US and Islamic State: ‘We did see this coming’

[Ptarmigan]

US and Islamic State: ‘We did see this coming’
http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2014/07/24/3763979/us-and-islamic-state-we-did-see.html

WASHINGTON — Like the rest of the world, the U.S. government appeared to have been taken aback last month when Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, fell to an offensive by jihadis of the Islamic State that triggered the collapse of five Iraqi army divisions and carried the extremists to the threshold of Baghdad.

A review of the record shows, however, that the Obama administration wasn’t surprised at all.

In congressional testimony as far back as November, U.S. diplomats and intelligence officials made clear that the United States had been closely tracking the al Qaida spinoff since 2012, when it enlarged its operations from Iraq to civil war-torn Syria, seized an oil-rich province there and signed up thousands of foreign fighters who’d infiltrated Syria through NATO ally Turkey.

They knew this was happening.

[Dori]

US and Islamic State: ‘We did see this coming’
http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2014/07/24/3763979/us-and-islamic-state-we-did-see.html

They knew this was happening.

yeah they did.  Even Iraq has been sounding the alarm since last August.  ISIS took over Fallujah in Jan.  For Obama and the State Dept. or the military to say they were surprised by this are doing their usual lead from behind and ignoring the facts on the ground.

[DumbAss Tanker]

Not that they felt any impulse to actually do anything about it, of course...

So, if you are sitting on the railroad tracks and see a train coming but don't do anything, are you smarter or stupider than the person who doesn't see it coming at all?