Obama's administration of the war on terror, is so far removed from reality and a successful effort, that four non-partisan military advisers took time to warn us all, as a nation, of this failing policy/effort.

Spy General Unloads on Obama’s ISIS War Plan

<<<  Understand this:  if the war on terror goes any further "south," Obama will have managed to do what the GOP,  perhaps,  cannot do and that is this: to ruin Hillary or any Democrat's chances of winning the 2016 election.  


Former DIA Chief Michael Flynn likens the fight against Islamic militants to the Cold War and calls for an international chain of command akin to that of the Allies in World War II.

The former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency slammed the Obama administration on Monday as “well intentioned” but paralyzed and playing defense in its the fight against Islamic militancy. 

Recently retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn called for the U.S. to lead the charge in a sweeping, decades-long campaign against the Islamic State group, al Qaeda, and its ilk—a fight like the one against the former Soviet Union—against a new enemy he said is  “committed to the destruction of freedom and the American way of life.”

“There is no substitute, none, for American power,” the general said, to occasional cheers and ultimately a standing ovation from a crowd of special operators and intelligence officers at a Washington industry conference.

“There is no substitute, none, for American power,” the general said, to occasional cheers and ultimately a standing ovation from a crowd of special operators and intelligence officers at a Washington industry conference.

He also slammed the administration for refusing to use the term “Islamic militants” in its description of ISIS and al Qaeda.

“You cannot defeat an enemy you do not admit exists,” Flynn said.

He said the administration is unwilling to admit the scope of the problem, naively clinging to the hope that limited counterterrorist intervention will head off the ideological juggernaut of religious militancy. 

“There are many sincere people in our government who frankly are paralyzed by this complexity,” said Flynn, so they “accept a defensive posture, reasoning that passivity is less likely to provoke our enemies.”   

Editor's Note: there is much much more to this article than the above excerpt.  It is published in the Daily Beast, here.    Lynn is the past head of Obama's Defense Intelligent Agency (DIA),  the military's version of the CIA.  He and three other military experts on terrorism,  testified to different audiences on the Hill,  yesterday (1/27/2015) including Flynn.  Understand that if the defense of this nation is a political issue,  for you,  "we" (you and I) are not on the same page,  at all.  This is not about Democrats versus Republicans.  And the four generals,  yesterday,  refused to make it a partisan issue,  while desperately trying to get the attention of Congress about this threatening problem.  This notion that we have better things to do than worry about the Middle East,  is a retarded and antiquated a stance as one could imagine.  Time for a change of direction or,  if not,  time for open rebellion versus the current anti-Semitic, pro-Prophet,  Administration.