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Guess who Marie Harf credits with the virtual defeat of ISIS?
twitchy ^ | Posted at 9:36 pm on December 27, 2017 | Brett T.

Posted on 12/28/2017 6:03:42 AM PST by COBOL2Java

U.S. military officials on Tuesday revealed that ISIS has lost 98 percent of the territory it once held, and since President Trump took office, half of its so-called “caliphate” has been captured.

You can thank the Obama administration for that, says Marie Harf, now a political commentator for Fox News. Here she is on “The Five” to explain.

Marie Harf: "The strategy that has led to a virtual defeat of ISIS in the caliphate…is largely a strategy that was laid out during the #Obama administration by military commanders." #TheFive https://t.co/2xXlJTjp08 pic.twitter.com/mr5DZMmCdL
— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 27, 2017
So, is this one of those deals like crediting the uptick in the stock market with policies Barack Obama put in place?

Fox News reports:

The massive gains come after years of “onerous” rules, when critics say the Obama administration “micromanaged” the war and shunned a more intensive air strategy that could have ended the conflict much sooner.

“The rules of engagement under the Obama administration were onerous. I mean what are we doing having individual target determination being conducted in the White House, which in some cases adds weeks and weeks,” said retired Air Force Lt. Gen. David Deptula, the former head of U.S. Air Force intelligence. “The limitations that were put on actually resulted in greater civilian casualties.”

Isn’t Harf the one who inspired the #JobsForISIS hashtag back in 2015, suggesting that a lack of job opportunities is what led young men to join ISIS?

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


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Syria; War on Terror
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To: ConservativeMind

Correct.
Generals gave Obama the same message and he ignored it.
He figured he had Valerie Jarrett, why did he need the Pentagon.


41 posted on 12/28/2017 6:45:35 AM PST by Titus-Maximus (It doesn't matter who votes for whom, it only matters who counts the votes - Joe Stalin)
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To: COBOL2Java

It’s the petraeus strategy which was basically the vietnam counter insurgency strategy. Obama didn’t own it or come up with it.


42 posted on 12/28/2017 6:47:42 AM PST by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory.)
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To: Liz

Being that Sara is fantastic, until they get rid of the dueling idiots segments, I will continue to squelch them. “A wide man once said; You’ll never learn anything with your mouth open.”


43 posted on 12/28/2017 6:50:22 AM PST by mazda77
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To: COBOL2Java

MILITARY EXPERT MARIE HARF

44 posted on 12/28/2017 6:51:22 AM PST by MarvinStinson
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To: ConservativeMind

There was always the plans the generals wanted and the reality of what the damn lawyers and politicians would allow. The rules of engagement filled way too many body bags. Good to see Deptula is still making waves. I knew him when he was a Lt Col.


45 posted on 12/28/2017 6:51:30 AM PST by CMSMC
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To: COBOL2Java
is largely a strategy that was laid out during the #Obama administration by military commanders.
This is why Obama got her the job at FAUX
46 posted on 12/28/2017 6:51:47 AM PST by lewislynn ( If I had a badass rodeo bull I'd name it Trump)
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To: Liz
Fox just hired WH press rep Sara Huckabee....so there’s hope.

What!! She can't hold both positions. Did she resign or was she fired? She was the best rep for the President ever.

47 posted on 12/28/2017 6:53:10 AM PST by CedarDave (Alt-left hates presidents pics on paper money. I'll gladly collect those offensive bills from them!)
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To: MarvinStinson
Correction:

MILITARY EXPERT MARIE HARF-WIT

48 posted on 12/28/2017 6:55:26 AM PST by CedarDave (Alt-left hates presidents pics on paper money. I'll gladly collect those offensive bills from them!)
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To: CedarDave

Sara’s gonna get big bucks at Fox....

The decision to stay in govt or take the Fox job was easy.


49 posted on 12/28/2017 6:55:28 AM PST by Liz (One side in this conflict has 8 Trillion bullets; the other side doesnt know which bathroom to use.)
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To: COBOL2Java

Enroll her in therapy!


50 posted on 12/28/2017 6:56:28 AM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country)
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To: Red Badger

More like Harf arf arf arf.


51 posted on 12/28/2017 6:57:01 AM PST by Noumenon (Irony: Those who tell us we don't need a border wall whIle living in gated communities.)
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52 posted on 12/28/2017 6:57:18 AM PST by Liz (One side in this conflict has 8 Trillion bullets; the other side doesnt know which bathroom to use.)
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To: COBOL2Java

Yet FAUX News, who some FReepers still think has some patriotic leanings, continue to give this clown exposure. So glad I caught on and stopped watching FAUX.


53 posted on 12/28/2017 6:59:20 AM PST by Bigg Red (Vacate the chair! Ryan must go. Dump McConnman, too.)
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To: COBOL2Java

State Department Barbie spins well. She’s definitely smarter than Kilmeade, who often has her on his show for some reason. She spins lie after lie, and Kilmead just sits there. She deflects when he wakes up, and he won’t all her on it. I turn it off when she’s on.


54 posted on 12/28/2017 7:01:25 AM PST by Basket_of_Deplorables (SEDITION! Obama DOJ colluded to try overthrow the President!)
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To: Sgt_Schultze

LMAO!!


55 posted on 12/28/2017 7:04:25 AM PST by cld51860 (Volo pro veritas)
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To: COBOL2Java

This poor girl has absolutely zero brain activity.

Actually, I think this 98% success rate has more to do with the ISIS folks finding jobs.

Why would Fox or for that matter any news outfit hire such an absolute nitwit?


56 posted on 12/28/2017 7:04:28 AM PST by redfreedom
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To: MarvinStinson
Scarborough in a wig.


57 posted on 12/28/2017 7:19:42 AM PST by bar sin·is·ter (Climate Scientology - another example of science fiction morphing into a religious cult)
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To: mazda77
I will continue to squelch them. “A wide man once said; You’ll never learn anything with your mouth open.”

Christie?


58 posted on 12/28/2017 7:24:44 AM PST by COBOL2Java (Arguing with the left is like trying to reason with a crazy bum hearing voices)
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To: COBOL2Java

More to the point is they never shut up, even when told to do so by the host, or worse always talking over the other banjo. Nobody learns anything.


59 posted on 12/28/2017 7:28:49 AM PST by mazda77
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Another reason to tune out Faux News. Thanks COBOL2Java.

60 posted on 12/28/2017 7:33:10 AM PST by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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