TRUTH TELLIN' – AT 9:52 A.M. ET:  A former high American intelligence official tells it like it is about American policy in the Mideast.  From the New York Post:

WASHINGTON – The former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency described President Obama’s strategy to fight ISIS as “confusion.”

Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, who retired last year as the agency’s head, compared the lack of clear direction to a football team not knowing where to go when they break from a huddle.

“I feel like when we say ‘ready, break,’ every player on the team is going off into other stadiums, playing different sports,” Flynn said on Fox News Sunday.

The criticism of the Obama administration’s ISIS strategy comes as the terrorists burned alive a caged Jordanian pilot and reported that US hostage, Kayla Mueller, had been killed. ISIS has marveled US leaders with its ability to recruit new members abroad, spark terror with brutal murders broadcast on social media and swiftly capture parts of Syria and Iraq.

COMMENT:  He's right, of course.  Even after the brutal murder of the Jordanian pilot, announced by ISIS while Jordan's King Abdullah was in Washington, Obama's response was lukewarm.  The president has no real strategy because he has no zeal for the fight.  He is much more comfortable condemning the West and its religions.  That is his ideology. 

John Kerry claims we're defeating ISIS.  I hope it's true, but I doubt it.  Islamist terrorism seems to grow and grow.  Our side was thrilled last week by the defiant reaction of King Abdullah of Jordan, but I really wonder how much international support he'll get after the uproar over the pilot's death dies down.  Obama has a way of selling out our allies, and enjoying it.

February 9, 2015