'Comic book diplomacy': Obama elevates ISIS from 'JV team' to Joker from 'The Dark Knight'

The “JV team” has been bumped up a couple of notches:

President Obama compares ISIS to the Joker in "Batman: The Dark Knight" https://t.co/mB5w1WkbtW (Photo: AP) pic.twitter.com/y8PIDYI5Vy

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 10, 2016

In an interview with Jeffrey Goldberg in “The Atlantic,” President Obama is quoted as comparing ISIS to the Joker from the 2008 film “The Dark Knight”:

“There’s a scene in the beginning in which the gang leaders of Gotham are meeting,” the president has said, according to The Atlantic. “These are men who had the city divided up. They were thugs, but there was a kind of order. Everyone had his turf. And then the Joker comes in and lights the whole city on fire. (ISIS) is the Joker. It has the capacity to set the whole region on fire. That’s why we have to fight it.”

We’re guessing the Joker, just like the “JV team,” isn’t “contained” either.

https://twitter.com/KrystynEclipse/status/707951342271107073

@MSNBC Glad to see he still has a grasp on reality

— Skipper (@ColSlade19) March 10, 2016

@instapundit i can't sigh any louder at what this president says.

— Alt (@svanhvit_) March 10, 2016

@MSNBC Since ISIS is the JV team; shouldn't it "Robin"

— TedS (@FLBigBass) March 10, 2016

How DARE you say Obama's not taking #ISIS seriously!!!

OUT: "JV Team"
IN: "Comic-book Villain"@MSNBC @instapundit https://t.co/Edi7ed2T72

— justturnright (@justturnright) March 10, 2016