Mark Steyn: Jill Kelley for secretary of state

Orange County Register ^ | Nov 23 | Mark Steyn

[yinandyang]

Morsi now wields total control over Parliament, the Judiciary, and the military to a degree Mubarak in his jail cell can only marvel at. Old CIA wisdom: He may be an SOB but he's our SOB. New post-Arab Spring CIA wisdom: He may be an SOB but at least he's not our SOB.

[yinandyang]

Biting and funny - classic Steyn.

[Track9]

For awhile they ran a charity, the Doctor Kelley Cancer Foundation, which makes terminal cancer patients' final wishes come true. In 2007, they took in $157,284 in donations, and ran up expenses of $81,927 on dining, entertainment and travel. So, if you've got cancer, and your dying wish is for Jill Kelley to party, this is the charity for you.

In other words, neither of these women passes the smell test. Which is a problem insofar as Petraeus, as CIA Director, is supposed to be head of the national smell test, and Gen. Allen, as Petraeus' successor in Kabul, is supposed to be head of the smell test in Afghanistan.

Love it.

[Excellence]

srbfl

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Biting and funny ....

You left out tragic. But I was too busy laughing to weep.

[BerryDingle]

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[Tax-chick]

... the government decided it could use more intelligence. Instead, it wound up with more Directors of Intelligence, which is the way it usually goes in Washington.

LOL - nailed it!

[Travis McGee]

[yldstrk]

Now write a column about the ludicrousness of the ubama presidency

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks yinandyang. Satire of course.

Morsi now wields total control over Parliament, the Judiciary, and the military to a degree Mubarak in his jail cell can only marvel at. Old CIA wisdom: He may be an SOB but he's our SOB. New post-Arab Spring CIA wisdom: He may be an SOB but at least he's not our SOB.

Jill Kelley:

• Jill Kelly Really Jill Khawam: Woman Who Launched FBI Takedown Of Petraeus And Allen A Foreign Spy?

[SunkenCiv]

Mali: France pointed against al-Qaeda

[SunkenCiv]

A map of the Sahel region showing where Al Qaeda operates (AFP/Graphic)

• Obama: "I want to make sure we end before the call to prayer"
• Iran Deploys Troops, Ballistic Missiles To Eritrea [2008]

[Tupelo]

Jill Kelly seems to be as well qualified as Susan Rice, so why not?

I still have a question about the Jill Kelly "scandal" though. Is General John Allen related to Private John Allen?
Incidentally Amelia Weaver Cochran age 102, Private John Allen's granddaughter died last Tuesday.

[livius]

As for Afghanistan, it seems a fitting comment on America's longest unwon war that the last two U.S. commanders exit in a Benny Hill finale, trousers round their ankles, pursued to speeded-up chase music by bunny-boiling mistresses, stalker socialites, identical twins and Bubba the Love Sponge.

Nobody can tell it like Mark Steyn!

[Jeff Chandler]

Nobody cares.

[PGalt]

General Disaster and President Plunder...playas in the Arab spring, US fall. Jilhad rolls.

[PGalt]

BUMP! BUMP! BUMP!

[PGR88]

The name's just for show, same as the Episcopal Church

Ouch!

[Rummyfan]

Jill is the woman Hillary can only dream of being – at the confluence of all the great geostrategic currents of the age. Why didn't we fly Jill Kelley to broker the Gaza deal? Instead of a patsy peddling risible talking-points like Susan Rice, why can't we have Jill Kelley as Secretary of State?

[Gritty]

Steyn as usual takes no prisoners.

Why am I becoming increasingly reminded these days of the reign of Tsar Nicholas II?

[Tzimisce]

And we can’t beat these guys?

If I were a lib, I’d be laughing too....