[ExSoldier]

Well, why not, considering that OUR intelligence isn't worth dog drool...

When I was on active duty during the 1980's it basically sucked then too. Why do you think that the oldest joke in the military since Christ was a corporal is that Military Intelligence is a total oxymoron? I lost buddies on the Grenada op (and since only about 12 died on that jaunt that's a lot) and I knew guys that were wounded in Panama due to poor intel. In fact just about every modern day fiasco in the realm of military ops can be laid at the foot of the intel received.

That's NOT the fault of our guys! Let me be clear: The true fault lies in the US Congress of the 1970's. Specifically the Carter administration and the CHURCH committee that voted to totally gut the capabilities of both the military industrial complex and the CIA to carry out intel ops because they were ummmmm distasteful to the tender sentiments of American liberals.

[Americanexpat]

I never understood why congress brought our Intel people in to explain why our intelligence is so svrewed up when all they have to do is look into the mirror for the answer.

[Kenny Bunkport]

Let me be clear: The true fault lies in the US Congress of the 1970's.

Thanks for pointing out both points: that our intelligence sucks, and that the cause of it are the very politicians who today are complaining about the fact our intelligence sucks.