Obama On National Security: Hear No Evil and the Buck Stops Elsewhere

Ever since President Obama gave his '60 Minutes' interview and, basically, threw his national security team under the bus by claiming that "they" (not him) underestimated the ISIS threat, we have been seeing stories that expose a rather careless attitude by him on matters of national security.

However, even before the interview, there was that infamous JayVee team reference that he made about ISIS.  This was  8 months ago in January and it came just after ISIS flew their Black Flag over Fallujah.  This, again, after they had made massive gains in Syria and were on their way to Ramadi and Mosul.  Obviously, the taking of Fallujah should have been anyone's wake-up call since it had been one of the longest and bloodiest battles that our Marines fought in all of the Iraq war.  But ISIS was able to take that town in short order.  Not hardly a JayVee effort in contrast to our well trained Marines.

Then, since the '60 Minutes' comment, the DailyMail exposed the fact that Obama knew of the rising threat of ISIS prior to the 2012 elections.  Yet, because that threat didn't square with his Al Qaeda-on-the-run stump speeches, there was no effort to alert Americans to the threat or to take any action. 

Now, we find out from a report by the Government Accounting Institute, that the President only attends 42% of his Presidential Daily Briefings where he would have been informed of any national security issues.  I guess fundraising, speeches, and golf outings were more important than hearing about ISIS and other threats that we face.  Maybe that's why Obama is always being blindsided by scandals and international incidents and has to respond with a weak comment like: The first I heard of it is when you all head of it.

Our dedicated national security personnel are really upset with the President not owning up to having known about the ISIS threat.  In essence, his comment can easily be interpreted as him calling them incompetent.  And, if they didn't get it right on ISIS, shouldn't heads roll?  Doesn't this also mean that the Intel we're getting on other bad guy countries such as Iran, North Korea, Syria, Russia, etc. might also be underestimated?  And, if that be true, isn't America at serious risk?

My guess is that Obama was told but, chose not to hear.  This is a huge problem with this President.  As many have said, he sees the world the way he thinks it should be and not how it really is.  That's a clear recipe for disaster.

References:

Obama: “They underestimated” ISIS: http://hotair.com/archives/2014/09/29/obama-they-underestimated-isis/

Jihadist ISIS captures Fallujah from Iraqi forces: http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/18112

Al-Qaeda force captures Fallujah amid rise in violence in Iraq: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/al-qaeda-force-captures-fallujah-amid-rise-in-violence-in-iraq/2014/01/03/8abaeb2a-74aa-11e3-8def-a33011492df2_story.html

Obama has had accurate intelligence about ISIS since BEFORE the 2012 election, says administration insider: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2774122/Obama-accurate-intelligence-ISIS-BEFORE-2012-election-says-administration-insider.html

Government Accountability Institute Report: Presidential Daily Briefs: A Time - Based Analysis: http://www.g-a-i.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/GAI-Report-PDB-Update-9.29.2014.pdf

Obama Dismisses Al-Qaeda Resurgence: They’re JV: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/01/20/obama-dismisses-al-qaeda-resurgence-theyre-jv/

 'We did not know': 9 times the Obama administration was blindsided: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/06/20/obama-administration-caught-by-surprise/

In the Dark: Obama, Staff Learn of Scandals From News Reports: http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/Obama-scandals-media/2014/07/11/id/582216/

Obama's Math That Doesn't Add Up

Appearing on a recent Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Obama admitted that he struggled with math past the 7th grade.  Well, that explains a lot.  Take this campaign ad that was released just a month ago:



In it, Obama emphatically states:

"And as we end the war in Afghanistan let's apply half the savings to pay down our debt and use the rest for some nation building right here at home."  

However, the day before, in a 60-Minutes interview, he said this:

"When I came into office, I inherited the biggest deficit in our history. And over the last four years, the deficit has gone up, but 90 percent of that is as a consequence of two wars that weren’t paid for, as a consequence of tax cuts that weren’t paid for, a prescription drug plan that was not paid for, and then the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression."

So, this begs the question. How can you use unfunded expenses for two wars -- which drove up the debt -- to pay down the debt?  You can't...and, this is absolute mathematical nonsense.

By the way.  Obama makes that very same claim in his newly released, 20-page booklet on how he would restore the economy.  Apparently, Team Obama thinks that lying about paying down the debt will just escape all scrutiny.

-- The Examiner: Obama to Leno: I struggle with math above the 7th grade level: http://washingtonexaminer.com/obama-to-leno-i-struggle-with-math-above-the-7th-grade-level/article/2511708#.UI1yj4ZEbf0

-- The Foundary: Morning Bell: “60 Minutes” Contrast Between Romney, Obama on Entitlements: http://blog.heritage.org/2012/09/25/morning-bell-60-minutes-contrast-between-romney-obama-on-entitlements/