Quote from: umair127 on August 21, 2014, 02:26:42 PM

Sadly, James Foley, and his family are well aware of that failure. And Obama was right back on the golf course today after speaking of Foley's beheading by muslim terrorists. Pathetic!

Pentagon Says Hostage Rescue Mission in Syria Failed

The Pentagon attempted a rescue operation to free some U.S. hostages held in Syria by Islamist militants, but the mission failed because the hostages weren't where U.S. planners thought they were, U.S. officials said Wednesday.

A Pentagon spokesman gave few details but said the operation involved air and ground components and was focused on a "particular captor network" within the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, or ISIS. The news comes a day after ISIS released a gruesome video documenting the beheading of U.S. journalist James Foley.

Lisa Monaco, President Barack Obama's assistant for homeland security and counterterrorism, said in a statement that Obama authorized the mission because the U.S. "had what we believed was sufficient intelligence."

"It was the national security team's assessment that these hostages were in danger with each passing day in [ISIS] custody," she said. While the effort failed, Obama "could not be prouder of the U.S. forces who carried out this mission and the dedicated intelligence and diplomatic professionals who supported their efforts," Monaco said.

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http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/james-foley/mission-rescue-james-foley-other-hostages-syria-failed-officials-n185391

To be fair him being on the golf course is not really relevant to this discussion. I'm not pro-Obama but the fact that he's on a golf course the next day cannot be used as a reason to castigate his policies or decisions or you may as well blame unemployment etc.