- Banned
- #1
Claims that the intelligence community didn't know of the threat as it grew are unfounded.
Briefed on ISIS for Year ... and Still Pres. Obama Called Them JV ... and Still He Has No Strategy - Fox Nation
Snip:
After suggestions that the administration may have been blindsided by the rise of ISIS, and that poor intelligence was to blame, the former Pentagon official said some of the intelligence was so good it was described as “exquisite” when the President drew a red line on chemical weapons use in Syria in 2012.
The source who is familiar with the deliberations said “(we) were ready to fire, on a moments notice, on a couple hundred targets,” but no order was given. In some cases, targets were tracked for a “long period of time” but then slipped away.
Briefed on ISIS for Year ... and Still Pres. Obama Called Them JV ... and Still He Has No Strategy - Fox Nation
Snip:
After suggestions that the administration may have been blindsided by the rise of ISIS, and that poor intelligence was to blame, the former Pentagon official said some of the intelligence was so good it was described as “exquisite” when the President drew a red line on chemical weapons use in Syria in 2012.
The source who is familiar with the deliberations said “(we) were ready to fire, on a moments notice, on a couple hundred targets,” but no order was given. In some cases, targets were tracked for a “long period of time” but then slipped away.