“We are urging broadcasters to avoid using the familiar B-roll that we’ve all seen before, file footage of ISIL convoys operating in broad daylight, moving in large formations with guns out, looking to wreak havoc. It’s inaccurate — that’s no longer how ISIL moves…” “A more accurate image, said Col. Steven Warren, a Pentagon spokesman, would be ‘one Toyota speeding down the road by itself at night with its headlights off.'”
Either the Obama administration is woefully ignorant of the facts on the ground, or it’s lying brazenly to the American people and the world, knowing that most people are too busy or indifferent to notice. Either way, it’s unconscionable. “Stop using ISIL footage, Obama administration asks networks,” by Michael Crowley and Hadas Gold, Politico, May 13, 2015:
Frustrated that coverage of the war against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant isn’t reflecting reality on the ground, senior Obama administration officials are urging television networks to update their footage of the radical militant group.
Senior State Department and Pentagon officials have begun contacting television network reporters to ask them to stop using “B-roll” — stock footage that appears on screen while reporters and commentators talk — showing ISIL at the peak of its strength last summer.
“We are urging broadcasters to avoid using the familiar B-roll that we’ve all seen before, file footage of ISIL convoys operating in broad daylight, moving in large formations with guns out, looking to wreak havoc,” said Emily Horne, spokeswoman for retired Gen. John Allen, the State Department’s special envoy leading the international coalition against ISIL.
“It’s inaccurate — that’s no longer how ISIL moves,” Horne said. “A lot of that footage is from last summer before we began tactical strikes.”…
A more accurate image, said Col. Steven Warren, a Pentagon spokesman, would be “one Toyota speeding down the road by itself at night with its headlights off.”
Is that so? Here are some photos from the Islamic State’s celebration of the fall of Ramadi:




USMAN says
PR gimmicks as usual.
Bamaguje says
Indeed… as far as Obama is concerned, just change the media narrative, and everything would be fine.,, ISIS would cease to exist.
Just like refusing to mention “Jihad” or “Islam” in connection with terrorism, would make it all go away.
Shane says
Yes, Obama recently stated that we need to change the way that the news is reported and to change the way Americans think. Of course, Obama was talking about Fox News and conservatives needing to change.
Lia Wissing says
Poor old ObAd … they have never learned that the truth will out!
Gary says
What’s next with this Administration?
Will President Obama boldly proclaim, (as blood flows in the streets of America),
“ISIS has been denigrated and dismantled.”
spot on says
Someone needs to explain to me why our aircraft and satellites can’t discover and hit these easy targets in the desert where there is nowhere to hide. There is no need for ground troops to see this target. One A-10 Wart Hog tank killer could take out the whole convoy.
Porky The Crusader says
Don’t forget the AC-130 Spectre.
spot on says
It seems to me that the AC 130 would be the best way to help hoards of fighting Muslims to get their 72 virgins. It would turn a convoy into a junk yard in a few minutes.
The problem we have is that our mortal enemy is a friend in Washington.
Angemon says
Baghdad Bob, indeed.
Doc says
The million dollar question here is do they honestly believe their own PR propaganda?
Doc says
So according to this administration, the Iraqi military retreated in the face of a few pickups with headlights off? 😀
Beagle says
Yes, leaving 10 unused Abrams tanks. And a sandstorm prevented US airstrikes. The perfect weather you have seen in photos and videos is not accurate.
Not sure what is going on, excluding deception. There is a lot of that going on.
spot on says
“Not sure what is going on, excluding deception.”
Between U.S. Administration deception, MSM deception, and and enemy deception, we don’t stand a change of knowing what is going on anywhere in the ME. The only believable reports come from charitable organizations and Christian church related groups. One thing for certain, there is genocide happening to Christians.
spot on says
“It’s ALL lies from ALL sources, except you can believe Satan,”
Mac…You hit the nail on the head.
William Lucas Harvey Jr. says
Thank you for this Observation Jihad Watch: “Either the Obama administration is woefully ignorant of the facts on the ground, or it’s lying brazenly to the American people and the world, knowing that most people are too busy or indifferent to notice.”.
THIS IS a more CORRECT Description, concerning the Words of America’s “Imperial Potus” Obama Administration, and it’s Weak, Failing Attempts at “Deceiving” the American People, with “Lies”.
BUT, on the other Hand, Obama MUST attempt to maintain HIS Failing “Legacy”.
HOWEVER, too bad for Obama, as NOT ALL American People “…are too busy or indifferent to notice.”.
Infidel from Down Under says
What, after all this time and us thinking Baghdad Bob was incognito flipping Kebabs in Istanbul he has actually been working as head of propaganda in the Obama White House!!!
Alan Celia says
sounds like 1984.
Brian says
In case anyone is in any doubt, Obama is a closet Muslim. Everything he has said and done supports that. BOTH his real father and step father were Muslims, and his school report in Indonesia says his religion is Islam. There is NO record of his conversion to Christianity and too many of his top administration are out of demographic proportion of United States, Muslims.
Obama claims to be Christian, yet never fails to bash Christians and Christianity and glorify Islam and Muslims. He is using perfect taqyia, kitman and hiyal in all his words and actions. In Islamic Jihad, ANY means can be used to promote Islam, even pretending to be another religion is acceptable.
spot on says
I agree. B.O. is a Muslim. If an Islamic country hits us hard enough to make us hurt and cause chaos. I believe Obama will surrender and let them have their way with us.
Lynn says
BHO practices taqiyya. He has since day one. He lies intentionally for a cause. What’s the cause? The caliphate. He and Valerie; we must NEVER forget Valerie’s part in all this islamic BS. They are bringing in muslims as fast as possible. Destroying this country is this man’s wet dream.
Rita says
WHAT WILL IT HAVE TO TAKE before Obama is seen for what he is !!!!!!!!!!!
William says
We are all going to have to face in our future the dire consequences of having the imposter Mobarack Hussein Osama occupy the office he currently resides in. There is a lot of pain in store for all of us. For many, it will be justly deserved.
11B40 says
Greetings:
Not to agree with another Obama administrtation manipulation attempt, but I’ve noticed that news broadcasting organizations have become rather casual about correctly identifying the where, when, and/or source of the video segments they broadcast. It seems to me that they used to overlay the date of the footage or label it “file footage” but, like so many other things not so much lately.
Shmooviyet says
Any time the WH ‘urges broadcasters not to use’ this or that footage. it’s surely time to to view the specified piece/s. That suggestion smells a bit too authoritarian for comfort.
“Don’t trust what you’ve seen with your own eyes– they’re lying to you!”
nacazo says
Who are you going to believe me or your lying eyes?
-Obama
pongidae rex says
Competent people have been driven out of government service for over a generation in order to make room for ‘protected classes’. I was one of them. Now we reap the result.
gravenimage says
Sorry this happened to you, pongidae rex. Do you have more details?
Walter Sieruk says
Obama need to come real with the American public. Nevertheless , we may be sure that this is something that he will not do. Obama had by his words and action expose himself to be not only unrealistic but also incompetent. A real US President who really know just how things are in the real world and would send the ISIS fiends a strong message in the only language that the callous characters of ISIS will be able to understand. Which is the language of the ISIS villains being on the receiving end of a strong power of military might. That is how to handle those thugs of ISIS. As Thomas Jefferson had so well stated “With every barbarous people …force is law.
somehistory says
Mac-101,
Your assessment is right on target. Recall what Daniel was told (Daniel 10: 2-13) by the angel from God when he was coming to help the prophet? The angel had been *detained* by the “prince of the royal realm of Persia”…a demon who had been given control over that political state, “standing in opposition” until “Michael” came to help the angel defeat the demon.
And when Jesus was taken to the high mountain and shown all the “kingdoms” and satan said he would give them all to Jesus if He would bow down and worship him.
satan and his demon hordes are conducting it all. They enjoy the death and destruction, just as Christ told us (John 10:10) when He said the “thief comes to steal, kill and destroy.”
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And anytime a liar tells you “pay no attention” or instructs the media to tell a different story, be aware and beware of putting in trust in what the liar says.(Psalm 146:3)
Mac-101 says
Thanks for the Daniel, I hadn’t read it for a while. Jesus and da Devil are always in my thoughts. My favorite passage that is never mentioned is Deuteronomy 28:43 on. Could the Sojourner be our Great Dear Leader? He surely appears to be compiled to destroy America. Hopefully he is not. If he is, we ain’t seen nothing yet.
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I find it difficult to believe that their is any possibility that current events world wide are NOT settin up for the End Times. Too many different players are goin against their OWN long term interests for short term gain.
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Peace Out!
gravenimage says
Many of my neighbors in the San Francisco bay area voted for Obama—twice. They have the bumper stickers to prove it.
Most of them fell for the fairy tale—hope and change and all that. They feel so “enlightened” for having voted for him.
For most of them, the threat of Islam is not even on their radar.
Matthieu Baudin says
The man who presided over the demise of Osama Bin Laden in his first term of office now enters the final months of his presidency which unfortunately may be marked by the fall of both Bagdad and Damascus to ISIS. Due to the depth of its savagery ISIS is an international foe and its defeat is a first order priority. The fall of Bagdad and Damascus under Obama’s tenure would be the mark of a failed presidency and would leave far deeper wounds, both in the US and abroad, than the withdrawal and defeat in Vietnam.
Jack Holan says
Nothing to worry about after first he has General Dempsey states that there is no strategic or cultural importance if the city falls. Then Obama has the gall to state that we are moving ahead on them. Then he admitted there was a “minor” setback. Jack Earnest never looking into the camera feels there is no need to reexamine our strategy just because of a few recent setbacks. The scary part is how the White House has corrupted the higher echelons of the military into willingly make asses of themselves publicly with ridiculous assertions. Then the White House sticking to story lines that even a 12 year old child would not believe. Jack Earnest with his body language and looking away I wouldn’t believe if he told me his name was Jack Earnest.
John Mustart South Africa. says
As a Christian I do not wish death on anyone but as an observer of what is going on in Iraq it is interesting to note how ISIS (ISIL for Obama) can show themselves so openly in broad daylight. If the coalition forces were really interested they could blow them off the face of the earth. Either they are just plain stupid or hopelessly incompetent. I would like to think both but sadly I think it suits them to allow ISIS to do well so as to keep the war on the boil so that the Military Industrial Complex can make as much money out of the war as possible. Do we have the latest version of fascisism on the march. If so they are marching well. Wait untill they start knocking on our doors because of our questioning and criticism. Their behaviour is akin to the antiChrist. When I consider the millions that have died as a result of these financial warmongers soon Hitler will have to move over, then Stalin and finally Mau Ze Dong. Yes Apartheid was bad but it pales into insignificance compared to these warmongers. As I always say America’s foreign policy is best at “Bombs Away”.
Stephen Rohaty says
They are as plain stupid and hopelessly incompetent as the South Vietnamese government was. Vietnam cost us 56,000 American lives, bungled away. How many will the American decision makers sacrifice to isis NOW?
Myron J. Poltroonian says
Winston Churchill observed: “If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you with only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is not hope of victory at all, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.”
Stephen Rohaty says
Mayor laGuardia read us the funnies on the radio. Now, senior obama administration officials are telling us fairy tales on the TV. I prefer the former.
Myron J. Poltroonian says
How “Bagdad Bobbian” of this regime. “He” is the “Man Behind The Curtain”, asking: “Who are you going to believe, me or your [lying] eyes?”