Does the Khorasan Group Actually Threaten the US? Marie Harf Won't Say.

State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf appeared on MSNBC this morning to discuss the US airstrikes in Syria and the Khorasan group. That group, not ISIS, is President Obama’s stated reason for launching air strikes inside Syrian territory. The president’s letter to Congress doesn’t even mention ISIS at all, despite the fact that the group beheaded two Americans and has broadcast its intent to attack America itself on social media.

So Harf turns up on MSNBC to deal with two primary questions. The first, are the US airstrikes actually degrading ISIS?

The question is relevant, because the FBI director has said that he doesn’t think the airstrikes have degraded ISIS.

Watch as MSNBC host Kristen Welker seems to lose patience with Harf’s non-answer.

The second question, does the Khorasan group actually have the capacity to attack America? Pay close attention to how Harf answers.

HOST Kristen Welker: Are there any credible threats that you know of right now coming from that group that Americans need to know about?

Harf: Well, as many of us have said, we are watching that group. We know they have the intention to strike at the United States. that’s something that’s ongoing right now. That process of looking at what the actual threat is. But what I will say is the action we’ve taken against them already has had an impact.

The Obama administration’s spokespeople have their talking points: These groups have the intention of attacking America, and we have the intention of degrading them. Afghanistan, Yemem and Somalia are, according to Harf, examples of the success we’re aiming for in striking Syria.

If that’s really where we are strategically, then we have a recipe for endless, pointless war that will achieve nothing — other than to eventually bankrupt America.