I read an article in the Dallas News by editorial writer Tod Robberson, headlined ISIS sweep into Iraq was no surprise to anyone paying attention. In the article Tod Robberson starts off by saying that president Obama would have you believe that his director of intelligence, James Clapper, had underestimated what was going on in Iraq and Syria.
Robberson states that the letter that Democratic and Republican senators sent to Obama on Oct. 29, 2013
which was sent 11 months ago warning the president that ISIS was taking over Syria and advancing in Iraq, went ignored.
If the president really didn't know about the growing threat, how did the Dallas morning news? Here are a few headlines Robberson linked to his article. Spike in sectarian violence hurts Iraq’s economy (July 29, 2013), Death toll from violence spikes7,818 civilians killed in 2013; number had fallen with U.S. troop surge (Jan. 2, 2014), Security forces battle to put down al-Qaeda uprisings in Sunni cities (Jan. 3, 2014), Syrian war echoing through region Iraq hit by al-Qaeda attacks; blast strikes Beirut (Jan. 3, 2014), just to give you a few. You can see that if the Dallas Morning News had this information, that clearly the president of the United States of America and his advisers knew the coming threat, yet did nothing about it. Obama even went on to call them the J.V. team of terrorism.
If I were grading this article by Tod Robberson, I would give him an A for sure. He backed up his opinions about the president knowing all along the huge threat ISIS poses while doing nothing about it. He is even handing out pink slips to our military as ISIS grows in numbers.
Commenting on the Article: Did Obama Know how big of a threat ISIS really was?
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree with your opinion of President Obama, this seems to be an ongoing problem with his administration. Our current President is mostly focused on his personal agenda than taking into consideration the needs of the nation. What seems relevant to most Americans is irrelevant to Obama. What I find interesting is the fact that people consider President Bush's actions wrong for his response after 911. He acknowledged an act of terrorism and responded the way any patriotic citizen of this country would. And yet we have a current President who continues to maintains his place in office when he failed to respond to his own ambassador's plea for aid in Benghazi after which resulted in not only his death but also other American citizens. We have a history in our country of men who have fought to honor the heritage of our country and have paid the price with their lives. On a day when most presidents acknowledge and honor military veterans he was out focusing on his own personal agenda. That was an acknowledgement that he doesn't care. Ignoring threats and failing to defend the strength of our nation is a pure insult and poses a threat to our nation's security.