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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nRetired Lieutenant General Michael Flynn, who commanded the Defense Intelligence Agency from July 2012 until he retired in August, 2014, told Jake Tapper that the Obama Administration ignored the rise of ISIS in the months before the election because it ruined their “narrative” of winning the war in Iraq, according to CNN;<\/p>\n
The story they needed to tell, he said, was that pulling troops from Iraq would not leave the region vulnerable to rise of a radical Islamic group like ISIS.<\/p>\n
“I think the narrative was that al Qaeda was on the run, and (Osama) bin Laden was dead … they’re dead and these guys are, we’ve beaten them,” Flynn said, but the problem was that despite how many terrorist leaders they killed they “continue to just multiply.”<\/p>\n
Obama has been criticized by opponents for referring to ISIS as the “JV squad” and apparently underestimating the group’s threat. The Pentagon’s inspector general is investigating complaints that that top intelligence officials manipulated reports to make the threat of ISIS look minimal.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Of course, no one who reads this blog is surprised by Flynn’s revelation. It’s just nice to have validation. Flynn went on to say that it’s only a matter of time that US law enforcement run out of luck and an attack like the one in Paris a few weeks ago happens here. I would argue that Chattanooga is indicative of that eventuality.<\/p>\n
Flynn goes on to say that ISIS wouldn’t be a force if Bush hadn’t invaded Iraq in the first place, that we should have allowed Hussein to stick his finger in the eye of the western world, that we should have let Hussein continue to fund and support terrorists around the world, and threaten his neighbors and allow his own citizens to starve while he enriched himself and his family. Flynn also misses Gaddafi. I would disagree with Flynn on that point, though.<\/p>\n
Thanks to CB for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"