Remember back when a few planes got commandeered and steered into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania? It may seem like it was 200 years ago, but it just happened 9-1/2 years ago. That was right after George Bush took office, if you might recall correctly. And the resulting investigations confirmed that Clinton knew, or should have known, that the attack was in the works. An intelligence failure failed to pass the message on to Bush in such a manner that he understood and could react to the threat.
Here’s Egypt, all of the sudden blossoming out into protests and demands for a change in government. Here’s our intelligence community, again caught flat-footed; this time, we all know that Obama has been anti-CIA from the git go. And, when the uproar started in Egypt, we had every Administration official on the planet weighing in on what they thought was going to happen, because no one really had the slightest idea of who the players were.
Does this point to another disastrous intelligence failure? Doesn’t it make you wonder what is in store for us on the 10th anniversary of 9/11, September 11, 2011? Do you think that anyone in the intelligence industry is legitimately working on this problem? Yeah, I hope so, too.
Obama has created the atmosphere that sets us up for intelligence failures by going after intelligence agents and trying to get them charged, tried and convicted of war crimes. Yes, we are told that he has backed away from that stance, but I submit that the damage was already done. What undercover agent in his right mind would really want to stick his nose into Iran, North Korea or any country in the Middle East if he or she felt that their career and reputation were at risk under current Administration policy?
I feel that Obama has done more to put our country at risk than any President in the history of the nation. Furthermore, I suspect that he is aware of the ramifications and has chosen to do so anyway.
Why didn’t we know that Egypt, Tunisia and Jordan were on the verge of political revolt? Why were we not prepared for what has happened? If we couldn’t figure this stuff out, how can we successfully deal with the radical Muslim threat to the security of our nation here at home?
Well, we certainly know who is to blame here. Now, what are we going to do about it?
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