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Obama: U.S. underestimated rise of ISIS in Iraq and Syria
CBS News ^ | September 28, 2014

Posted on 09/28/2014 11:56:34 AM PDT by Kaslin

The U.S. had expected the Iraqi army to do more against extremists, president says in acknowledgment of intelligence shortcomings

resident Obama acknowledged that the U.S. underestimated the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS, also called ISIL) and overestimated the ability of the Iraqi military to fend off the militant group in an interview that will air Sunday on 60 Minutes.


TOPICS: Front Page News; Syria
KEYWORDS: caliphate; caliphate4jarrett; hussein; iran; iraq; khorosan; lebanon; obamasfault; syria; valeriejarrett
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1 posted on 09/28/2014 11:56:34 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

UNEXPECTED!


2 posted on 09/28/2014 11:56:52 AM PDT by dfwgator (The "Fire Muschamp" tagline is back!)
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To: Kaslin

But Obama HAD been warned...and chose to ignore.


3 posted on 09/28/2014 11:58:28 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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To: Kaslin

No.....OBAMA underestimated the rise of ISIS.

Or he simply didn’t care until the public cared.


4 posted on 09/28/2014 11:59:01 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Politicians and diapers must be changed often for the same reason)
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To: Kaslin

he has had his head in the sand for years - believe he actually enjoys his arse exposed


5 posted on 09/28/2014 12:00:36 PM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: Cowboy Bob

6 posted on 09/28/2014 12:00:39 PM PDT by jimbo123
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To: Kaslin
Obama..just resign! Wash your hands of this ugly mess that you obviously don't want to deal with. Move on!
7 posted on 09/28/2014 12:00:52 PM PDT by Awgie (truth is always stranger than fiction)
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Obama: U.S. My staff underestimated ensured the rise of ISIS in Iraq and Syria


8 posted on 09/28/2014 12:00:59 PM PDT by darkwing104 (Forgive but don't forget)
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To: Kaslin

This is true. The US underestimated ISIS when it reelected Obama. Indeed, when it elected him in the first place.


9 posted on 09/28/2014 12:01:19 PM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion ("Liberalism” is a conspiracy against the public by wire-service journalism.)
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To: Cowboy Bob

Exactly


10 posted on 09/28/2014 12:01:35 PM PDT by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

Exactly? There is no “we”. It was Obama that played politics and chose to ignore advice and skip briefings. That deals with a year ago. However he can’t even say that regarding what has happened in the last four months. All of us have watched unfold via media reports. He still refused to do nothing.


11 posted on 09/28/2014 12:03:38 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: elpadre

He and other idiot Congressmen over have their heads in the sand about the threat of illegal immigration and ISIS being able to come across our Southern border unopposed. I’m guessing they will only take it seriously when there is a mushroom cloud blooming where the WH was just standing....the Chinese understood the need for the Great Wall long ago. We need to heed that same message


12 posted on 09/28/2014 12:05:36 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: Kaslin

Time for an Eddie01 nini-Opus.
I can’t stand it anymore.
Where are the marches?
Where are the patriots?
I was there in 2009 and I can’t stand the passivism.

All the tough talking pussies are making me numb.


13 posted on 09/28/2014 12:06:15 PM PDT by Eddie01 (Liberals lie about everything all the time.)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

And this is all Obama’s fault. In spite of what liberals may say, it’s all on him.

George Bush has been gone for almost six years now. There is no way that liberals, if intellectually honest, can blame the threats posed by ISIS on Bush, or on something Bush did, or on something Bush didn’t do. The liberals’ guy has been there for almost six years. The statute of limitations has expired on blaming inherited problems for our problems today.

Does anyone ever remember Reagan and his people constantly blaming their problems on issues inherited from Jimmy Carter? I think this president and his followers have hit a new low in so far as nothing is ever the fault of him or his policies. There is always someone else or some outside force to blame for whatever Obama is dealing with.


14 posted on 09/28/2014 12:07:18 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego (s)
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The problem is that the daily intelligence brief that every president receives every morning interfered with Obama’s golf schedule.


15 posted on 09/28/2014 12:07:44 PM PDT by Dqban22
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To: Kaslin

Obama does not realize that as of this moment, he is the figure-head of the United States.

If the United States didn’t know, he is actually saying, “I’m one clueless bastard folks!”

Imagine that, something we agree on.


16 posted on 09/28/2014 12:08:50 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Obama and the Left are maggots feeding off the flesh of the United States.)
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To: Kaslin

To be expected. There is NO WAY one can possibly believe Obama would NOT actually say “U.S. underestimated rise of ISIS in Iraq and Syria”, rather than admit his own failure.


17 posted on 09/28/2014 12:08:51 PM PDT by rockinqsranch ((Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will. They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.))
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18 posted on 09/28/2014 12:09:14 PM PDT by Diogenesis (The EXEMPT Congress is complicit in the absence of impeachment)
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To: conservatism_IS_compassion

What do you mean the US underestimated ISIS when it reelected that arrogant pos? Did you sit the 2012 election out or did you vote for some third party candidate? So don’t blame me and the other 60,933,499 who voted for our nominee


19 posted on 09/28/2014 12:10:04 PM PDT by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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To: Kaslin

No Brak, YOU, McCain and company created ISIS with your funneling weapons through Benghazi to Syria, arming al-qeada in Syria, and trying to pull there what you did in Egypt.


20 posted on 09/28/2014 12:11:41 PM PDT by Darksheare (People who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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