the result of years of patient preparatory operations," wrote the report's author, Michael Knights of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.investors.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: appeasement; ibd; iraq; isil; isis; islamicstate; jihad; nostrategy; syria
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posted on
08/28/2014 5:04:01 PM PDT
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raptor22
To: raptor22
I don't have a strategy
maybe a whole lotta blow?
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posted on
08/28/2014 5:04:59 PM PDT
by
devolve
(- "If Obama puts on a USMC t-shirt to play basketball it does not mean he is not a silly pansy! -)
To: raptor22
Obama released their Leader and then their 5 Generals.
.... but got back a deserter.
Obama released the Cole bombers.
Obama brought in Hasan at his inauguration.
Is everyone in DC stupider than a rock?
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posted on
08/28/2014 5:07:10 PM PDT
by
Diogenesis
(The EXEMPT Congress is complicit in the absence of impeachment)
>> the administration ignored warning signs as the Islamic State grew and trained over a four-year period paralleling our withdrawal from Iraq.
Ignored or facilitated? Hell, the scumbags on the Left accuse Republicans of killing children and seniors. I’ll go with facilitated.
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posted on
08/28/2014 5:09:39 PM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: raptor22
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posted on
08/28/2014 5:10:52 PM PDT
by
workerbee
(The President of the United States is PUBLIC ENEMY #1)
To: Nachum; markomalley; Clairity; Carlucci; grey_whiskers; meyer; WL-law; Para-Ord.45; ...
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posted on
08/28/2014 5:11:13 PM PDT
by
raptor22
(Follow me on Twitter @gerfingerpoken or facebook.com/danielsobieski)
To: raptor22
it was not just benign neglect
all the while, dollars and American weapons were conveniently made available to, found their way into, the ISIS IslamoNazi murder gang
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posted on
08/28/2014 5:12:13 PM PDT
by
faithhopecharity
((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..) n)
To: raptor22
I feel smarter by the minute when I read this chit! I’m just an Everyday Midwestern Soccer Mom Doofus and even *I* saw this one coming. In 2008.
Of course, since my elected LEADERS are a bunch of panty-waste, back-slapping, money-grubbing, border-snubbing, economy-killing, glad-handing Socialists & Socialists-Lite, I’m pretty much doomed.
As are you all.
I’ll be in my bunker packing shells and cleaning my guns if you need me. *SPIT*
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posted on
08/28/2014 5:12:42 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
To: raptor22
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Obama Watched Islamic State GrowWith satisfaction.
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posted on
08/28/2014 5:20:57 PM PDT
by
arthurus
(Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINE http://steshaw.org/economics-in-one-lesson/)
To: raptor22
The only JV team is the one in the White House.
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posted on
08/28/2014 5:30:08 PM PDT
by
justa-hairyape
(The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
To: raptor22
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posted on
08/28/2014 5:37:41 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
To: raptor22
Watched it? Hell, he provided training for it!
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posted on
08/28/2014 5:40:34 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(The cure has become worse than the disease. Support an end to the WOD now.)
To: Jim Robinson; Grampa Dave; granite; GreenFreeper; grjr21; I got the rope; IchBinEinBerliner; ...
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posted on
08/28/2014 5:50:41 PM PDT
by
raptor22
(Follow me on Twitter @gerfingerpoken or facebook.com/danielsobieski)
To: raptor22
the administration ignored warning signs as the Islamic State grew and trained over a four-year period BS!!!
They did not ignore it, they encouraged it!
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posted on
08/28/2014 5:57:00 PM PDT
by
Michael.SF.
(It takes a gun to feed a village)
To: raptor22
He gave the Sunni Muslims weapons, training, cash, and ... using our tax dollars
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posted on
08/28/2014 6:04:30 PM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
Less than $7.6k to go!!
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posted on
08/28/2014 6:05:16 PM PDT
by
RedMDer
(May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
Less than $7.6k to go!!
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posted on
08/28/2014 6:05:16 PM PDT
by
RedMDer
(May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
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posted on
08/28/2014 6:08:44 PM PDT
by
raptor22
(Follow me on Twitter @gerfingerpoken or facebook.com/danielsobieski)
To: Diogenesis
Don’t listen to what he says.
Watch what he does.
He is an enemy of America.
To: raptor22
Obama Watched Islamic State Grow Obama HELPED Islamic State Grow
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posted on
08/28/2014 6:45:22 PM PDT
by
Iron Munro
(Democrats love poor blacks - that's why they keep them on the Plantation)
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