One month ago, anonymous defense officials assured us that reports of an imminent ISIS victory in the Iraqi city of Ramadi were “overblown”:
A key Iraqi city is threatened by ISIS. But reports that Ramadi is about to fall? Overblown, defense officials say http://t.co/bYiDLFLFbf
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) April 16, 2015
And by overblown, they must have meant prescient because Ramadi just fell to ISIS:
ISIS fighters seized the main government headquarters in Ramadi, the capital of Iraq’s western Anbar Province http://t.co/cgK3wfHaJr
— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 15, 2015
“The city’s fallen." ISIS takes Ramadi, which is I guess the latest sign that ISIS is losing http://t.co/IznKwfCcuC
— Tim Mak (@timkmak) May 15, 2015
The fall of Ramadi has certainly resulted in the slaughter of former U.S. allies. It was preventable & represents a U.S. policy failure.
— Daveed Gartenstein-Ross (@DaveedGR) May 15, 2015
The "JV Team" just captured Ramadi, @WhiteHouse.
*Golf Clap*#KingPutt
— Bob Owens (@bob_owens) May 15, 2015
BBC: In #Ramadi ISIS has seized over 50 security personnel as hostages.
— Max Abrahms (@MaxAbrahms) May 15, 2015
And with Ramadi comes control of all of Anbar province, the scene of brutal fighting between insurgents and the U.S. military during the Iraq war:
Islamic State seizes government center in Ramadi – looks like most of Anbar capital is under IS control now – http://t.co/qAAKGsRqVF
— Bill Roggio (@billroggio) May 15, 2015
And this, times 1000:
Instead of debating Iraq 2003, we should be debating what to do about war we're losing today in Iraq. My take:http://t.co/nzAWtOqTd5 #ramadi
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) May 15, 2015
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We will never start winning in the fight against #ISIS until Obama acknowledges that we are losing. My take: http://t.co/nzAWtOqTd5
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) May 15, 2015
Of course, the media will spin this major defeat for Iraq and President Obama’s policies with this because they’re totally on board with the false narrative that George W. Bush created ISIS:
https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/599259713927155713
Yep. The White House, however, doesn’t seem too concerned:
Despite Ramadi, WH says ISIS momentum 'blunted' http://t.co/YHkvCm0TWj
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) May 15, 2015
Maybe somebody can ask Hillary what she thinks about her role in allowing ISIS to take over Iraq?
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