A wag might say that the rats are deserting a sinking ship. First this one bailed out:
WASHINGTON – Is the West winning the war against ISIS or not? It’s hard to tell, judging by remarks from both the president and the CIA chief.
After meeting with his National Security Council on Tuesday, President Obama summed up the war against the Islamic State by implying the U.S.-led coalition was winning, declaring, “In short, our coalition continues to be on offense. ISIL is on defense.”
But, testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday morning, CIA Director John Brennan did not portray the coalition as winning, at all. In fact, he described no progress in blunting the Islamic State’s power.
After meeting with his National Security Council on Tuesday, President Obama summed up the war against the Islamic State by implying the U.S.-led coalition was winning, declaring, “In short, our coalition continues to be on offense. ISIL is on defense.”
But, testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday morning, CIA Director John Brennan did not portray the coalition as winning, at all. In fact, he described no progress in blunting the Islamic State’s power.
CIA chief: ISIS terror reach, capability 'not reduced'
Posted By Garth Kant On 06/16/2016 @ 12:41 pm
CIA chief: ISIS terror reach, capability ‘not reduced’
Posted By Garth Kant On 06/16/2016 @ 12:41 pm
CIA chief: ISIS terror reach, capability ‘not reduced’
Then the rat fourth in the presidential line of succession contradicts the Chicago sewer rat:
Secretary of State John Kerry this week acknowledged twice that the Islamic State and the threat of terrorism around the world is bigger threat than climate change, even though he has insisted in past years that climate is the bigger threat.
Kerry concedes: Terrorism is a bigger threat than climate change
By Pete Kasperowicz
6/17/16 12:01 AM
Kerry concedes: Terrorism is a bigger threat than climate change
By Pete Kasperowicz
6/17/16 12:01 AM
Kerry concedes: Terrorism is a bigger threat than climate change
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Below are 23 times Obama or his administration officials claimed climate change a greater threat than radical Islamic terrorism.
On January 23, 2013, in an address before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Secretary of State John Kerry declared climate change among the top threats facing the United States.
February 16, 2014, Secretary of State John Kerry addressed students in Indonesia and said that global warming is now “perhaps the world’s most fearsome weapon of mass destruction.”
During a September 2014 meeting with foreign ministers, Secretary of State John Kerry called Climate change a threat as urgent as ISIS.
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On January 23, 2013, in an address before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Secretary of State John Kerry declared climate change among the top threats facing the United States.
February 16, 2014, Secretary of State John Kerry addressed students in Indonesia and said that global warming is now “perhaps the world’s most fearsome weapon of mass destruction.”
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During a September 2014 meeting with foreign ministers, Secretary of State John Kerry called Climate change a threat as urgent as ISIS.
22 Times Obama Admin Declared Climate Change a Greater Threat than Terrorism
by Jerome Hudson
14 Nov 2015
22 Times: Climate Change a Greater Threat than Terrorism
by Jerome Hudson
14 Nov 2015
22 Times: Climate Change a Greater Threat than Terrorism