Posted on 12/13/2013 9:08:06 PM PST by John Semmens
The Obama Administration's cadre of experts in charge of the Afghan War testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee this week and revealed a profound ignorance of what is going on. None of the witnesses had any idea on what the war cost last year or how many Americans have been killed in the last 12 months.
James Dobbins, The State Department’s special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan, complained that the questions were unfair, “No one told us there might be a quiz. Anyway, isn't there some website where people can get these statistics? Why should we be expected to know them?”
Michael Dumont, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia, characterized the questioning as “intrusive. It seems to me that Congress is overstepping its bounds. The President is the Commander-in-Chief, not Congress. I have to question their need to know.”
Representative Gerald Connolly (D-Va) professed himself “stunned” by the testimony. “Knowing what a war costs in terms of lives and money is pretty basic stuff,” Connolly observed. “It's not like we dragged some random people off the street to testify. These guys are paid by the taxpayers to carry out the business of the government. For them to appear before Congress and not know these things raises serious questions about the competence of those the President has entrusted with such grave responsibilities.”
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...
http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Opinion/146931-2013-12-13-semi-news-a-satire-of-recent-news-december-15-2013.htm
ping
its high-school government day in washington, for the next 3 years
The Administration has converted to a new religion — Agnosticism.
It now knows nothing about anything even when it is something they should know everything about.
Well done, sir!
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/dec/12/obamas-afghanistan-experts-stumped-us-death-toll-w/
Low information voters elect low-information politicians who hire low-information experts.
The old saw about hiring is:
Another GREAT article, John.
Seems every word spoken before Congress and our nation falls on their face to be ridiculed. Those of us who seek confirmation of what is being said are able to understand the true meaning of what is written and reported.
Thanks again, John!
“No one told us there might be a quiz.”
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LOL. If I didn’t laugh, I’d start crying. Thanks again for the ping.
They could have just made up answers like everyone else in the administration.
Thanks for the ping.
There is the problem.
>> Michael Dumont ... characterized the questioning as “intrusive ...”
Stunning; absolutely stunning.
BTW, just to be clear, this fifth-rate turd world A$$wipeistan is not a country, it’s a place between countries.
And yes, I know, it’s satire (-:
They’ve been treating us like long enough that anything, most anything coming out of Warshington is worse than satire.
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