Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) on Sunday said that President Obama has not been aggressive enough in his approach to ISIS, which is gaining power in Iraq and Syria.
“I’ve learned one thing about this president, and that is he’s very cautious— maybe in this instance too cautious,” Feinstein said during an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
Feinstein, the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said that the ISIS threat to the U.S. is “potentially very serious.”
“This is a vicious, vicious movement, and it has to be confronted,” she said.
According to Feinstein, ISIS could pose a direct threat to Americans.
“I believe it is on its way to Baghdad, and I believe they will try to attack our embassy from the West,” she said.
The senator said that she agrees with conservative Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who co-wrote an op-ed in the New York Times urging the president to act quickly in confronting ISIS.
While she was largely critical of Obama’s approach, she said he is right to push for a new Iraqi government that could rally Sunnis to push back against ISIS.
“I think the president is wise in this sense,” Feinstein said.
Watch the interview via NBC:
(SIGH) DiFi, why don’t you just re-register as a Republican and get it over with? It’ll be a lot more honest than your current party affiliation…
Hey, Cali TPMers! SOMEBODY tell me this DINO is being primaried!
She’s just whoring for the arms dealers (like her husband) who own her.
Boxer, agrees with McGrumpy and Granny. Seems we’ve lost her. Everyone armchairs the president about what he should do, or should have done, until he does it and then criticize the methods even when highly successful. If I know anything about BHO’s tactics, it’s that he’s actively searching for the head of the snake, not some low level follower.
How do Dems get invited on the Sunday shows?
By being critical of the president, of course.
And typical Feinstein, at the head of the line giving our “liberal” media the sound bite they desperately want.
After seeing Lindsey and McCain being wrong over and over again, she sides with them.
With them!
I trust the president way more than those camera whores. Yeah, he’s cautious, the nerve. I mean, jumping headfirst is always the way to go, look at Iraq!
Such bullshit.
And that snake will be taken out with one strike, not a series of “shock and awe” carpet bombings followed by ongoing occupation.
BTW That’s DiFi, not Boxer. Same state, VASTLY different outlooks!