Obama Blames Everyone Else for ISIS

This weekend Obama was throwing the blame for ISIS at the Intel Community. 

FOX News story:

In the interview, Obama was asked how the Islamic State was able to gain so much territory. "Our head of the intelligence community Jim Clapper has acknowledged that I think they underestimated what had been taking place in Syria," the president said.

Yep he did say that.  However the President and his team had been looped in on the growing  threat of ISIS for quite some time.

FOX News Story:

A military intelligence official told Fox News that the Obama administration had options on the table to target senior leadership of ISIS -- as well as the Al Qaeda-aligned Khorasan Group -- in the 18 months leading up to the strikes in Syria which began last week.

The official, who is familiar with the data collection, said the threat from ISIS and Khorasan was well-documented in the president's daily brief for over a year, but the White House failed to act.

The official said the intelligence community "pushed hard" to identify the leadership of both groups for targeting purposes and these options were presented to the president's team -- and every option was denied.

As Obama tries to deflect the blame, I hope that people get the real story.  Maybe the Intel Community did make some mistakes.  However so did Obama.  Huge ones.  Leaving Iraq and knowing of the ISIS Threat, as well as not acting on the Intel for over 1 1/2 years.