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National Security Expert: U.S. Foreign Policy Leaders ‘Have Lost The Ability To Think
The Daily Caller ^ | February 22, 2015 | Ginni Thomas

Posted on 02/22/2015 6:22:29 PM PST by John W

From his time briefing generals in the Pentagon, Stephen Coughlin — a leading expert on national security and author of the soon-to-be-published book, “Catastrophic Failure: Blindfolding America in the Face of Jihad” — has always feared for our nation’s safety and thinks it’s time for the government to stop lying.

Coughlin is an attorney, decorated intelligence officer and expert on Islamic law and terrorism. He says the “entire world, friend and foe alike, understands, that starting with the Bush administration and accelerating in the Obama administration, that our foreign policy community is absolutely incoherent and completely vulnerable. These people have lost the ability to think.”

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
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1 posted on 02/22/2015 6:22:29 PM PST by John W
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They haven’t lost the ability to think. It serves their purpose.


2 posted on 02/22/2015 6:24:00 PM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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They haven’t lost the ability to think. It’s what they’re thinking that’s screwing over American foreign policy. Leftist appeasement and outreach programs are no way to deal with radical Islam.


3 posted on 02/22/2015 6:25:16 PM PST by dowcaet
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To: John W

Sounds like the same period of time, we have been selling off American industry.

Just saying.

America needs real leadership. Which supports America.

America. With American factories, American jobs, and American growth.

Someone needs to bring it back.

I hope to heck, it is Republicans who make that move first.


4 posted on 02/22/2015 6:25:37 PM PST by Cringing Negativism Network (http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html)
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To: John W

Actually its real simple. Bad leaders make bad policy.


5 posted on 02/22/2015 6:25:50 PM PST by allendale
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To: John W

How many of our Foreign Policy Experts are Moslem Brotherhood vetted and approved? How many are MB members?


6 posted on 02/22/2015 6:28:31 PM PST by arthurus (it's true!)
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To: John W
"These people have lost the ability to think.”

Oh, they can think just fine. But the PC Mafia has neutered their ability to express and act upon their thoughts. Are their jobs that precious?

Political Correctness is killing us. It is way past time for people to stand up for the truth.

7 posted on 02/22/2015 6:29:12 PM PST by Ditto
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8 posted on 02/22/2015 6:31:19 PM PST by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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To: Jonty30

Have you listened to these State Dept spokeswomen lately?


9 posted on 02/22/2015 6:35:12 PM PST by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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To: dowcaet

No. They’ve lost their ability to think. Blame it on public schools, or watching too much tv.

Whatever happened, they’re not very good at thinking.


10 posted on 02/22/2015 6:36:52 PM PST by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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It doesn’t mean they don’t know what they want. It’s just the humanist version of Taqquia. They don’t mind playing the fool as long as it has a paralyzing effect.


11 posted on 02/22/2015 6:38:36 PM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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“This country is in serious trouble,” ...

“The people who hate us — and it’s not just radical Islam, it’s the Chinese, it’s the Russians, it’s the Iranians — they know that our leaders don’t know what they’re doing...”

Only 697 days until Obama leaves office... feels like a lifetime.

12 posted on 02/22/2015 6:43:31 PM PST by GOPJ (If you can't get on the high horse for men burned alive and children raped, what's the horse for?)
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To: John W

If you think that they have moved beyond loyalty to America, and are now loyal to a one world government run for the benefit of central bankers,,,,, then their thinking is fine.


13 posted on 02/22/2015 6:45:43 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: John W

Sheltered, spoiled, low-IQ dumbasses are running the country, and have been for some time - the kind of low-IQ dumbasses who attend some indoctrination factory like Harvard, gobble up the goofy theoretical pablum and social justice koolaid without the slightest critical thought, and then fancy themselves geniuses who know better than Mr. and Mrs. Joe Heartland how to run their lives and how to run a country. Success these days, as measured by wealth, fame and prestige, is more the result of sublimation to and association with the mafia organization known as the US government. Merit and hard work mean nothing now except to make you a target for government thug “protection” money collections.


14 posted on 02/22/2015 6:50:07 PM PST by fr_freak
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That’s because most of them have gone to Ivy League schools
where thinking has been replaced by indoctrination.


15 posted on 02/22/2015 6:50:19 PM PST by indthkr
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There are many high-functioning leftists. They are quite capable of thinking. Like all leftists. they start with the wrong assumptions about how the world works, guaranteeing that they will arrive at the wrong conclusions. However, high-functioning leftists can complete this process faster than their low-functioning counterparts.


16 posted on 02/22/2015 6:52:09 PM PST by TChad (The Obamacare motto: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.)
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Bkmrk


17 posted on 02/22/2015 6:52:42 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (The White House is now known as "Casa Blanca".)
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To: Jonty30

The less you can think, the easier you are to control. I’d wager that’s what we’re dealing with.


18 posted on 02/22/2015 6:57:33 PM PST by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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How about we put a moratorium on Ivy Leaguers in the State Department for say 10 years.


19 posted on 02/22/2015 6:58:03 PM PST by dljordan (WhoVoltaire: "To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.")
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To: John W

Author of the soon to be published book ...


20 posted on 02/22/2015 6:59:08 PM PST by johniegrad
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