As the situation in the Middle East grows more dire, a steady flow of information has leaked from Pentagon sources and retired generals suggesting that the Obama Administration has placed petty politics above our national security. As Fox News reports:
Analysts at U.S. Central Command were pressured to ease off negative assessments about the Islamic State threat and were even told in an email to “cut it out,” Fox News has learned – as an investigation expands into whether intelligence reports were altered to present a more positive picture.
Fox News is told by a source close to the CENTCOM analysts that the pressure on them included at least two emails saying they needed to “cut it out” and “toe the line.”
Separately, a former Pentagon official told Fox News there apparently was an attempt to destroy the communications. The Pentagon official said the email warnings were “not well received” by the analysts.
Those emails, among others, are now in the possession of the Pentagon inspector general. The IG’s probe is expanding into whether intelligence assessments were changed to give a more positive picture of the anti-ISIS campaign.
The former Pentagon official said there were “multiple assessments” from military intelligence and the CIA regarding the “rapid rise” of ISIS in Iraq and North Africa in the year leading up to the group’s territory grab in 2014.
The spread of ISIS might not be a big deal to the President, who was elected on the promise to transform the nation into an egalitarian green space for adult millennial children to frolic irresponsibly(within the confines of their safe spaces, of course). But at some point, someone has to deal with it. That he’s ignored the cries of the adults in the room is a major indictment of his presidency.
AAN Staff
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