At least a few people in charge DC are still in touch with reality.<\/p>\n
Remember about a month ago, when the POTUS flatly stated that Da’esh, AKA ISIS, had been contained? You know, when he said, “I don’t think they’re gaining strength. What is true is that from the start, our goal has been first to contain, and we have contained them”?<\/p>\n
You probably also remember what happened a couple of days later. That would be the Da’esh terrorist attacks in Paris, which killed 130 and injured literally hundreds more.<\/p>\n
Great “containment”, eh?<\/p>\n
Anyone with a clue knew the POTUS was “out to lunch” when he made that statement about Da’esh (AKA “ISIS”). Well, yesterday someone in a position to know flatly contradicted the POTUS. That someone would be the CJCS, Gen Joseph Dunford<\/a>. This article’s title is a direct quote from his answers to questions posed by members of the House Armes Services Committee yesterday.<\/p>\n Gen Dunford further indicated that while Da’esh may have been tactically contained in selected areas in Syria and Iraq, \u201cstrategically they have spread since 2010.\u201d He further indicated that the group now poses a threat well outside of Syria and Iraq – specifically, in Egypt, Nigeria, Yemen, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Lebanon and Jordan.<\/p>\n It’s kinda obvious that Gen Dunford omitted at least one other area where Da’esh poses a threat, too – Europe.\u00a0 Paris rather demonstrated that.<\/p>\n “Contained”? Yeah, right. I’m pretty sure that wasn’t rain wetting the leg of my trousers this time, either. Tell us another one, Mr. President.<\/p>\n Geez. It would be damn nice to see Administration officials – including the POTUS – simply tell us the truth vice trying to peddle blatantly obvious BS. But with this current \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 gang of naive and incompetent fools and tools calling the shots in DC<\/del>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Administration, I won’t hold my breath waiting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"