During a “60 Minutes” interview that aired yesterday, President Obama said that the intelligence community “underestimated” the threat posed by ISIS.
This is from the transcript of the 60 Minutes interview:
Steve Kroft: How did they end up where they are in control of so much territory? Was that a complete surprise to you?
President Obama: Well I think, our head of the intelligence community, Jim Clapper, has acknowledged that I think they underestimated what had been taking place in Syria.
That is being interpreted by some as Obama admitting that he got it wrong:
Great point from @paulwaldman1: "Obama admitted he got it wrong on ISIS. That's a GOOD thing." http://t.co/1QgPseVkJY
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) September 29, 2014
Really? As if:
https://twitter.com/NathanWurtzel/status/516621947359494144
https://twitter.com/Me_In_Jersey/status/516622969423298560
@ThePlumLineGS @EdMorrissey @paulwaldman1 He said Intelligence got it wrong.
— stock ?⭕️⚡️?? (@_mattstock_) September 29, 2014
Uh. He did no such thing. RT @ThePlumLineGS Great point from @paulwaldman1: "Obama admitted he got it wrong on ISIS
— RBe (@RBPundit) September 29, 2014
https://twitter.com/yesnicksearcy/status/516626256280838144
https://twitter.com/dave_usmc/status/516625496256180224
@ThePlumLineGS @paulwaldman1 No he blamed others (as is his tendency) you shameless bootlicks.
— Chris Scalise (@scause1701) September 29, 2014
@theplumlinegs @paulwaldman1 Admitted nothing, blamed others. His standard MO is to impart blame for any failure and to claim any success.
— Can of Spam (@iDoLikeSpam) September 29, 2014
@RBPundit @ThePlumLineGS @paulwaldman1
He pretended the intel community got it wrong.
— Honeypot Spy (@AuburnJulia) September 29, 2014
https://twitter.com/benwiele/status/516624150115254273
@ThePlumLineGS @paulwaldman1 "They". The pronoun he used was "they". "They" is mutually exclusive of "I" or "we".
— Patrick "Wear a Damn Mask" H. (@trogdor8768) September 29, 2014
@ThePlumLineGS @paulwaldman1 Yes, blaming others is Obama admitting wrongness. The only thing he's ever done wrong is "not explain" better
— Marcus (@MarcusHUSA) September 29, 2014
.@ThePlumLineGS @paulwaldman1 he admitted his Intelligence Chief got it wrong. Big difference.
— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) September 29, 2014
https://twitter.com/bfinstock/status/516622087126274048
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