Post by Daniel on Jun 18, 2016 7:36:57 GMT -5
Time for a Serious Bipartisan Discussion of the Administration’s Anti-Terror Campaign
By Harry G. Hutchison
Less than a week ago, Omar Mateen launched his murderous jihadist attack on Orlando.
On Tuesday – three days after the massacre – President Obama leveled a broadside at his critics who have suggested that he has consistently downplayed the terror threat.
Then, on Thursday, CIA Director John Brennan acknowledged that ISIS – the Islamic State – has deployed a large group of Western fighters who could attack the West at any moment. Director Brennan also agreed that ISIS is continuing to inspire sympathizers with no direct links to ISIS itself.
At the same time, Director Brennan directly contrasted President Obama’s claims by stating that, while the U.S. efforts have had some success on the battlefield and in the financial realm, we have not diminished what he called the group’s terrorism capability and global reach.”
As battlefield losses mount, ISIS appears to have expanded its training campaign as it attempts to deploy operatives to engage in additional attacks on Western targets. These increasingly interconnected global activities include the exploration of a variety of means for infiltrating the West via refugee flows, smuggling routes, and through legitimate travel. At the same time, Director Brennan observes that ISIS will have to suffer even heavier losses of territory, manpower and money for its terrorist capacity to decline significantly.
Director Brennan’s analysis is welcomed, forthcoming, and candid. His assessment of a growing and increasingly dangerous ISIS is certainly disturbing, but the American people deserve the truth about ISIS – not a calculated and political analysis put forth by the President, who continues to falsely maintain that ISIS has been contained and is on the run.
Director Brennan’s comments raise a crucial question, why hasn’t the U. S. already unleashed a relentless international campaign to cripple ISIS in order to deprive this terror group of territory, manpower, and money?
This question surfaces because it appears that the Obama Administration has not taken the troubling information provided by its own CIA director seriously.
This raises a further, even more disturbing question: why not?
At the same time, the national press reports that the FBI faces a growing surveillance gap – meaning that there are more U.S. based jihadists than the federal government is capable of watching.
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aclj.org/national-security/time-for-a-serious-bipartisan-discussion-of-the-administrations-anti-terror-campaign
By Harry G. Hutchison
Less than a week ago, Omar Mateen launched his murderous jihadist attack on Orlando.
On Tuesday – three days after the massacre – President Obama leveled a broadside at his critics who have suggested that he has consistently downplayed the terror threat.
Then, on Thursday, CIA Director John Brennan acknowledged that ISIS – the Islamic State – has deployed a large group of Western fighters who could attack the West at any moment. Director Brennan also agreed that ISIS is continuing to inspire sympathizers with no direct links to ISIS itself.
At the same time, Director Brennan directly contrasted President Obama’s claims by stating that, while the U.S. efforts have had some success on the battlefield and in the financial realm, we have not diminished what he called the group’s terrorism capability and global reach.”
As battlefield losses mount, ISIS appears to have expanded its training campaign as it attempts to deploy operatives to engage in additional attacks on Western targets. These increasingly interconnected global activities include the exploration of a variety of means for infiltrating the West via refugee flows, smuggling routes, and through legitimate travel. At the same time, Director Brennan observes that ISIS will have to suffer even heavier losses of territory, manpower and money for its terrorist capacity to decline significantly.
Director Brennan’s analysis is welcomed, forthcoming, and candid. His assessment of a growing and increasingly dangerous ISIS is certainly disturbing, but the American people deserve the truth about ISIS – not a calculated and political analysis put forth by the President, who continues to falsely maintain that ISIS has been contained and is on the run.
Director Brennan’s comments raise a crucial question, why hasn’t the U. S. already unleashed a relentless international campaign to cripple ISIS in order to deprive this terror group of territory, manpower, and money?
This question surfaces because it appears that the Obama Administration has not taken the troubling information provided by its own CIA director seriously.
This raises a further, even more disturbing question: why not?
At the same time, the national press reports that the FBI faces a growing surveillance gap – meaning that there are more U.S. based jihadists than the federal government is capable of watching.
continue reading
aclj.org/national-security/time-for-a-serious-bipartisan-discussion-of-the-administrations-anti-terror-campaign
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