Trump tweets story claiming 'secret memo' shows Obama supports ISIS

[oberliner]

Donald Trump on Wednesday tweeted a link to an article that claims President Obama has indirectly supported the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), standing behind his remarks earlier this week that Obama might sympathize with terrorists.

The story, from the conservative Breitbart website, says the State Department received a memo from an intelligence agent who claimed al Qaeda in Iraq, a group that splintered off to form ISIS, was one of the "major forces driving the insurgency in Syria."

Based on the memo, the article claims that the Obama administration backed ISIS by setting up a program to train Syrian rebels fighting against President Bashar Assad.

The Syrian opposition comprises dozens of different factions, and the Obama administration has struggled at times to find reliable allies not tied to extremists. The Pentagon had focused on vetting the rebels who took part in its "train and equip" program, but it stalled after the Pentagon was only able to train 150 rebels, far short of its goal of 3,000.

The document was obtained by Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog group that sued to obtain emails that Hillary Clinton sent and received from a private server when she was secretary of State.

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/283564-trump-tweets-story-claiming-secret-memo-shows-obama

[nolabear]

1. He really does need to delete his account.

[oberliner]

3. It is staggering to me that he is actually for real

It feels like it can't be.

[C_U_L8R]

2. I think I know where that memo's been hidden

That must have been quite uncomfortable, Donnie.

[Ilsa]

4. I thought it was McCain who raised money for ISIL. nt

[Wellstone ruled]

5. Good old Judicial Watch,

just another Right Wing Nut Job so called honesty group. Wow.