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BALAD AB, IRAQ - MAY 21: In this handout image provided by the U.S. Air Force, Specialist Seth Gerkin (R) and Private First Class Brian Cruz from the 303rd Armor Attached to the 81st Brigade, LSA (Logistics Support Area) Anaconda, Iraq, fire a 120mm mortar May 21, 2004 from Balad AB, Iraq. (Photo by Aaron Allmon II/U.S. Air Force via Getty Images)

News Organizations Finally Realize Obama’s War Plan Is a Hot Mess

BALAD AB, IRAQ - MAY 21: In this handout image provided by the U.S. Air Force, Specialist Seth Gerkin (R) and Private First Class Brian Cruz from the 303rd Armor Attached to the 81st Brigade, LSA (Logistics Support Area) Anaconda, Iraq, fire a 120mm mortar May 21, 2004 from Balad AB, Iraq. (Photo by Aaron Allmon II/U.S. Air Force via Getty Images)

News Organizations Finally Realize Obama’s War Plan Is a Hot Mess

BALAD AB, IRAQ - MAY 21: In this handout image provided by the U.S. Air Force, Specialist Seth Gerkin (R) and Private First Class Brian Cruz from the 303rd Armor Attached to the 81st Brigade, LSA (Logistics Support Area) Anaconda, Iraq, fire a 120mm mortar May 21, 2004 from Balad AB, Iraq. (Photo by Aaron Allmon II/U.S. Air Force via Getty Images)

News Organizations Finally Realize Obama’s War Plan Is a Hot Mess

Our newspapers of record finally remembered it's their job to point out the flaws in the president's plan to defeat ISIS.