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Home Front: WoT
Many Missteps in Assessment of ISIS Threat
2014-10-01
On the heels of the recent Washington Post article comes this New York Times piece.

Read and savor the multiple ironies.
Posted by:Pappy

#4  One autocrat advising another autocrat. Both of whom believed their own self inflicted lies PR. How'd that work out?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2014-10-01 15:46  

#3  Mr. Obama pushed Mr. Maliki to modify his own autocratic governing style. “The president really hammered him,” the official said.

Carter and the Shah replay.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2014-10-01 12:38  

#2  but the White House just didn’t pay attention to it,” said a senior American intelligence official. “They were preoccupied with other crises,”

Too much of a good thing? Couldn't take advantage of all those crises, eh?
Posted by: Bobby   2014-10-01 08:16  

#1  Mr. Obama pushed Mr. Maliki to modify his own autocratic governing style. “The president really hammered him,” the official said.

"Hammered" as in.... 'step down or I will permit these people from Syria to consume you.'

Nicely played Champ.
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-10-01 02:50  

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