A day before the terrorist attack in Paris, President Obama said in an interview that ISIS was “contained.”
Last week, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff offered a much different assessment, which was backed up today by Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, who was being questioned by the Senate Armed Services Committee:
Defense Sec Ash Carter: We Have Not Contained ISIS https://t.co/y3innww8Ln
— James Hewitt (@JamesOHewitt) December 9, 2015
Ash Carter: I agree that we have not contained ISIS.https://t.co/SjNTE0BPmM
— Carol Costello (@CarolCNN) December 9, 2015
Paging the White House!
Ash Carter: We haven't contained ISIS…BUT we've met and maintained our PC Quotas.
Yep, people…it's okay to be afraid… #sarcasm #ISIS— Dallas Kinney (@dallaskinney) December 9, 2015
When President Obama and Defense Secretary Ash Carter disagree about ISIS being contained, 26 days and two major terrorist attacks after
— TheValuesVoter (@TheValuesVoter) December 9, 2015
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http://twitchy.com/2015/11/23/good-thing-isis-is-contained-state-dept-issues-worldwide-travel-alert/
