Posted on 01/08/2013 2:35:42 PM PST by Frankusa
"Hezbollah started out as purely a terrorist organization back in the early 80s and has evolved significantly over time. And now it has members of parliament, in the cabinet. There are lawyers, doctors, others who are part of the Hezbollah organization... And so, quite frankly, Im pleased to see that a lot of Hezbollah individuals are in fact renouncing that type of terrorism and violence and are trying to participate in the political process [in Lebanon] in a very legitimate fashion. " AUDIO
White House counterterrorism adviser and nominee for Director of the CIA, John Brennan
We have elected the enemy.
Brennan implies that doctors and lawyers make's Hezbollah more moderate.
Ayman Muhammad Rabi al-Zawahiri is a doctor (surgeon), and is now the head of Al Qaeda. - tom
So according to Brennon, a terrorist with a tie is no longer a terrorist.
Thanks for posting.
I am more worried about Brennan’s appointment than Hagel’s. But all I hear is talk of Hagel.
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