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Obama faces backlash after blaming intel community for missing ISIS
Fox News ^ | 9/29/14

Posted on 09/29/2014 8:11:34 AM PDT by pabianice

Obama says intel officials 'underestimated' rise of ISIS Never autoplay videos

One wouldn't be surprised if President Obama's Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, woke up Monday morning checking for tire tracks after his boss effectively threw him under the bus for having "underestimated" the threat posed by the Islamic State militant group.

But Obama's remarks in a "60 Minutes" interview drew immediate objections from lawmakers and the intelligence community.

In the interview, Obama was asked how the Islamic State was able to gain so much territory. "Our head of the intelligence community Jim Clapper has acknowledged that I think they underestimated what had been taking place in Syria," the president said.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: isis; islaminside; noaccountability; obamainterview; obamalies; totaltreason; treasonisthereason; usintelligence
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To: pabianice
Nothing is ever Obama's fault since he's always the smartest man in the room.

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I beg someone here to please explain how this idiot Obama was elected not once but twice to be President of the United States.

Were we Americans so stupid to vote for him?

But sad to say: If he was legally able to run again, Obama would probably win again.

If Hillary runs, it would be as if Obama was running again. Sad.

41 posted on 09/29/2014 8:37:44 AM PDT by john mirse
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To: MeshugeMikey

Bingo!


42 posted on 09/29/2014 8:38:24 AM PDT by RedMDer (May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
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To: pabianice
Nothing is ever Obama's fault since he's always the smartest man in the room.

And so are the ass sniffing libstards who voted for him.

43 posted on 09/29/2014 8:42:51 AM PDT by dragonblustar ( Psalm 103, Psalm 37:7, Ephesians 6:12)
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To: pabianice
It was all the fault of the Bureau Underestimating Strength of Hostiles. Also known as Bush's fault.
44 posted on 09/29/2014 8:48:02 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

hes beginning to sound like al sharpton......be much assured


45 posted on 09/29/2014 8:49:13 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill)
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To: RedMDer

Obie is our First Al Sharpton-American President..


46 posted on 09/29/2014 8:50:05 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill)
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To: pabianice

P*ssing off your spooks is a mistake that virtually NO leader should want to make.

They tend to have a vindictive streak, and they KNOW where all of the bodies are buried.


47 posted on 09/29/2014 8:53:31 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: pabianice

Well, he’s not going to blame himself, obviously. They probably have the list of scapegoats all ready to go, in the case of any contingency that comes up. I wonder how far down Hillary is on the list.

How come he hasn’t blamed Bush yet? Or Netanyahu (Israel’s fault, due to “settlements”).


48 posted on 09/29/2014 8:53:33 AM PDT by BusterBear
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To: pabianice

Clapper is STUPID or Hapless......he is INCOMPETENT!!


49 posted on 09/29/2014 8:56:48 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion......the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: MeshugeMikey

WHAT is that story????


50 posted on 09/29/2014 8:59:03 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion......the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: molson209

“Obama never attends his daily intel briefing ,he reads it ,LOL”

Maybe dat be written cursive. Dat old school n he be new school. Gnomewatisay.


51 posted on 09/29/2014 9:00:00 AM PDT by Polynikes (What would Walt Kowalski do. In the meantime "GET OFF MY LAWN")
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To: Vaduz
Only thing on Obama’s resume is PPP

Piss

Poor

President Prevaricator

There, said it, he's a liar.

52 posted on 09/29/2014 9:20:18 AM PDT by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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To: MortMan
"Harumph... He's not smartest even when he's alone..."

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*snicker*

53 posted on 09/29/2014 9:25:17 AM PDT by hummingbird (US = Koyaanisqatsi.)
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To: pabianice
Obama faces backlash after blaming intel community for missing ISIS

No, he's not facing one bit of backlash.

WaPo is blaming it all on the destructive nature of "political reporting". The NYT isn't even mentioning it.

Tonight the alphabet news folks will cover for Obama, and the primary news source for Obama-lovers (late night talk show hosts) will surely blame this all on Bush.

54 posted on 09/29/2014 9:28:29 AM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: MeshugeMikey

My thoughts too...so the only thing Clapper acknowledged is Obama’s opinion, not the same as agreeing to it or agreeing he underestimated them.


55 posted on 09/29/2014 9:55:07 AM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing consequences of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: Andyman

“Just remember that is was Clapper who called the Muslim Brotherhood a “largely secular organization.””

Clapper should have been fired right then.....it was obvious to anyone, even in the public realm, that keeps up on the issues that they were sharia oriented.


56 posted on 09/29/2014 10:53:16 AM PDT by Enten (I don't have islamophobia...I do have islamonausea)
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To: molson209

#6 obama keeps spilling his coffee on the intel.
He now is blaming Starbucks.


57 posted on 09/29/2014 11:34:51 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: RJS1950

Always has been.


58 posted on 09/30/2014 7:54:51 AM PDT by Vaduz
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