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2015-08-26 Iraq

Inquiry Weighs Whether Data on ISIS Was Distorted.

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-08-26 03:39|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 "...retired Gen. John Allen — who is Mr. Obama’s top envoy working with other nations to fight the Islamic State — told the Aspen Security Forum that the terror group’s momentum had been “checked strategically, operationally, and by and large, tactically.”

Posted by Clomp Omagum5939 2015-08-26 07:36|| 2015-08-26 07:36|| Front Page Top

#2 It's typical for a president to run off all the non kool-aid drinkers.
What is disappointing is how many of the retired don't speak up. Lends this civilian to think the top brass are more liberal than I thought.

Posted by jvalentour 2015-08-26 08:01|| 2015-08-26 08:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Also when most of the government agencies have gone completely over to the dark side, little wonder it turns into a giant echo chamber filled with slime.

Posted by DarthVader 2015-08-26 08:34|| 2015-08-26 08:34|| Front Page Top

#4 This has never happened before.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2015-08-26 10:22|| 2015-08-26 10:22|| Front Page Top

#5 Did the sun rise in the East?

Relearning the lessons of Viet Nam yet again.

Posted by AlanC 2015-08-26 11:37|| 2015-08-26 11:37|| Front Page Top

#6 Clearly what we need are some body count reports

Posted by Rex Mundi 2015-08-26 13:17|| 2015-08-26 13:17|| Front Page Top

#7 "body count reports" are passe. You need drone strike counts.

Posted by James 2015-08-26 19:02|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com 2015-08-26 19:02|| Front Page Top

#8 ISIS has not yet been defeated, and may not be without intervention. Prsodent Obama's strategy has not worked -- a scapegoat must be found. What better than those military types Democrats enjoy despising? The question is, who made those allegations the insoector general is so busily investigating?

Posted by trailing wife 2015-08-26 21:35|| 2015-08-26 21:35|| Front Page Top

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