A former CIA official has criticized President Barack Obama for his strategy against the ISIL terrorist group, saying the United States does not intend to win the war.
“I don’t think they understand the kind of war they need to fight,” Henry Crumpton said in an interview with The Hill.
“They’re waging the war they want to fight but not the one that will lead to success,” the former deputy director of the CIA Counterterrorism Center added.
He also noted that the president has done a “lousy” strategy against the terror network in Iraq and Syria.
“It’s very safe politically; they want to control everything in Washington,” he said. “You have to have an intelligence presence on the ground.”