Obama: We're not losing against ISIS

CNN ^ | 22 May 2015 | Kevin Liptak

[mandaladon]

Washington (CNN)Assessing his war on ISIS after the group overtook the key Iraqi city of Ramadi, President Barack Obama said in an interview this week his strategy against the terrorists isn't failing.

"I don't think we're losing," Obama said in the Tuesday interview with The Atlantic magazine, which posted online Thursday.

Calling the fall of Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, a "tactical setback," Obama pinned the blame on poorly trained and organized Iraqi Defense Forces.

"The training of Iraqi security forces, the fortifications, the command-and-control systems are not happening fast enough in Anbar, in the Sunni parts of the country," he told interviewer Jeffrey Goldberg.

As ISIS takes ground in Sunni-dominated Anbar, the administration has worked to bolster Iraqi security forces, including backing multi-sectarian forces termed "Popular Mobilization Units" that include Shia fighters. Administration officials insist those forces must remain under the control of the central Iraqi government, a proposition that in the past has proven difficult.

Obama said in his interview it was a "source of concern" that Sunni fighters haven't become more engaged in fighting ISIS. As ISIS takes ground in Sunni-dominated Anbar, the administration has worked to bolster Iraqi security forces, including backing multi-sectarian forces termed "Popular Mobilization Units" that include Shia fighters. Administration officials insist those forces must remain under the control of the central Iraqi government, a proposition that in the past has proven difficult.

Obama said in his interview it was a "source of concern" that Sunni fighters haven't become more engaged in fighting ISIS.

[mandaladon]

In the interview, Obama cast his push for a nuclear deal in personal terms, saying his own reputation was on the line.

"Look, 20 years from now, I'm still going to be around, God willing. If Iran has a nuclear weapon, it's my name on this," he said.​..............This clown gives me a headache.

[Teacher317]

That’s because his goal is their proliferation. They’re succeeding, so he’s happy.

[bray]

Remember they said we were losing for 8 years under Bush and now we are winning as Remadi falls.

Pray America is waking

[ctdonath2]

Of course he says “we’re winning.” He sides with ISIS.
Don’t go thinking his use of “we” includes American patriots.

[gingerbread]

I wonder what he’ll say when ISIS flies their flag on top of the WH? Maybe then, he’ll admit to every body that he has been a MUSLIM all along.

[treetopsandroofs]

“We’re not losing”

And the chocolate ration has been increased from 30 grammes to 20 grammes this week.

[Boonie]

“...Obama pinned the blame on poorly trained and organized Iraqi Defense Forces...”

I thought we had been training these “forces” for the last 6 years??????

[treetopsandroofs]

“Maybe then, he’ll admit to every body that he has been a MUSLIM all along.”

I watched adoring Hussein Heads in 2009 say, “How DARE you accuse him of being a muslim!” and lately, it’s “So WHAT if he’s a muslim?”

[molson209]

Obama, “how can we be losing against ISIS ,we’re not fight them “

[ilgipper]

We’re not losing, we’re just winning in reverse.

[armydawg505]

Muslim terrorists winning is not losing in Obama’s muslim trained mind. The US and the west giving way is winning in his opinion.

[plain talk]

you mean decreased :-)

[expat2]

Why would Sunnis fight fellow Sunnis for the sake of a Shia government that has excluded Sunnis?

[Durbin]

According to Leftists, America losing means we are winning. So this doesn’t surprise me coming from Obama.

[ScottinVA]

"Look, 20 years from now, I'm still going to be around, God willing. If Iran has a nuclear weapon, it's my name on this," he said.​

Well... yeah. No sh*t, Obama.

And God willing you'll be long gone in 20 years.

[RetSignman]

[We’re not losing against ISIS]

That’s because he isn’t fighting a war on ISIS, he calls it ISIL and THAT is another whole story of what failure looks like.

(Damn, I wish the moron had said...’we’re not loosing...’)

[alancarp]

The scariest part is in waiting until January 20, 2017. His statements are getting more delusional by the day.

[davius]

'you mean decreased :-)'

The ration has increased. It has always increased. A decrease is doubleplusungood. Please go outside and enter the vehicle waiting there. They will help you get better.

[freedomfiter2]

What the President means is that we are winning with ISIS.

[catman67]

Meet Obama's new Chief of Staff: Juilation T. Cornpone!!!!