Should President Obama Fire His National Security Team?

President Barack Obama meets in the Situation Room with his national security advisors to discuss strategy in Syria, Saturday, August 31, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Obama’s National Security Team Under Fire -- The Hill

President Obama’s team of national security advisers is under attack on Capitol Hill for not foreseeing the collapse of Iraq’s army forces who have been routed by Sunni jihadists.

Republicans are calling for heads to roll, and Democrats have been slow to defend Obama’s national security team after a string of questionable performances.

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have second-guessed Obama’s decision to release five senior Taliban commanders from Guantánamo Bay and his handling of the civil war in Syria. Now they’re concerned the insurgent’s lightning war across Iraq has taken the administration by surprise.

Obama even took heat Thursday from the editorial page of The Washington Post, which asserted the “pretense” of Obama’s claim to have ended the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan “is becoming increasingly difficult to sustain.”

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My Comment: President Obama will never fire this team .... because they are like him .... but this crisis may end up being his legacy on foreign policy.

Update: ABC's Jon Karl to Carney: Is Iraq Still "Signature Achievement" of Obama's Presidency? -- Real Clear Politics