Obama's ISIS fight is NOT working

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[h=1]CIA director says Obama's ISIS fight is NOT working as he warns it will embrace 'guerrilla tactics' in the west and 'intensify its global terror campaign' – and Team Trump says it's Hillary's fault![/h]

• John Brennan testified Thursday in a Senate hearing that the ISIS terror army is successfully resisting the Obama administration's will to crush it
• 'Our efforts have not reduced the group's terrorism capability and global reach,' the CIA director said
• President Obama said two days ago that his terror-fighting machine was 'firing on all cylinders'
• Donald Trump's senior policy adviser said 'Hillary Clinton's reckless foreign policy unleashed ISIS onto the world' and linked the terror scourge to U.S. immigration policy

By DAVID MARTOSKO, US POLITICAL EDITOR FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 16:39, 16 June 2016 | UPDATED: 18:50, 16 June 2016




Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan told a Senate panel on Thursday that the Obama administration's fight against the ISIS terror army hasn't set it on its heels, and the group is poised to infiltrate the U.S. and other nations.
'Unfortunately, despite all our progress against ISIL on the battlefield and in the financial realm, our efforts have not reduced the group's terrorism capability and global reach,' Brennan said during a rare open hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee.
'In fact, as the pressure mounts on ISIL, we judge that it will intensify its global terror campaign to maintain its dominance of the global terrorism agenda.'
ISIL, not ISIS, is the Obama administration's preferred acronym for the jihadi army that controls large swaths of Iraq and Syria, and is developing a foothold in Libya.



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[superbeets]

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NOT WORKING: CIA director John Brennan testified on Thursday that the Obama administration's efforts to fight the ISIS terror army 'have not reduced the group's terrorism capability and global reach'

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SPIN CYCLE: President Barack Obama claimed Tuesday that his administration's anti-ISIS efforts were 'firing on all cylinders'

'ISIL has a large cadre of Western fighters who could potentially serve as operatives for attacks in the West,' Brennan said, cautioning that flows of refugees and ordinary travel paths could hide smuggled jihadis in plain sight.
The group is 'training and attempting to deploy operatives for further attacks' in western countries, he predicted.
President Barack Obama claimed on Tuesday that his military campaign against the self-proclaimed Islamic caliphate 'is firing on all cylinders.'
'ISIL is under more pressure than ever before,' he said, as the group 'continues to lose key leaders,' 'continues to lose ground in Iraq,' 'continues to lose ground in Syria' and 'continues to lose the money that is its lifeblood.
'We continue to destroy ISIL militarily,' Obama claimed.
But Brennan said the group has compensated for its losses of 1,000 to 3,000 militants in Iraq and Syria by recruiting and placing between 5,000 and 8,000 fighters in Libya.
'I am concerned about the growth of Libya as another area that could serve as the basis for ISIL to carry out attacks inside of Europe. ... That is very concerning,' he said.


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[superbeets]

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TOUGH TERROR TALK: A senior policy adviser to Donald Trump (pictured) said 'Hillary Clinton's reckless foreign policy unleashed ISIS onto the world'

Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, has been openly hostile to the Obama administration's terror-fighting approach.
And Stephen Miller, his senior policy adviser, told DailyMail.com that the Democratic presidential nominee is in large part to blame.
'Hillary Clinton's reckless foreign policy unleashed ISIS onto the world – from Libya to Egypt to Syria to Iraq – and her immigration policy gives them the means to attack us on our own soil,' he said.
'Director Brennan's testimony is a chilling warning that if we don't get immigration control in place we will allow both terrorists, and potential recruits, to burrow into the country.'
'Yet Hillary wants to increase Syrian refugees by 550 per cent,' Miller added, 'and bring in hundreds of thousands more from the most dangerous places on earth.'
Brennan predicted on Thursday that ISIS will become more aggressive and diversify its toolbox even as the U.S. ramps up efforts to stop it.
'To compensate for territorial losses, ISIL will probably rely more on guerrilla tactics, including high-profile attacks outside territory it holds,' he warned.

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PROBLEM: Brennan said ISIS will ramp up its terror operations in the western world, and has compensated for troop losses in Iraq and Syria with an expanded footprint in Libya

Brennan told senators that the CIA has 'not been able to uncover any direct link' between foreign terror groups and the Islamist who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub last weekend in Orlando, Florida.
The man pledged his allegiance to ISIS during a 911 call he placed in between bursts of gunfire.
The CIA director underscored the ability of ISIS to rally so-called 'lone wolf' acolytes around the world, calling the Orlando murders a 'heinous act of wanton violence' and an 'assault on the values of openness and tolerance' that define the United States as a nation.
Majorty Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday on the Senate floor that ISIS 'is not "contained",' and called it 'the personification of evil in our world, and it will continue to bring tragedy after tragedy to our doorsteps until it is defeated.'
'President Obama needs to finally lead a campaign to accomplish this objective, or at the very least prepare the military and intelligence community to help the next president do so if he won't,' he said. 'This is his primary responsibility in the wake of this terrorist tragedy.'


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[superbeets]

Yet Obama is bringing them into the USA by the thousands on a daily basis.




Of course it's not working!! Attacks keep happening & Obama goes after Trump instead of the main problem.

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[superbeets]

 

[SheriffJoe]

But, but, but...he gives "brilliant and powerful" speeches!

cockingasnook()

 

[SheriffJoe]

The Taliban now holds more of Afghanistan than at any time since 2001

http://hotair.com/archives/2016/06/16/taliban-resurgent-in-afghanistan/

:neenee:

 

[Willie99]

"not working" is synonymous with Obama


the country is "not working" because of his economic anchor policies

Obamacare is "not working"

his war on terror is "not working"

his constituents are "not working"



he's the least prepared man in the room, and you attain that status when you too are "not working"

he's a fucking idiot

 

[ScottL]

CNN report, including Brennan's testimony (3 minute vid)

 

[The Guesser]

But, but, but...he gives "brilliant and powerful" speeches!

cockingasnook()

But But But, He's killed more Radical Islamist Terrorists than anyone in the world the last 7 years, WHILE giving those brilliant and Powerful Speeches. cockingasnook()

 

[superbeets]

But But But, He's killed more Radical Islamist Terrorists than anyone in the world the last 7 years, WHILE giving those brilliant and Powerful Speeches. cockingasnook()

Obama does not know the words

 

[The Guesser]

Obama does not know the words

He does. But unlike you idiots, he actually is smart enough to know saying that phrase doesn't make them disappear, killing them does. hno:

 

[superbeets]

He does. But unlike you idiots, he actually is smart enough to know saying that phrase doesn't make them disappear, killing them does. hno:

His petulance prevents his use of the words.


Even Hillary knows to win the election she has to dissociate herself from this obstinacy of Obama.



Trump called him out over it.


Obama was so so angry that TRUMP had forced him to offer a explanation,albeit a pathetic one, why he would not call it Islamic Terrorism.


TRUMP forced his hand. A resounding victory for TRUMP.

 

[LENBO]

But But But, He's killed more Radical Islamist Terrorists than anyone in the world the last 7 years, WHILE giving those brilliant and Powerful Speeches. cockingasnook()

CIA Director: ISIS Has Grown 4,400 Percent Under Obama.

 

[russ1945]

[h=1]U.S. Commander in Afghanistan Submits Report on War[/h][h=2]Recent estimates put Taliban control at highest point since 2001[/h]SHARE
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Gen. John Nicholson / AP​

BY: Morgan Chalfant
June 16, 2016 11:18 am

Gen. John Nicholson, the new commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, has delivered his first three-month report of the situation in the country.
The Associated Press, citing a U.S. military official in Afghanistan, reported that the assessment–which is classified as secret–has been delivered to Nicholson’s chain of command at the Defense Department. The Taliban has made considerable gains in Afghanistan since President Obama marked the formal end to U.S. combat there in 2014, a development that is all but guaranteed to feature prominently in the report.
The report comes before Obama is due to make a decision on the troop level in Afghanistan. While all U.S. troops were initially supposed to leave Afghanistan by the end of 2016, Obama signed off on a plan last year that would reduce the 9,800 troops currently in the war-torn country to 5,500 by the end of the year, before he leaves office. The United States is said to be taking another look at that reduction plan.
The AP reported:

One factor in determining future troop levels is the extent to which NATO allies are willing to remain involved in training and advising the Afghans. That is likely to figure prominently in Nicholson’s review, which is widely expected to include a recommendation for more U.S. soldiers to boost training. … His review is also expected to look at the current threat level from various insurgent groups operating in Afghanistan, assess resources to deal with that threat, and look at current and future operational needs. It’s likely to take into account every aspect of the Afghan military’s preparedness–from operational capability and training needs at all levels, to fundamentals like equipment, facilities, maintenance and logistics, discipline, and accountability.
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Data compiled by the United Nations indicated last October that the Taliban’s reach in Afghanistan is larger than at any point during 2001, when U.S. troops invaded the country. The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction likewise wrote in a report to Congress in January that the Taliban controls more territory in the country than at any point in 2001 after the U.S. invasion.
The AP, citing internal NATO data, also reported that fatalities of Afghan forces increased by 28 percent last year.
Last week, Obama relaxed restrictions on U.S. forces in Afghanistan conducting airstrikes and providing ground combat support to Afghan forces. Still, the administration maintains that U.S. forces are serving a train, advise, and assist role in the country.
Nicholson has been the commander in Afghanistan for 90 days. He succeeded retired commander Gen. John Campbell, who along with other former top U.S. commanders recently urged Obama to sustain the current level of forces in Afghanistan through the end of his term.

 

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[h=2]Dozens of U.S. diplomats sign letter demanding that Obama BOMB Syria to force Assad into peace talks[/h]

Dozens of State Department employees have called for military intervention to pressure Syria's government into accepting a cease-fire and engaging in peace talks, officials said Thursday. A 'dissent channel cable' was signed about 50 mostly mid-level department officials who deal with U.S. policy in Syria (inset, a street in Aleppo), according to officials who have seen the document. It expresses clear frustration with America's inability to halt a civil war that has killed perhaps a half-million people and contributed to a worldwide refugee crisis, and goes to the heart of President Barack Obama's reluctance to enter the fray. Obama called for regime change early on in the conflict and threatened military strikes against Syrian forces after blaming President Bashar Assad for using chemical weapons in 2013.

 

[superbeets]

[h=1]Dozens of U.S. diplomats sign letter demanding that Obama BOMB Syria to force Assad into peace talks[/h]

• About 50 mid-level diplomats inside the U.S. State Department have signed a letter demanding military action from President Obama against Syria
• So far Obama's military intervention there has helped Bashar al-Assad's regime since it focuses on the ISIS terror army, which opposes Assad
• Document expressing dissent inside the State Department is now deemed 'classified'
• Secretary of State John Kerry has expressed sentiments that agree with the letter but he has muted his views since becoming secretary of state

By ASSOCIATED PRESS
PUBLISHED: 04:16, 17 June 2016 | UPDATED: 17:49, 17 June 2016


Dozens of State Department employees have endorsed an internal document that advocates U.S. military action to pressure Syria's government into accepting a cease-fire and engaging in peace talks, officials said Thursday. The position is at odds with U.S. policy.
The 'dissent channel cable' was signed about 50 mostly mid-level department officials who deal with U.S. policy in Syria, according to officials who have seen the document.
It expresses clear frustration with America's inability to halt a civil war that has killed perhaps a half-million people and contributed to a worldwide refugee crisis, and goes to the heart of President Barack Obama's reluctance to enter the fray.
Obama called for regime change early on in the conflict and threatened military strikes against Syrian forces after blaming President Bashar Assad for using chemical weapons in 2013.
But Obama only has authorized strikes against the Islamic State and other U.S.-designated terror groups in Syria.

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Civilians walk with containers for fuel and water in Aleppo, Syria. Dozens of State Department employees have endorsed an internal document that advocates U.S. military action to pressure Syria's government into accepting a ceasefire and engaging in peace talks – a position that is at odds with U.S. policy

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The dissidents hope that by taking military action in Syria, Obama would force Assad's (pictured) hand into joining peace talks

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, will face criticism for being unable to keep his diplomats in check and hewing to the Obama administration's policies

While Washington has provided military assistance to some anti-Assad rebels, it has favored diplomacy over armed intervention as a means of ushering Syria's leader out of power.
A series of partial cease-fires in recent months have only made the war slightly less deadly, and offered little hope of a peace settlement.
The dissent document was transmitted internally in a confidential form and since has been classified, said officials, who weren't authorized to discuss such material and insisted on anonymity.
The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times both quoted from the document Thursday, saying they had seen or obtained copies.
The Journal said it called for 'targeted air strikes.' The Times quoted a section urging a 'judicious use of stand-off and air weapons' to advance the U.S. diplomatic effort led by Secretary of State John Kerry.
'The moral rationale for taking steps to end the deaths and suffering in Syria, after five years of brutal war, is evident and unquestionable,' the Times quoted the document as saying.
'The status quo in Syria will continue to present increasingly dire, if not disastrous, humanitarian, diplomatic and terrorism-related challenges.'
State Department spokesman John Kirby said the department was reviewing the cable, which arrived via a 'vehicle in place to allow State Department employees to convey alternative views and perspectives on policy issues.'
Some sentiments expressed in the cable mirror arguments Kerry has made in internal administration debates.
Kerry, a forceful advocate of Obama's initial plan to launch airstrikes after Assad's use of chemical weapons, reversed course after the president opted against them. He has complained privately that White House resistance to more intervention has hurt efforts to persuade Russia, in particular, to take a tougher tone with Assad.

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Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have urged Barack Obama to take action against the Assad regime for years but the president drew a 'red line' and then lost interest



While defending the administration's overall approach to Syria, Kerry has on more than one occasion told associates and colleagues that he doesn't have 'a lot of arrows in his quiver' when he tries to persuade Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to put more pressure on Assad to comply with the truce, allow more humanitarian aid deliveries or begin negotiations on a genuine political transition.
At the same time, Kerry has also hinted that more robust U.S. intervention is a distinct possibility. In Norway this week, he told a conflict resolution conference that American patience with Assad and Russia was running out and suggested a greater American role might be inevitable unless things changed.
'Russia needs to understand that our patience is not infinite,' Kerry said Wednesday at the Oslo Forum. 'In fact, it is very limited now with respect to whether or not Assad is going to be held accountable.'
Later that day, after meeting with Norway's prime minister, Kerry said: 'The United States is not going to sit there and be used as an instrument that permits a so-called cease-fire to be in place while one principal party is trying to take advantage of it to the detriment of the entire process. We're not going to allow that to continue.'
Republican and even some Democratic lawmakers have also been urging Obama to take greater military action in Syria for years, from air strikes to the establishment of a no-fly zone over rebel-held areas.
As secretary of state, Hillary Clinton pushed some of these steps, too.

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U.S. led airstrikes in Syria have targeted the ISIS terror army in Syria, paradoxically helping the country's government forces instead of forcing them to stand down

But Obama has resisted, fearful of leading America into another war in the Muslim world after finding it impossible to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan and keep forces out of Iraq.
Military commanders have been similarly reticent, given the lack of a clear alternative to Assad that might unify Syria and advance U.S. national security interests.
Nevertheless, Obama has said Assad must relinquish control if there is to be peace. And Kerry, Clinton's successor as the chief U.S. diplomat, has repeatedly said that to defeat the Islamic State, the U.S. must be able to assure Syria's many other rebel groups that there will be a post-Assad future for their country.
The dissent document echoes these sentiments, calling the government's barrel bomb attacks on civilians 'the root cause of the instability that continues to grip Syria and the broader region.'
The Syrian president, who is a member of the Shiite-linked Alawite minority and is backed by Russia and Iran, has vowed to maintain power.
The rebels are led by Syria's Sunni majority, though they also include representatives of other groups.
'Crucially, Syria's Sunni population continues to view the Assad regime as the primary enemy in the conflict,' the document said, according to the Times.
'Failure to stem Assad's flagrant abuses will only bolster the ideological appeal of groups such as (ISIS), even as they endure tactical setbacks on the battlefield,' the Journal quoted it as saying

 

[superbeets]

Its all too late.

Obama let Russia in, and now he can't do a thing.

 

[Dave007inVegas]

Guesser eating his daily shit sandwich. Yum.

 

[ScottL]

Vile, kid-touching islamophobe gun nut.

There ya go Guesser, I saved you a post.