Posted on 12/11/2006 9:40:23 AM PST by rfp1234
Monday, December 11, 2006 Incoming House intelligence chief botches easy intel quiz 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."
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Hmmmm, link is down - CNN may have changed its mind and pulled the story....Drive-by Media Alert?
http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/blogs/politicalticker/2006/12/incoming-house-intelligence-chief.html
Oops, never mind...There, fixed it.
Link to the original story on CQ:
http://public.cq.com/public/20061211_homeland.html
Link to the original story on CQ:
http://public.cq.com/public/20061211_homeland.html
Thank you for providing a working link.
If the stupid son of a bitch had even bothered to read one or two good articles on the Middle East over the last 10 years, he'd know this. And Pelosi's going to put him right in to head the Intelligence Committee, without batting one of her bimbo's eyes. Dammit, it's embarrassing! Democrats have turned America into a joke.
But....but....but....how does this all relate to Bush being stupid?
/average lefty
Exactly. These are people that can make more money in government than in the private sector, think about that. They know they can't hack it in the real world, so at least they can go to Washington and get their hands on all that lobby money.
Well...We *tried* to warn them
about what the Dims...
So, here's this guy who'se been on the Intelligence Committee, and he is totally clueless about the muslim situation?
And, Republicans are in the same dimwitted boat?
What in hell does this Committee do, sit around and have a circle jerk??
Truly scary!
I suppose that, in order to avoid leadership by a crook (Alcee Hastings), we had to settle for leadership by a dunce. Well, that's politics.
--I suppose that, in order to avoid leadership by a crook (Alcee Hastings), we had to settle for leadership by a dunce. Well, that's politics.--
So be it - at least the dims are exposing themselves as no better than the GOP as far as cronyism, incompetence and corruption.
It's also a good start if the DBM are beginning to notice the above. This article, along with the reelection of Frozen-Assets Jefferson, will enter the 2008 campaign soon.
If you study hard, apply yourself, then things will work out. If you don't, you end up in Congress, in one of the least respected professions in our society.
This is like when I was asked a question about valence electrons in Chemistry class that I didn't know the answer to so I desperately replied, "Oliver Cromwell," on the very off chance that I actually might be correct.
I wonder if he knew that Saddam was a Sunni?
When quizzed, top FBI officials didn't know this question either. It's the media's latest attempt to play who's the smartest kid in class. And, of course, they are.
Thanks for playing.
You can't throw a brick without hitting one in the head.
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