"I'm sure the president is quite appreciative of how the New York Times has his back.
In an off-the-record interview with several liberal news outlets and websites, President Obama offered a doozy of an explanation for why he appears to be so sanguine about the terror threat. The New York Times relayed the gist of his comments:
In his meeting with the columnists, Mr. Obama indicated that he did not see enough cable television to fully appreciate the anxiety after the attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, and made clear that he plans to step up his public arguments.
Two devastating terrorist attacks in a matter of weeks -- one in an American city -- and he needs to watch TV to fully appreciate the anxiety of the American people?
I don't blame him for cocooning himself. If I had contributed to the kind of chaotic world we live in today, I'd be embarrassed and depressed too.
But as bad as the comment was, the New York Times upped the controversy several degrees by deleting the above passage on the website. Their explanation? Edited for "space."
The version of the New York Times story that was published early Thursday evening indicated that Obama knew he was out of touch with the country on terrorism, and he thought that was due to not watching enough television. Obama critics immediately pounced on the stunning admission from the president, expressing shock that he would claim that a lack of TV time was the real reason for him not understanding Americans’ anxiety about terrorism.
As of Friday morning, however, the passage containing Obama’s admission was gone.
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The unexplained deletion of that major passage wasn’t the only significant change made to the story since it was first published. The Times' editors also changed the story’s headline four separate times, according to Newsdiffs.org. Each headline revision either put Obama in a better light or put the GOP in a worse one."
Even worse than the NYT's attempt to cover for Obama was his admission he was out of touch with the events in Dan Bernardino because he failed to watch enough TV. What a worthless pos he is.
Here's a related story. Don't you just hate when reality intrudes on your delusions.
Intelligence Head: Obama “Didn’t Want To Hear” About Rise Of ISIS Because it didn’t “meet a narrative” Steve Watson December 18, 2015
A former intelligence head has revealed that the President routinely turned a deaf ear to updates and reports on the rise of ISIS because they didn’t fit with the narrative the administration was feeding the American public.
Appearing on Fox News, Former DIA Director Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said that Obama “didn’t want to hear…this sort of drumbeat that this Islamic radicalism is on the rise”.
“It didn’t meet a narrative that the president wanted to continue to say to the American public.” Flynn added, urging that Obama needs to admit he messed up on ISIS.
“I would love to hear him say, ‘Look, we made a mistake. Our strategy isn’t working, and… we have made a big decision to make some changes, and… I’m going to come back to the american public in 30 days, and I’m going to give an entirely new strategy that i want to hand off to the next president, whoever that is to give them a stronger foundation.'” Flynn said.
Flynn was adamant that the strategy to combat ISIS needs completely overhauling.
“And frankly, the president has not been able to do that. And I think that — either it’s him personally, or it’s the advisers around him, that are telling him stay the course, and we’ll get through the rest of your presidency. It’s just not going to work like that.” he noted.
“I think that it’s about time that the coach figured out that he has a national security team, or certainly components of it, with his recent visit to the Pentagon and to the national counter-terrorism center.” Flynn stated.
“He’s not going to get a rosy picture from the counter-terrorism center today. He’s going to get a dire picture and it’s not going to be one of an organization, in terms of the Islamic State that’s setback or a JV team.” the retired Lt. General added.
Flynn’s analysis dovetails with the claims of scores of CENTCOM employees who say they were given “implied orders” not to report facts on the ground in Iraq regarding terrorist activity. Instead, they were encouraged to substitute economic or environmental information for terror related intelligence.
Describing the policy of discarding credible terror intelligence as “really disheartening,” Retired Army Sgt. 1st Class William Kotel said “They’ve spent more money and time trying to push down this intelligence … than they have actually spending time and effort on real security.”
Up to 50 operatives working with CENTCOM, the US Military’s intelligence arm under the DIA, have charged that their assessments of the fight against ISIS and Al Qaeda are being altered by senior officials to paint a more rosy picture, in order to fit with the Obama administration’s claims that the US is winning the war on terror.
In addition, Flynn’s analysis dovetails with the claims of inside sources who say that Obama does not want and will not read intelligence reports on groups “he does not consider terrorists,” despite being on a U.S. list of designated terrorists.
“I’ve been privileged to be able to read [the presidential daily read book], and for the last few years, and I will tell you there is not a lot of good news in that.” former DIA head Flynn also said on “America’s Newsroom” Thursday.
“And I think that the president is finally coming to the realization that this problem is not just isolated in a place called Raqqa, Syria, it’s happening right here at home. … So, I mean, this is a problem. and it’s not a problem that’s going to go away with some speeches.”