CNN Grills Hillary Clinton Flack Jennifer Granholm over Hillary Not Anticipating ISIS

COSTELLO: “Well, here's the thing, though, about Hillary Clinton. She took office as secretary of state in 2009, right? The next year ISIS made al Baghdadi its leader. So ISIS existed, but everybody was concentrating on Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden because he was killed in 2011. So how can Hillary Clinton argue that she didn't miss ISIS' rise?”
GRANHOLM: “Well, obviously as secretary of state, she did not miss the rise. She knew what was going on. And she also knows the importance of having a comprehensive strategy. What was really frustrating about last night, Carol, is that they were all sort of blaming Barack Obama, but they were citing the strategies to attack ISIS using all of the stuff that Barack Obama is already doing. They want airstrikes –“
COSTELLO: “But wait a minute, Jennifer. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. I mean, it's a valid criticism. We never heard much about ISIS in 2009, in 2010. We heard a lot about Osama bin Laden being killed. We didn't hear about ISIS. And you well remember that President Obama did call ISIS, you know, a member of the JV league. Those are valid criticisms.”
GRANHOLM: “Well, think about where this all began. I mean, ISIS is an offshoot of al Qaeda. There was a separation. This all began, all of this turmoil, when we went into Iraq in the first place. Obviously, it was George Bush's policies that set the stage for this. But the question is really, Carol, what are we going to do going forward? Who is the adult in the room that is going to be able to address and have a comprehensive and deep strategy to be able to defeat ISIS? I think the reason why the polls show that Americans trust Hillary Clinton more to defeat terrorism is because she is the adult in the room. And the polls -- in fact, there was a 'Washington Post' poll a couple of days ago that had her beat the Republicans by nine points in that question. They trust that she knows what's going on, that she has a comprehensive strategy, and that she will be the person to keep them safe.”