re: #707 blueraven

The program was limited in size and proved little use to U.S. and Iraqi officials when Islamist fighters moved swiftly this week to seize two major Iraqi cities, the officials said.

Yes, we are in agreement. The program was limited to the point of being useless and is only now being ramped up, not last month when the Iraqis requested help. To me that indicates the administration didn’t get very far in considering the Iraqi request, at least not enough to increase surveillance to see what kind of help could be needed.