Posted on 09/28/2006 5:37:11 AM PDT by cgk
WTH? This guy should have been pegged as completely untrustworthy long, long ago.
Don't they execute traitors? I mean we charged Tokyo Rose with treason.
--The CIA mandarinate thought there was no winning the Cold War, and focused on getting the best deal out of detente--
Theoretically that was true. There was no way a decadent, dissolute, militarily weak West could have triumphed over a militarily powerful, united and highly organized Soviet Union and its loyal allies in the Warsaw Treaty Organization. Some conservatives like to say it was Reagan's relatively modest arms buildup in the 1980s that push the Soviet Union over the edge. But in terms of real dollars, the 1950-1965 build up was far greater, and the Soviets took that in stride. Let's not forget the German invasion in June 1941 was far more catastrophic, yet the USSR not only survived, but marched to the greatest victory in Russian history. I suspect the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact is one of those odd topics that will have historians arguing and scratching their heads for hundreds of years. I wonder sometimes if God himself simply had enough with the USSR and "smote it" the way he "smote" Sodom and Gomorrah, or Pharonic Egypt when it treated the Hebrews badly.
Bump
Bush should appoint Michelle Malkin to broom out the CIA and the FBI. Two key jobs that he continues to neglect.
A smart POTUS wants advisers with different backgrounds and views, so he doesn't just hear what he wants to hear. But it's essential that all of these people should be loyal to their country and their elected president. If not, then they should resign.
There's nothing wrong with Pillar arguing the other side in internal meetings. But he appears to be part of the rogue faction in the CIA who have worked hard to depose our President. They all should have been quietly retired from office long since. This nutjob should not be in charge of an important arm of the CIA in the WOT, as he appears to be.
The Paul Pillar quote in your picture is reminiscent of Joe Wilson’s “intelligence” trip to Niger. In both cases it shows their unbridled arrogance.
While the President gets information and intelligence from thousands of sources, both Joe Wilson and Paul Pillar seem to believe that if the President doesn’t embrace their opinions and react exactly the way they would like, it’s fraudulent or worse.
These guys need to get a grip. It is the President, not them, who was elected in a national vote to lead the United States. As the head of the executive branch of our government it’s the President’s judgment and opinion that counts, not that of these ankle biting underlings.
Larry Everest, "Ray McGovern: Catching Rumsfeld the Liar Red-Handed—and on National TV"
Larry Everest: Why did you decide to focus on the question of Rumsfeld’s lies about the war?
Ray McGovern: That day I was surfing the web and noticed that my former colleague, recently retired Paul Pillar, had referred in an interview to the “campaign of manipulation of intelligence” that tried to create out of whole cloth ties between Iraq and al Qaeda. Until he retired late last year, Pillar was the most senior analyst/manager for the Middle East; now he is speaking out.
If a couple of these t#rds were taken out and shot, the leaking would stop.
I'm for shutting down and closing out the analyst side of the CIA and the Near East Bureau (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Saudis) and see if that works.In any event, given what is churned out in those places, it can't hurt the war effort.
bttt
Sounds like Paul Pillar is auditioning to be either the head of CIA or the NSC in the next Democrat Administration. I hope he gets REALLY old waiting for that opportunity. ;o)
I need to come back to this. A LOT of info to digest.
The LameStreamMedia is in journalistic kindergarten compared to Michelle. Great post.
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