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The former Pentagon chief offers a view from inside an administration that was caught flat-footed by the multi-sided conflict in Syria and by the subsequent onslaught of the Islamic State.

While the White House sought to stay out of the conflict in Syria, the Islamic State's lightning advance into northern Iraq in June 2014 - with Baghdad's army collapsing in retreat - came as a "jolt" to the administration, Hagel said.

Asked at a press conference in August of that year about the nature of the threat posed by the Islamic State, Hagel told reporters that "this is beyond anything that we've seen." He cited the group's military skill, financial resources, and adept online propaganda as an unprecedented danger that surpassed previous terrorist organizations.

Caca ! Obunghole aided, abetted, armed and supplied the Islamic State. Wake up Chuck.

Sisi ignored Hagel's entreaties and continued his brutal campaign to repress the group. (Muslim Brotherhood).

Sisi had to do whatever it took to stop Obunghole's Muslim Brotherhood pals and save his country. He was wise to ignore you Chuck.

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Sisi had to do whatever it took to stop Obunghole's Muslim Brotherhood pals and save his country. He was wise to ignore you Chuck.

Bump, exactly correct. Sisi saved Egypt from the Despotism of Obama's Muslim Brotherhood Terrorists. And Morsi and his MB Terrorists are still in jail. Many under death sentences.

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sisi is ISIS spelled backwards. Coincidence? I think not.