SOMEONE TELL BARACK – AT 10:17 A.M. ET:  The CIA director and the president can't seem to get their lines together.  From Fox: 

CIA Director John Brennan, in a chilling warning on the Islamic State’s growing influence, told lawmakers Thursday that U.S.-led efforts to strike at the terror group have not hampered its “terrorism capability and global reach” – a message that stands in stark contrast to President Obama’s more upbeat assessment earlier this week.

Brennan, testifying in a rare open hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee, said ISIS likely will “intensify” terror attacks around the world even as its core fighters come under pressure in Iraq and Syria, including by deploying operatives for further attacks on the West.

“The group is probably exploring a variety of means for infiltrating operatives into the West, including in refugee flows, smuggling routes, and legitimate methods of travel,” Brennan said.

The testimony offered unnerving context to Obama's comments on Tuesday. The president said the anti-ISIS campaign “is firing on all cylinders” and the group “is under more pressure than ever before,” while conceding they’re gaining traction elsewhere.

COMMENT:  I'd go with Brennan on this one.  Field Marshal Obama has rarely been right on anything in foreign policy.  He botched our withdrawal from Iraq, misjudged Russia, drew red lines in Syria and then let them melt away, abused our allies, including Israel, and allowed China to grow in power in Asia and the Pacific.  Oh, he also cozied up to the dancing Castro Brothers in Cuba.  Other than that, he's a diplomatic genius.

June 16, 2016