Having said that he only found out about many of the numerous scandals in his administration by watching it on TV, it shouldn't surprise us that the president is blaming his intelligence agencies for not telling him about the capabilities of Islamic State. If only the press had reported on the rise of the terrorist's back in 2011. Washington Times: Mr. Obama told CNN in an interview that aired late Wednesday, “The ability of ISIL to not just mass inside of Syria, but then to initiate major land offensives that took Mosul [in Iraq], for example, that was not on my intelligence radar screen.” But some critics are pointing to claims that the administration ignored warning signs from intelligence sources and allies such as Kurdish leaders about the Islamic State’s growing strength after 2011, when Mr. Obama withdrew all U.S. troops from Iraq. Sherkoh Abbas, chairman of the Kurdistan National Assembly of Syria, said in 2014, “We approached...(Read Full Post)