WILL SHE BE THROWN UNDER THE OBAMA BUS? – AT 10:51 A.M. ET: Senator Dianne Feinstein of California is a Democrat, one of the few in Congress who is also a grown-up. She is challenging Obama on his view of ISIS. I hope she watches her back. From the Washington Examiner:
Sen. Dianne Feinstein criticized the president's strategy against the Islamic State on Sunday, saying that the terrorist group has grown despite Pentagon claims that it has lost ground.
"What I'm saying is this has gone on too long now and it has not gotten better, it's gotten worse," Feinstein, D-Calif., said on CBS' "Face the Nation."
The Pentagon has said that the Islamic State holds less territory in Iraq and Syria today than it did a year ago. While Feinstein said that may be true, "there's much more they have gained in other countries," pointing to recent terrorist attacks in Tunisia.
The Islamic State also recently demonstrated their ability to attack the West with a string of six attacks in Paris earlier this month.
The president has faced criticism, even from members of his own party, for doubling down on his strategy against the Islamic State in the days after the attacks.
"I don't think the approach is sufficient for the job," said Feinstein, a top ranking Senate Democrat who serves on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. "I'm concerned that we don't have the time and we don't have years. We need to be aggressive now."
COMMENT: Oh Diannne, we hardly knew ye. I doubt if Dianne will get much support from her party if she decides to run for another Senate term. The California Democratic Party is slightly to the left of Lenin, and people with Feinstein's background and point of view just aren't wanted any longer.
But we do hear a lot of buzz that many Democrats are fed up with Obama and consider him a danger to the country.
November 23, 2015 |