Really, Charlie? This is what you’re going with?
The Hill Rangel: ISIS not a direct threat to US: Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) says that the Islamic State in I… http://t.co/pEKbTHw1Tp
— DEFCON Hill (@defconhill) October 23, 2014
Probably not too many agree w/ #CharlieRangel on this http://t.co/WO5hS3BR8G ,but he may be right.Being horrific and threat aren't the same.
— ((Lincoln Mitchell)) (@LincolnMitchell) October 23, 2014
How deluded is #CharlieRangel in saying that #ISIS isn't a threat to the US? The day after an attack in Ottawa! http://t.co/E4Y9FXX2Qy
— Steven Schoenfeld (@SASchoenfeld) October 23, 2014
An excerpt from the linked piece:
Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) says that the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is not a direct threat to U.S. security and is questioning President Obama’s strategy against the terror group.
“I don’t see where that’s a threat to our national security,” Rangel said Thursday on MSNBC, when asked about the group’s advance on the Kurdish town of Kobani in Syria and attacks in Baghdad’s Green Zone.
Hey, Rep. Rangel: How about getting on the same page as President Obama, heh? Because the president told the American people numerous times that ISIS is a threat to our national security:
"This is a core principle of my presidency: If you threaten America, you will find no safe-haven." —President Obama #ISIL
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) September 11, 2014
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"When you harm our citizens, when you threaten the United States—it doesn’t divide us, it unites us." —President Obama #ISIL
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) September 18, 2014
As for the threat, what about ISIS recruiting U.S. schoolgirls. Is that a threat at all for Rep. Rangel?
Denver girls fled U.S., tried to join ISIS after being coaxed by an online predator http://t.co/y7CDmK3L2B pic.twitter.com/3EpkDWX3MX
— National Post (@nationalpost) October 23, 2014
And let’s not forget that the president, as Twitchy reported, used a very specific threat from terrorists in Syria as justification for the current bombing campaign in Syria:
SAO: Obama bombed Khorasan "to disrupt imminent attack plotting" against US or Western targets.
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) September 23, 2014
Twitchy also reported that there’s a possibility that President Obama hyped the threat from the Khorasan group as a pretext to take the U.S. to war:
Is this proof that the Obama administration made up the 'Khorasan Group'? http://t.co/pvPh37suEZ
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 1, 2014
And we weren’t alone:
Rush Limbaugh Sees Through Obama Admin Ruse of Khorasan Group as Distinct From al Qaeda http://t.co/zMFJ9xL09j
— NewsBusters (@newsbusters) September 28, 2014
Obama’s Syria War: Khorasan Terror Group Not As Dangerous As He Says? http://t.co/wwIEq1yUgz
— reason (@reason) September 25, 2014
The stuff we’re getting from the Obama administration on Iraq & Syria, ISIS and Khorasan is complete and utter nonsense.
— Stephen Hayes (@stephenfhayes) October 3, 2014
This leaves two options, either the president is wrong about ISIS or he lied about ISIS. Which one is it?
Related:
Twitchy coverage of ISIS here.
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