Don’t mess with the people who hold the secrets
Bookworm on May 07 2009 at 7:47 am | Filed under: Barack Obama
Although Bush did not mess directly with the CIA, it nevertheless turned on him, either because his Iraq War humiliated the CIA by showing how poor its intelligence gathering was or because the CIA is a heavily Democratic institution. If the CIA turns on Obama, though, it will be personal:
The CIA’s war against President Bush was motivated by ass covering, or by political partisanship. But with President Obama, it’s personal.
Many are furious about his disclosure of explicit details of the interrogation methods used on some al Qaida bigwigs, and his waffling on whether or not those who employed them will be subject to prosecution.
Others are incensed by his decision to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, and to let some of those incarcerated there (17 Chinese Uighurs) loose in the United States.
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Other Western intelligence services regard the Obama administration with contempt and rising concern, an officer of the DGSE, France’s military intelligence agency, told my friend Jack Wheeler (the real life Indiana Jones) last week.
“All of us in our little community are worried — us, our friends in Berlin, London, Tel Aviv,” the DGSE officer told Jack. “It is not like the barbarians at the gates. It is every barbarian horde in the world being told there are no gates.”
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What will be interesting here is how “progressives” react to the growing disenchantment abroad over Obama.
Since the smart set always looks to Europe for its instructions on how and what to think, imagine the quandry it’s going to be once the anti-Obama clamor from the Fwench and other EU members gets so loud that even the NYT has to cover it.
Sometimes I just love popping open a can of beer, sitting back and waiting for that first chicken to round the corner, heading home to roost.
And he’s already done the groundwork for permanently alienating the military. Ya gotta wonder…!
Obama steps into the mess hall in the foreign combat zone. Three soldiers stand there, and they go “woo-woo-woo!” and pump their arms in the air. Quietly, but with at least some enthusiams. Sort of.
Obama: “Where is everyone? I was told you all had permission to join me here and cheer my vast intellect and incredible grasp of the complexity of all domestic and foreign affairs. Cheer me on, and adore me, and all that.”
Soldier: “We do have permission, Sir. I guess everyone else is too busy organizing their foot lockers. There are lots of socks and underwear to fold. And re-fold. Sir.”
Good one , Mike.
The consequences of a pissed-off CIA getting back at Obama will be interesting to see. Unfortunately, Obama AND the US will be hurt by such.
We elected someone who just doesn’t have a clue.
What will be interesting here is how “progressives” react to the growing disenchantment abroad over Obama.
They probably won’t even notice. Their ability to deny reality is that strong. So long as they don’t have to contend with a 24 hour/ 7 day a week news cycle that keeps reminding them, not to mention the conversation and buzz which inevitably gets produced from people “seeing” the “news”.
So long as they don’t have that? Ridiculously easy for them to deny certain facts of reality. It will not exist to them. Just as the suffering of the Vietnamese due to their support of Democrat laws do not exist to them.
I suspect Y is right: Obama worship and Bush loathing have taken on a life of their own. They are a religion, complete with Devil and Messiah, and the faithful are now less inclined to let other, formerly friendly sects, impinge on their spiritual practices.
We’re going to get to watch and see who the religious zealots are, and who was simply part of the “stupid party”…..
Pass the popcorn, please!
This is all very serious; But, perhaps because it is so true, that last line really got a chuckle out of me:
“It is not like the barbarians at the gates. It is every barbarian horde in the world being told there are no gates.”
They are a religion, complete with Devil and Messiah, and the faithful are now less inclined to let other
We knew the moment it was true when they talked about Right Wing fundamentalist Christians.
As they started up their “Green Movement”, how could anyone with a real and complete grasp of the intelligence situation, not have known it was leading up to this?