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Director of National Intelligence James Clapper just announced that the U.S. has underestimated the Islamic State. Clapper was probably correct, if unwise in apprising the world of U.S. incompetence. But he left out of his apologia any mention of why the U.S. has continuously downplayed the dangers of radical Islam. The answer is largely found among the Obama team, of which Clapper is a key part, and which has constructed its assessments to fit preconceived political directives.
The overriding belief of the Obama administration is that there is not really a radical Islamic movement that seeks to destroy the present nation-state order in the Middle East, form some sort of caliphate out of the mess, and then marshal the region’s population and resources to attack the West.
Clapper himself usually adheres to that belief. He once described the radical Islamist Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt as largely secular. His veracity and his judgment are equally suspect. Under oath before Congress, he once insisted that the NSA did not gather information on ordinary Americans — a flat-out lie (or, as he put it, the “least untruthful” answer he was in a position to give). He also once assured us that Moammar Qaddafi would survive in Libya.
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Victor Davis Hanson lays out - in depressingly clear prose - just how little Obama and his team seem to care.
Confederacy of Dunces?
From National Review
By Victor Davis Hanson
The military effort against the Islamic State hinges on a successful threefold approach involving intelligence, homeland security, and diplomacy. Unfortunately, the Obama administration does not have much past history in these areas to warrant confidence.Director of National Intelligence James Clapper just announced that the U.S. has underestimated the Islamic State. Clapper was probably correct, if unwise in apprising the world of U.S. incompetence. But he left out of his apologia any mention of why the U.S. has continuously downplayed the dangers of radical Islam. The answer is largely found among the Obama team, of which Clapper is a key part, and which has constructed its assessments to fit preconceived political directives.
The overriding belief of the Obama administration is that there is not really a radical Islamic movement that seeks to destroy the present nation-state order in the Middle East, form some sort of caliphate out of the mess, and then marshal the region’s population and resources to attack the West.
Clapper himself usually adheres to that belief. He once described the radical Islamist Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt as largely secular. His veracity and his judgment are equally suspect. Under oath before Congress, he once insisted that the NSA did not gather information on ordinary Americans — a flat-out lie (or, as he put it, the “least untruthful” answer he was in a position to give). He also once assured us that Moammar Qaddafi would survive in Libya.
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- U.s. Military Advisers In Iraq Are Largely Dependent On An Intelligence And Security Network Linked To Iran
Gertz, Geostrat-Direct: U.S., Iraq paying price for Iran’s security assistance against ISILIran is increasingly directing the war effort in Iraq against Islamic State of Iraq and Levant fighters. U.S. military advisers in Iraq are largely dependent...
- Hey Aow, Check It Out: James Clapper Contradicts John Kerry Less Than 24 Hrs After His Testimony Before Congress
On Wednesday Obama Secretary of State John Kerry told Congress: Our citizens, our world today is actually, despite ISIL, despite the visible killings that you see and how horrific they are, we are actually living in a period of less daily threat...
- Obama Gets Shredded For Throwing Intelligence Officials Under The Bus On ’60 Minutes'
It's Your Fault, Not Mine From Biz Pac Review: The reviews from President Obama’s interview that aired Sunday night on “60 Minutes” are coming in, and they’re not raves. The intelligence community was thrown under the bus and isn’t...
- First Was Al-qaida, Then Isis/isil/islamic State/whichever, Now The Khorasan Group
Believe it or not this is a war among the groups to figure out who is the biggest baddest nastiest most vile Islamists on the planet. And to prove themselves their plan is to attack us, right in the homeland. So I say it's time for every American...
- Another Man Who Will Get Us All Killed
Politico DNI Clapper: Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood 'largely secular' During a House Intelligence Committee hearing Thursday, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper called Egypt's branch of the Muslim Brotherhood movement "largely...