NYT Helpfully Documents Obama's Many Errors in Assessment of ISIS

[Acebb]

The least prepared man in the room [SUP]TM[/SUP] seems to have, well, you can guess

But by pointing to the agencies without mentioning any misjudgments of his own, Mr. Obama left intelligence officials bristling about being made into scapegoats and critics complaining that he was trying to avoid responsibility.

A reconstruction of the past year suggests a number of pivotal moments when both the White House and the intelligence community misjudged the Islamic State. Even after the group’s fighters stormed across the border into Iraq at the start of the year to capture the city of Falluja and parts of Ramadi, the White House considered it a problem that could be contained.

The entire article is an indictment of the of the stupid Columbia undergrad [FONT=georgia, times new roman, times, serif]worldview that permeates this Administration.[/FONT]

 

[ballerhanz]

No doubt he fucked up, but I wouldn't criticize the intelligence of a man who went to Columbia undergrad and Yale law. As an attorney, I at least respect that. I don't doubt his intelligence. His ideology and ideas are just as misguided as fucking hell. His incompetence level is off the charts though.

 

[Acebb]

No doubt he fucked up, but I wouldn't criticize the intelligence of a man who went to Columbia undergrad and Yale law. As an attorney, I at least respect that. I don't doubt his intelligence. His ideology and ideas are just as misguided as fucking hell. His incompetence level is off the charts though.

We can't see his academic transcripts.
He has no legal scholarship of note: the HLR election was entirely political
Both schools he attended were making active efforts to increase blacks on campus. There is no reason to believe he was held to the same academic rigor as his peers.

Nothing, not 1 single thing, Obama has said or done as President indicates he is intelligent. He believes in failed ideas, and keeps maintaing a belief in them even after the ideas have demonstrated failure.

Obama hasn't had a new idea yet.

 

[russ1945]

No doubt he fucked up, but I wouldn't criticize the intelligence of a man who went to Columbia undergrad and Yale law. As an attorney, I at least respect that. I don't doubt his intelligence. His ideology and ideas are just as misguided as fucking hell. His incompetence level is off the charts though.

What good is intelligence if one is misguided and especially if they refuse to consider alternatives. Intelligence means nothing unless it is used to it's fullest. I know people who completed law school and are not "that" intelligent but they have common sense and open minds. Yes Obama deserves criticism for being intelligent and using it as an excuse instead of for making intelligent decisions. You are right his incompetence is off the charts. His ideology used to be hidden but now is obvious to anyone who pays attention. Unfortunately there are too many sheep and the uninformed swing elections.

 

[Willie99]

it wasn't his fault

as ASIS was rolling through Iraq and killing thousands of people, our intelligence agencies told him ISIS was a JV team. What's the poor unfortunate man supposed to think?

Obama said great, thanks for sharing that with me, now I can go play golf

when he learns they're not really a JV team, he takes appropriate action. That being he no longer calls them a JV team, he's now "gravely concerned"

 

[Willie99]

"I was shaking hands with a dead fish"
"Obama was the least prepared man in the room"
“I’m a better speechwriter than my speechwriters… I know more about policies on any particular issue than my policy directors … I’m a better political director than my political director.”

I know nothing, I didn't know that. It was faulty intelligence. It happened two years ago. I need to investigate what I said. It was an upsising caused by a YouTube video and see, just like I said, it was an act of terrorsim. It's my great economy, but it's the republicans fault the economy sucks. It was my staff who did that, not me. I personally hunted down and killed UBL, me me me (the only thing he's consistent about)

the man is pure scum, which also appears to be a genetic sort a thing around here