◼ Obama says 'they' underestimated ISIS - 'they' sure do screw up a lot - Robert Laurie/herman Cain
You may recall 60 Minutes interviewer Steve Kroft from an utterly embarrassing sit down he conducted with President Obama and Hillary Clinton back in 2013. If you watched it, you'll probably recall that Kroft was almost apologetic when he dared to ask Hillary a question about Benghazi. Instead of covering any real issues, the whole thing devolved into a completely disgraceful piece of non-journalism in which the President and outgoing Secretary of State spent a half hour telling America how they adored each other and what "strong" friends they were.
It was shameful, ridiculous, and so overtly fawning that - for a while - Kroft basically became a laughing stock.
Well.... Last night, President Obama appeared on 60 Minutes where he was interviewed by Steve Kroft.
During the course of the questions, Kroft asked how it was possible that Obama could flippantly dismiss ISIS as the "JV team" at the beginning of the year, only to realize they were a massive, global threat 5 months later. "Obviously," Obama thought. "The best way to handle this is to chuck the entire intelligence community under the bus."
...Apparently, it was "they" who called ISIS the "J.V. team."
I guess it was "they" who proudly took credit for the Iraq withdrawl before changing their mind and blaming it on Bush.
It was "they" who laughed at Romney for his alleged desire to start a war in Syria.
And, I supposed it was "they" who wants to arm "moderate" rebels who've signed a non-aggression pact with ISIS.
"They" certainly have been wrong a lot. You would think that, since Obama views James Clapper as such a failure, he'd replace him. After all, Clapper has previously lied to Congress about the NSA and he's apparently terrible at his job in terms of alerting the world to the threat posed by ISIS. If he's so awful, why is he still part of the Obama team?...
◼ Prominent Democrat: The only people who ‘underestimated’ ISIS were in the White House - HotAir
As Ed Morrissey observed, it took only hours for The Daily Beast’s Eli Lake to find well-connected sources willing to denounce the president’s dishonest buck passing. Using some rather coarse language, one frustrated former Pentagon official accused the president of either being mendacious or ignoring his intelligence briefings. Morrissey observed that even New York Times reporters found the president’s testimony in his own defense wanting.◼ Obama faces backlash after blaming intel community for missing ISIS - FOX
Now, even some Democrats are jumping ship. Former Rear Admiral Joe Sestak, a two-term Democratic member of the House of Representatives, a House Armed Services Committee member, and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010, was asked on Monday how it was possible for the intelligence community so gravely underestimate ISIS. Sestak appeared to surprise his MSNBC interlocutor when he noted that the only people who got ISIS wrong work in the Obama administration.
Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., also questioned the president's comments on Monday. Speaking on MSNBC, he said he himself became aware of the threat in the summer of 2013. King said Obama "dropped the ball" and is trying to blame others.
