Posted on 02/18/2008 7:47:03 AM PST by tobyhill
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Rep. Silvestre Reyes of Texas, who incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tapped to head the Intelligence Committee when the Democrats take over in January, failed a quiz of basic questions about al Qaeda and Hezbollah, two of the key terrorist organizations the intelligence community has focused on since the September 11, 2001 attacks.
When asked by CQ National Security Editor Jeff Stein whether al Qaeda is one or the other of the two major branches of Islam -- Sunni or Shiite -- Reyes answered "they are probably both," then ventured "Predominantly -- probably Shiite."
That is wrong. Al Qaeda was founded by Osama bin Laden as a Sunni organization and views Shiites as heretics.
Reyes could also not answer questions put by Stein about Hezbollah, a Shiite group on the U.S. list of terrorist organizations that is based in Southern Lebanon.
Stein's column about Reyes' answers was published on CQ's Web site Friday evening.
In an interview with CNN, Stein said he was "amazed" by Reyes' lack of what he considers basic information about two of the major terrorists organizations.
"If you're the baseball commissioner and you don't know the difference between the Yankees and the Red Sox, you don't know baseball," Stein said. "You're not going to have the respect of the people you work with."
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God help us
*****God help us..****
First, we have to ask Him....then we have to earn it.
He might be stupid but he looks good and thats all that counts. This does not apply to Pissoffme though.
US congress an equal opportunity employer, no entrance exam no experience necessary.
Not having a go here, but I thank God that the second half of this sentence certainly isn't true.
Christ didn't come to redeem Mankind because we had in any way earned or deserved redemption. The idea that we can earn God's help is the old Pelagian(?) heresy.
But if you only meant "God helps those who help themselves" then absolutely. We need to kick out the risk-averse time-serving noodleheads in the CIA, FBI and State dept.
In 2 Chronicles 7:14, God said: If my people, who are called by may name, will humble themselves and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sins, and will heal their land.
We can't "earn it". All we can do is humble ourselves, pray, seek God's direction, and reject the wicked choices we have made. God has promised that He will hear, He will respond, He will forgive, and He will heal our land.
and He will only do so, if it’s His will that it be healed. it’s not about earning.
Politicians are good at getting elected, and that’s about it. Not surprising at all.
Absolutely. There is only one thing we can “earn” and that is the wages of sin (death). Thank God that He made the provision to GIVE us the GIFT of life.
African or European?
** Rep. Silvestre Reyes of Texas, who incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tapped to head the Intelligence Committee when the Democrats take over in January, **
A dimocrat — what can we expect?
He is my hometown...and YES WE ARE IN BIG, BIG trouble...GOD HELP US!!
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