‘TAKING A NAP’: OBAMA TEAM ACCUSED OF UNDERESTIMATING IRAQ UNREST: The Obama administration's apparent miscalculation of the threat posed by Al Qaeda-aligned terrorist in Iraq drew severe criticism Thursday from top Republican lawmakers, who accused President Obama and his national security team of "taking a nap," warning "the next 9/11 is in the making." The administration once again appears to have been caught off guard by an explosion of violence in a country US forces helped liberate from a dictator. Al Qaeda-aligned Sunni terrorists were advancing south and threatening to move on Baghdad on Thursday after overrunning the northern Iraq cities of Mosul and Tikrit -- with Iraqi government forces in rapid retreat. GOP lawmakers vented that advances made by the terrorist front, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) are confirming their "worst fears" about what would happen in the wake of the Obama-ordered US troop withdrawal in 2011. "What's the president doing? Taking a nap," House Speaker John Boehner snapped, before abruptly ending his weekly press conference on Thursday. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Iraq is "collapsing," calling it another potential Benghazi and urging the president to address the American people. "The next 9/11 is in the making," Graham said. President Barack Obama said Thursday he is looking at all options in helping the Iraqi government face down a growing insurgency. "I don't rule anything out," Obama said. (Fox)

As my friend writes:  “Looking at all options,” and not going to “rule anything out.” And here in the Middle East, we’re all rolling our eyes once again….

Perhaps the pope should invite ISIS to the Vatican?