In discussing new story lines about ISIS, “Homeland showrunner Alex Gansa suggested that ISIS might simply be ‘too evil’ to successfully dramatize in a television show. [Producer David] Nevins, however, said the show will go there. ‘It’s going to touch [ISIS],’ he said. ‘It’s going to touch all those things. It’s a show that reflects the world that we live in. We’ll see. I feel very confident with what they’re doing.’”

He understands the evil. Meanwhile, President Obama in a December interview with NPR complained about media coverage, dismissing ISIS as “guys with masks or black flags potentially coming to get you.”

What does it say about our president when a Showtime series has a better understanding of the threat of ISIS than he does? Granted, the writers likely had professional advisers on the set, but clearly it wasn’t anybody from the Obama administration. If so the scene would be written with Quinn saying the strategy is working and getting a pat on the back.