Posted on 08/25/2014 5:54:50 PM PDT by markomalley
Last Thursday, at a joint press conference held by Secretary of Defense Hagel and Joint Chiefs of Staff Dempsey, Hagel said “Isil is as sophisticated and well funded as any group that we have seen. They’re beyond just a terrorist group. They marry ideology, a sophistication of strategic and tactical military prowess, they are tremendously well funded. Oh, this is beyond anything that we’ve seen, so we must prepare for everything.”
Today Dempsey succumbed to pressure and backpedaled on the jihad threat.
Apparently Obama strong-armed Dempsey (instead of say, the Islamic State) to dissemble and deceive.
This is what Obama does. He lies and his jackboots lie for him.
Take it from me, the Islamic State poses a very real threat to the United States. And you can be assured if counter-terror initiatives don’t get there in time and the unthinkable happens, Obama will blame Bush (and islamophobes.)
Joint Chiefs chairman says ISIS not a direct threat to US, won’t recommend Syria strikes yet
August 25, 2014, FOX News
Despite threats to the contrary, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff insisted the Islamic State terror group is a regional threat and said he would not recommend U.S. airstrikes in Syria until he determines that they have become a direct threat to the U.S.
Gen. Martin Dempsey, speaking to reporters on board a military plane traveling to Afghanistan, said Sunday that he believes the Sunni insurgent group formerly known as ISIS is not currently plotting or planning attacks against the U.S. or Europe.
ISIS has repeatedly made threats to attack the U.S. through social and conventional media. Earlier this month, in a Vice News documentary, a spokesman for the group vowed to “raise the flag of Allah in the White House.” The group took over Iraq’s second largest city, Mosul, in June, and has since declared an Islamic state, or caliphate, in a swath of territory covering northeastern Syria and northern and western Iraq. U.S. airstrikes and a new policy of direct military aid to Kurdish Peshmerga fighters have served as a check on a threatened ISIS advance toward Kurdish territory in northern Iraq.
On Sunday, Dempsey contrasted ISIS with the Yemen-based Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, which has plotted and attempted attacks against the U.S. and Europe. As a result, the U.S. has conducted counterterrorism strikes against the group within Yemen.
Maybe Dempsey should come out and just say, “I had my fingers crossed.”
It's hard to be a c@#$ sucker and a “real” General at the same time...
Do your own DD...
Expect Dempsey to either be replaced if he doesn’t retract, or he’ll back down due to threats of removal.
Was a Purge Threatened?
With this clown running the show, I’ll be well out of harm’s way and in my safe, defendable place on 9/11/14.
Obama’s bitch backtracks.......I am shocked.
Gen. Dempsey is now in Afghanistan????
that does not sound good to me...
and if he is so easy to get him to change his statements, do we really want him as the Military leader???
This is not a job for babies...bet he is forced to retire and yet we can't force obama to resign even when we ask him to.
Chicago Police Dept Documentary…on Islam (video)
http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2014/08/25/chicago-police-dept-documentary-on-islam-video/
So what did they expect? Austria opened its doors to Muslim asylum seekers, now they worry about Jihadists in their midst
Posted by Ann Corcoran on August 24, 2014
Speak no ill of His Arrogance’s fellow Sunnis.
He’s a worm and will grovel to get back into his master’s good graces. He’s a sniveling worm and that’s why he was selected.
Considering all of Obama’s Military failures:
“IS OBAMA THE JUNIOR VARSITY COMMANDER IN CHIEF?”
Yessss!! I totally totally called it. The Obama bus arrives on schedule:
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman: ‘Open Borders’ Make ISIL an ‘Immediate Threat’
August 22, 2014 at 9:26:20 PM CDT · 28 of 36
FlyingEagle to Hojczyk
Adios Dempsey and thank you for your service to our nation. The Obama bus will be here shortly for you to be thrown under.
If General Dempsey has a shred of integrity, he needs to hand in his resignation to 0Bamma immediately. 0Bamma may be Dempsey’s “commander-in-chief,” but when the President no longer has any credibility, the general must follow his conscience and not compromise his values. The general took an oath “to support and defend the Constitution of the United States, against all enemies, foreign and domestic....” but when it comes to obeying the lawful orders of those appointed over the general, the general needs to look into the mirror and question whether or not those orders fall under the guise of lawful....
Last Thursday, at a joint press conference held by Secretary of Defense Hagel and Joint Chiefs of Staff Dempsey, Hagel said “Isil is as sophisticated and well funded as any group that we have seen. They’re beyond just a terrorist group. They marry ideology, a sophistication of strategic and tactical military prowess, they are tremendously well funded. Oh, this is beyond anything that we’ve seen, so we must prepare for everything.”
Today Dempsey succumbed to pressure and backpedaled on the jihad threat.
I’d say more like Micheal Jackson moonwalking
Here is a lovely advisory to ISIS seeking jihadis in the USA: from Nick Powers —
http://warfighterfoundation.wordpress.com/2014/08/16/a-subtle-message-to-isis/
“So all your empty threats of coming to America and raising your flag over the White House amuse me more than any of you sick, sadistic bastards could ever imagine or comprehend. In 2012 there was about 21.2 million veterans in the United States. Do you understand what that means? Let me break it down for you. That means there are literally millions of disgruntled, dysfunctional, pissed off veterans who have been dealing with years of abuse from their government stabbing them in the backs and having to watch their friends die because you Islamic extremist idiots can’t seem to act like normal human beings and stop terrorism and the violence. It’s one thing to take over an Islamic state, but if my memory serves me correctly, I’m pretty sure we plowed through Fallujah in 4 days. Better yet, it took us about month to control your entire country. At this point, with 13+ years of war under our belts, how long do you think it would take us to do it all over again? I’ll let you draw your own conclusions on that one. Do you really think you stand a chance on US soil? Do you really think it would be smart to poke that bear? Remember, never bite the hand that feeds you. Remember we are armed to the teeth in the US and I can promise you this… the Geneva Conventions will not apply to you. You attack us and there will be no mercy.”
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