After Vice President Joe Biden said that criticisms of the administration’s Middle East policy “do not reflect the circumstances on the ground,” syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer said on Fox News’ “Special Report” that the Obama administration is “quickly developing a huge problem of credibility.” (VIDEO: Krauthammer: Hillary Is ‘Easily Beaten’ If Republicans Pick ‘Dynamic Candidate’)
KRAUTHAMMER: The administration is quickly developing a huge problem of credibility. When the vice president says that, and within seven days ISIS is at the gates of Ramadi, it has it surrounded, as you said, the civilians are fleeing, they are also attacking Baiji, which is a very strategic point because it is a producer of oil; you’ve got to ask yourself, what exactly is the vice president talking about?
On the other hand you’ve heard that we are succeeding or at least we’re holding the line somewhat in Yemen, and remember Obama had said al Qaeda is decimated, it’s on the run, we heard that for years. Well, al Qaeda today captured a major port, airport, seaport and oil terminal in Yemen. It is now stronger than it probably has ever been and it is intent on attacking the United States.
And our third adversary in the region, you’ve got ISIL, you have got of course al Qaeda and there’s Iran. Iran is on the march, Iran is on the move and that’s why the Saudis are complaining about the deals that we’re making with Iran while ignoring their aggression on the ground all around them.
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