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Obama: Bad Intelligence Behind ISIS Underestimation

Obama: Bad Intelligence Behind ISIS Underestimation

Saturday from the White House South Lawn, President Barack Obama blamed “intelligence estimates” for not anticipating the speed in which ISIS would capture large sections of Iraq. The president,who has been under harsh media criticism for likening ISIS to an Al-Qaeda

Obama Proposes Broader Long-Term Strategy in Iraq

Obama Proposes Broader Long-Term Strategy in Iraq

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Saturday proposed a broader long-term strategy to confront Islamic militants in Iraq, who have surprised U.S. intelligence with the fast pace of their approach on the Kurdish capital of Irbil. Obama warned Americans

Krauthammer: Obama 'Strategically Clueless'

Krauthammer: Obama 'Strategically Clueless'

On Friday’s “Hugh Hewitt Show,” Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer said the White House is not “near to a correct analysis” on the threat of ISIS. He argued that the idea that ISIS is not a threat because they only

What got Obama moving in Iraq

In response to The JV Team Is Behaving Extraordinarily Irresponsibly In Iraq: Almost everyone agrees that Obama abruptly rolled off the golf course and authorized targeted air strikes in Iraq for two reasons: (1) he can’t afford to be seen

ISIS: We Will Raise the Flag of Allah in the White House

ISIS: We Will Raise the Flag of Allah in the White House

Vice Media has released the first part of a five-part documentary series from reporter Medyan Dairieh who spent three weeks embedded with ISIS fighters as they stormed through Iraq capturing major cities. In an interview in the video ISIS spokesman Abu Mosa

Reporter Asks White House if ISIS no Longer a 'JV Team'

Reporter Asks White House if ISIS no Longer a 'JV Team'

Friday at the press briefing, CNN senior White House correspondent Jim Acosta pressed White House press secretary Josh Earnest on the notion of President Barack Obama bombing ISIS in Iraq means the organization is no longer a “JV” team. Acosta

Obama Security Adviser Defends 'Humanitarian' Airstrikes

Obama Security Adviser Defends 'Humanitarian' Airstrikes

White House Security Adviser Ben Rhodes described President Obama’s decision to authorize military airstrikes in Iraq as “humanitarian.” During the interview, Rhodes explained that the United States would continue to defend American personnel and help Iraqi forces take on ISIL

Obama Authorizes Airstrikes in Iraq

Obama Authorizes Airstrikes in Iraq

President Barack Obama announced that he has authorized limited airstrikes and a campaign to deliver humanitarian aid in Iraq in a speech from the White House on Thursday night. “I authorized two operations in Iraq. Targeted airstrikes to protect our