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Democrat candidates running for office on November 4th are doing their best to disassociate themselves from the incumbent, whereas his administration is coming apart at the seams. In fact the only things these politicians wish to do right now is “hope” that he stays away from their states, and by some miracle or other, things in the nation "change" for the better despite him.

 

Today’s example of major White House failure is reflected in the UK’s Independent, by writer Patrick Cockburn, in an article titled: “War against Isis: US strategy in tatters as militants march on.”

 

Mr. Cockburn reports that, “American-led air attacks are failing. Jihadis are close to taking Kobani, in Syria – and in Iraq western Baghdad is now under serious threat. America's plans to fight Islamic State are in ruins as the militant group's fighters come close to capturing Kobani and have inflicted a heavy defeat on the Iraqi army west of Baghdad.

 

The US-led air attacks launched against Islamic State (also known as Isis) on 8 August in Iraq and 23 September in Syria have not worked. President Obama's plan to "degrade and destroy" Islamic State has not even begun to achieve success. In both Syria and Iraq, Isis is expanding its control rather than contracting.”

 

Many believe that ISIS’ rapid growth and development over the past two years took place because the U.S. pulled up its stakes in Iraq, leaving the area open to attacks against undertrained and incapable Iraqi government forces. However, as far as the incumbent was concerned, campaign promises to his loyalist base were far more important than performing presidentially.

 

Yet, after seeing what happened by ignoring potential threats and now having to relive the battles in the Middle-East all over again, it seems the White House still hasn’t learned a thing from past mistakes, and is now on the verge of making another significant one.  

 

Fox News.com reports today that, “House Speaker John Boehner has denounced any potential White House effort to close the Guantanamo Bay prison facility, saying that such a move is "dangerous," could result in terrorists being relocated into the United States and that overriding Congress is another example of the Obama administration’s “legacy of lawlessness.”

 

However, while Speaker Boehner’s concerns are certainly serious and closing Guantanamo Bay is likely a significant error, history shows that as far as the incumbent’s concerned, it doesn’t really matter where any terrorists are held in captivity. 

 

Because the head of ISIS, Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, who many call the new Osama Bin Laden, was released from Camp Bucca in Iraq by Obama in 2009. Baghdadi started ISIS a year later and when he was released from the camp he threatened his American jailers saying, “I’ll see you in New York.” And, the way things are going now, thanks to the incumbent's policy’s he might very well keep his word.

 

That’s it for today folks.

 

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