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   From: ben@ghazi.com   
      
   ENDANGERED DEMS PUSH IRAQ ESCALATION   
      
   Members of President Obama’s cabinet and fellow Democrats   
   continue to pressure the president to further escalate his   
   already growing intervention in Iraq. While Obama in Estonia   
   yesterday expressed a desire to reduce ISIS to a “manageable”   
   problem, Vice President Joe Biden had harsher words for the   
   group, saying, “They should know we will follow them to the   
   gates of hell until they are brought to justice. Secretary of   
   Defense Chuck Hagel reiterated Wednesday the threat from the   
   Islamic State is “something we’ve never seen before.” The cycle   
   has persisted since the White House initiated bombing raids and   
   troop deployments in Iraq: milky language from the White house   
   begets pushback from the Pentagon and hawkish Dems, which in   
   turn begets tougher lines and increased intervention from Obama.   
      
   [Who started it? - Remember who started the public split on   
   strategy? Mmhmm.]   
      
   Hillary Clinton: 'Failure' to Help Syrian Rebels Led to the Rise   
   of ISIS   
      
   Pushed by the polls - Democrats like Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.)   
   are joining the chorus of Congressional members calling for the   
   president to act, writing in a statement, “I urge the   
   administration to come to Congress with a clear strategy and   
   political and military options for eliminating the ISIL threat.”   
   Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) chimed in, tweeting: “Do not   
   believe ISIL is ‘manageable,’ agree these terrorists must be   
   chased to the ‘gates of hell.’” Why’s that? The latest George   
   Washington University Battleground poll gives President Obama 51   
   percent disapproval overall with 58 percent disapproving of his   
   handling of foreign policy. Gallup’s latest poll shows 54   
   percent disapprove of Obama’s foreign policy performance.   
      
         
      
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