Michele Flournoy. Reuters
The Hill: Ex-Obama defense officials: ISIS threat 'getting worse, not better'
Two former top Obama defense officials told lawmakers Tuesday that the U.S. was not winning the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
"I don't think we are where we need to be," Michèle Flournoy, former under secretary of defense for policy, told the Senate Armed Services Committee.
"I think that this threat has shown itself to be much more serious than I think we first realized," said Flournoy, now CEO of the Center for a New American Security.
"It's something that's a long-term challenge that we need to deal with, and I don't think we are fully resourcing a multidimensional strategy," she added.
Flournoy also added that the threat is "getting worse, not better."
WNU Editor: Their analysis is very blunt .... this is a long war.
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