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A disaster for Defense
Washington Times ^ | April 24, 2009

Posted on 04/24/2009 6:16:57 AM PDT by La Lydia

President Obama is surrendering national security with a radical appointment at the Defense Department. Rosa Brooks, this month made adviser to Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michelle Flournoy, will be in a position to do significant damage to U.S. security. This position is at the critical locus of defense policy making...According to a George W. Bush-era occupant of that office: "If she wanted to write her wacky ideas into policy controlling the entire defense establishment, that would be the place to do it."

A review of Ms. Brooks' published work reveals her hard-left, rabidly ideological positions on defense matters...she argues that Bush-era policies on terrorism - which prevented any major attacks on U.S. soil since Sept. 11, 2001 - made America less secure. Referring to Mr. Bush and former Vice President Richard Cheney, she wrote, "They should be treated like psychotics who need treatment." She has called al Qaeda "little more than an obscure group of extremist thugs" and wrongly predicted that the surge in Iraq was "a feckless plan" that would prove "too little, too late."

Putting her in the policy shop "is like Lyndon Johnson making Jane Fonda a senior adviser on Vietnam..." She frequently criticizes what she sees as a pro-Israel bias in U.S. policy....

Ms. Brooks may be called on to shape strategies and policies, draft major public statements and undertake special research projects, all of which she will approach with her strong ideological prejudices....

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: hardleft; treason; undermining
What other government in the world would put a person like this -- who hates the country, who doesn't actually believe in defending the country or believe that it faces any threats -- in a position where she can impact the actual defense of the country? Pity the Pentagon staff that has to work with this nut job.
1 posted on 04/24/2009 6:16:57 AM PDT by La Lydia
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To: La Lydia

Another step towards ensuring the fulfillment of bible prophecy.
The irony is that this nutcase will be safe hidden away in underground bunkers while the rest of us are exposed to the full force of the attacks when they come.


2 posted on 04/24/2009 6:28:28 AM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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To: La Lydia

Britain comes to mind. Also, I believe there have been several Canadian public officials who have come out against their government’s “agression” in Afghanistan.

Several milblogs got wind of this a couple of weeks ago and everybody was up in arms. My friends at SOCOM (Special Operations Command) are hoping they never have to speak to her.


3 posted on 04/24/2009 6:29:30 AM PDT by 12Gauge687 (Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice)
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To: La Lydia
What other government in the world would put a person like this -- who hates the country, who doesn't actually believe in defending the country or believe that it faces any threats -- in a position where she can impact the actual defense of the country? Pity the Pentagon staff that has to work with this nut job

in a position where HE can impact the defense of the country....Her boss is setting this up under orders from Soros!

4 posted on 04/24/2009 6:34:11 AM PDT by Don Corleone (Leave the gun..take the cannoli now reads "Oil the gun..eat the cannolis.")
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To: La Lydia

Morons of a feather.....


5 posted on 04/24/2009 6:34:51 AM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (ALSO SPRACH ZEROTHUSTRA)
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To: La Lydia

Heeeeerrrreee’s ROSA:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Brooks


6 posted on 04/24/2009 7:14:00 AM PDT by Dick Bachert
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