Jen Psaki Psplutters and Pstutters For Three Minutes Trying to Explain Why Obama Won't Say That We Are at War with IS (Or Even That IS Is At War With Us)

Obama's psokesmen exist, of course, in that Orwellian sort of fashion, in order to obscure information rather than reveal it.

Meanwhile, intelligence sources are telling the press that they warned Obama about the increasing danger of IS for more than a year.

President Obama was given detailed and specific intelligence about the rise of the Islamic State as part of his daily briefing for at least a year before the group seized large swaths of territory over the summer, a former Pentagon official told Fox News.

The official -- who asked not to be identified because the President's Daily Brief is considered the most authoritative, classified intelligence community product analyzing sensitive international events for the president -- said the data was strong and "granular" in detail.

The source said a policymaker "could not come away with any other impression: This is getting bad."

Incidentally, read further in the article and you'll see that the President never asked for additional information about IS. He read the daily briefings (or the White House claims he did, at least), but apparently had no further questions he wanted to ask anyone about.

You know, the way curious, intellectually-lively people never ask questions about important and interesting things.

posted by Ace at 04:02 PM

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