Geopolitical expert exposes the CIA

Geopolitical expert exposes the CIA 'Indiana Jones of the Right' says agency ruled by ' left-wing hyper-liberals'

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: October 21, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern

Dr. Jack Wheeler, whose death-defying adventures span the globe and whose achievements have inspired wide-ranging acclaim, is one geopolitical expert who doesn't mince words.

Wheeler's latest barbs are reserved for the Central Intelligence Agency, which despite common perception, he says, is populated by anything but right-wing operatives. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Geopolitical expert exposes the CIA 'Indiana Jones of the Right' says agency ruled by ' left-wing hyper-liberals'

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: October 21, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern

Dr. Jack Wheeler, whose death-defying adventures span the globe and whose achievements have inspired wide-ranging acclaim, is one geopolitical expert who doesn't mince words.

Wheeler's latest barbs are reserved for the Central Intelligence Agency, which despite common perception, he says, is populated by anything but right-wing operatives.

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"Most folks think the CIA is a right-wing outfit," Wheeler writes on his unique intelligence website, To the Point. "It is not. The CIA has been dominated by incompetent left-wing hyper-liberals for years. The worst mistake of George Bush's presidency was not replacing Clinton holdover George Tenet as CIA director. This is a guy responsible for the single greatest intelligence failure in U.S. history (being unaware of 9-11), who sweet-talked his way into Bush's confidence and was able to keep his job because he named the CIA Headquarters after [Bush's] father."

Available to subscribers of To the Point, Wheeler's piece goes on to discuss Tenet's demise and reminds readers he predicted who the ex-CIA chief's replacement would be, former Rep. Porter Goss. Wheeler describes how the CIA bureaucracy waged a war against Goss' confirmation, which took months to be approved.

"The key to understanding this war," writes Wheeler, "is that the CIA doesn't simply live in a pre-September 11 world where terrorism is only a 'nuisance' – it is that the CIA lives in a left-wing world, the same left-wing world as the State Department. Both worship at the Shrine of Accommodation, Appeasement and Compromise."

The analysis tells of both successful and unsuccessful attempts by CIA bureaucrats to undermine Goss and his plans to shake up management at the agency. In addition, Wheeler discusses what he considers an October Surprise cooked up by Bush opponents in the CIA to discredit him before next month's election.

Summing up the intra-agency battles going on, Wheeler writes, "It's wartime at Langley as you read this."

As far as what exactly the October Surprise is, Wheeler says readers will have to subscribe to 'To the Point' to find out.

Besides writing for To the Point, Wheeler heads the Freedom Research Foundation, which currently is working on what he calls the Free Iran Project. The project applies "Reagan Doctrine strategies toward the liberation of Iran," he explained.

The website is global, Wheeler says, "but we really focus on issues people are really interested in … key areas of geo-strategic and national security import for the United States."

Wheeler said Islam is also a focus of To the Point, including "the nature of Islam and the problems Islam faces – with regard to us and with regard to its own future."

"Quite frankly," he said, "there are a lot of extinct religions in the history pages, and Islam is going to become extinct unless it's reformed.

"When you start blowing yourself up, when you get that kind of insane desperation, you're history," he said. "This is a religion without a future unless it reforms."

On his site, Wheeler includes a subscription article comparing the Aztecs with Arabs: "Both the Arabs and the Aztecs invented a religion of jihad as a rationale to justify their imperialist empires. …"

"War – Holy War – became the purpose of the Aztec state. All soldiers in the Aztec army were holy warriors, warriors of the gods. Peace was dangerous. No war meant no prisoners to sacrifice, no food for the gods, which risked the destruction of mankind and the universe itself. The only way to avoid cosmic disaster was for the Aztecs to accept the burden fate had given them and wage perpetual war for the salvation of humanity.

"All in all, a pretty clever rationalization for a monstrous imperialist tyranny, wouldn't you say? Sounds like they were taking religion-inventing lessons from the Arabs."

Wheeler has always been drawn by the thrill and accomplishment of adventure. He became the youngest Eagle Scout in history at age 12 before becoming the youngest person to climb the Matterhorn in Switzerland at age 14.

"People collect things," Wheeler explains. "They collect stamps, or coins, or porcelain. At 14, I decided what I wanted was to collect extraordinary experiences. You could lose your stamps or coins, but you can never lose what you have done with your life."

Wheeler swam the Hellespont like Leander in Greek mythology, was adopted into a tribe of Amazon headhunters and successfully hunted a man-eating tiger in South Vietnam while still in high school.

"My intellectual adventures began when I read Ayn Rand, Ludwig von Mises and Aristotle, inspiring me to get a Ph.D. in Philosophy," he said. "I explored Africa, the Gobi, Mongolia, Central Asia, Tibet, the Himalayas, the Andes, Borneo and the South Pacific, discovered lost tribes in New Guinea and the Kalahari, took elephants over the Alps in Hannibal's footsteps, skydived onto the North Pole, roused anti-Marxist guerrillas from Angola to Afghanistan and helped get rid of the Soviet Union."

Forty years after Wheeler's historic climb of the Matterhorn, he ascended the mountain again, this time with his 14-year-old eldest son, Brandon.

"No lion, sitting underneath an acacia tree in the Serengeti, asks himself, 'What does it mean to be a lion? What is the purpose of my existence?' A lion has no choice but to unselfconsciously follow his genetic program. But human beings have to figure out how and why to survive, they have to choose a rationale that gives purpose and meaning for their lives. My choice has been to try and make my life, and now the life of my son, a thrilling adventure."

Wheeler has worn many labels throughout his decades as an adventurer and geopolitical expert. The Wall Street Journal called him "the originator of the Reagan Doctrine." The Washington Post called him "The Indiana Jones of the Right," and Izvestiya, the organ of the Soviet Communist Party, called him an "ideological gangster."

Wheeler says his site offers readers "mind-stretching pro-America insights on our lives, our politics and our world."

"Jack Wheeler is just about the most interesting man I know. As a professional adventurer, he has discovered lost tribes and led expeditions to every corner of the globe. As a geopolitical strategist, he created the Reagan Doctrine, which led to the demise of the Soviet Union. He is a brilliantly original thinker and deeply perceptive analyst of world events. I value his counsel and friendship."

"To The Point intends to be both the world's most accurate and insightful geopolitical intelligence service, and a pro-America, pro-capitalist, pro-Western Civilization intellectual ammunition service for defenders of liberty.

"Our goal is for our subscribers to look upon To The Point as an oasis of reason and insight. Our subscribers are becoming the most highly informed people in America."

Well if the Oct. surprise is known already - how about a before punch to take some air out of it -

And reading that the CIA and State Dept. are corrupt is not news. President Bush should have made more changes - and this keeping of lifers in government will continue to harm as long as it goes on -

just thoughts -

> As far as what exactly the October Surprise is,
> Wheeler says readers will have to subscribe to
> 'To the Point' to find out.

A true patriot deeply concerned with the future of
the republic. Not. This makes me think this purported
October Surprise is a bit of a yawner.

I agree with him, however, about the failure to
fire Tenet. Tenet didn't just fail to catch 9-11,
he also was the key figure in the pre-war Iraq WMD
estimates.

As much as I like the President, it has never made sense to me that he kept so many of the Clinton holdovers. It actually made he complicite in the mistakes because, in spite of knowing the tricks of the dems, he hung himself out to dry. Never, never, never will I understand why President Bush and the congress turn a blind eye toward democrat misdeeds, lies and distortions. And, if there is a reason I am not completely satisfied with Bush...that's it. He has the bully pulpit and if he gives illegalities a pass, it has to make you wonder why. If I ever got to speak with him, I would ask him that question first.

Here's how you fix both the State Department and the CIA:

1. Appoint Oliver North as Secretary of State.
2. Appoint Felix Rodriguez as Director of CIA.

No one could deny that Rodriguez deserves that position - after being an operative for 40 years, he certainly knows the agency. As the man who captured Che and executed him, he's no perfumed prince. I'd venture to say that there is no other man alive today that has done more for Liberty in this world than Mr. Rodriguez. He's fought commies from the Bay of Pigs, the Sandanistas, El Salvador, Peru, etc.

Oliver North is no slouch himself. The State Department needs a REAL SOLDIER in charge - one who won't be afraid to clean house from top to bottom. Just give him free reign for three months, and Foggy Bottom will have a whole new outlook on the world. Just like Mr Rodriguez, Ollie has proven his willingness to take the lives of others for our nation, and has put himself at great risk countless times.

I have some answers - just hope I don't get banned over giving some of them (they do love President Bush here - as do I - but I believe talking about the problems are also okay)

I agree with you on the illegals issue - this is the hardest to take - but why must we go on taking it - ? It is wrong - no matter how you look at it. The illegals are breaking our laws. The people in the departments in charge of getting them and deporting them - are breaking our laws by not doing so. The American citizen is in the right on this issue - and if our government continues to ignor it - then it must be addressed by the people - and handled before it gets much worse.

I think President Bush is protecting his father more than anything(this covers a lot of territory)- he is not his own man, in other words.

If he was - we'd probably see some things change but probably not all because of other influences. The best thing to keep in mind is: A President is one person - the others in government have powers also - and a pecking order also comes into play with the club. To put it simply - Everyone in the upper status group knows the secrets of the other group's upper status - they are simply afraid of falling and having the power go from their hands - to like a third party. Like America getting one who is totally for America -

That's my opinion -

I second your people -

I'm hoping President Bush - in his second term - will let more things happen for the good - since both he and Cheney will not be returning after that. With not running again - they can "let" the illegals issue be handled the "correct" way and call other things the way they are without any PC to consider -

Along with other fake Republicans - McCain needs to go - why is he in on an investigation of DeLay's people - From what I have heard so far - what DeLay did wasn't any different from what they all do - maybe even less -

just thoughts -

I also felt that way, but the dems made it pretty evident in his 2000 election that they were not going to give him a thing, and remember that they forced the then republican leaders to 'share' control of the senate...a slick device that Dashcle cooked up! He would NOT have gotten anywhere at the time in replacing the cabinets' long-term employees. Remember the threats about not letting the budget go through, then going to the streets to blame Bush? The republican leadership was a crock, so Bush played his cards slowly. He can still shake up some of these people in this term as he has nothing to lose now, if re-elected.

Yes, it was maddening for conservatives that Clinton holdovers were kept on in the Bush admin.

But we might conclude that the reason could have been to avoid making Clintonoids into "victims."

Remember that "victimization" is at the core of Dims' beliefs, by which they blame and find others responsible for their own personal failures, then expect taxpayers, deep pocketed ndividuals, or the courts to bail them out.

For Dims, it feels so good to be in the throes of "victimization" and either A) causing victims, B) concocting victims, C) playing victim, D) commiserating over victims, or E) creating another class of victims to bleed over.

If Bush had made the Clintonistas "victims," there wouldn't have been enough valium and vodka available to sedate all the hyperventilating Dims we'd have had on our hands.

I do think the first President Bush rolled over for Clinton. I also think the Council on Foreign Relations and some of the other elite structures have something to do with it. I think the Bush family has great strength of character and I supported both Bush administrations, but what I really want to see happen is for them to stand up against corruption and take a stronger position domestically. Daschle didn't get that deal in Congress for nothing. We can't afford to have a political system that can cave to extortion or whatever. I believe that is where we currently are.

Well, you know what? I would have done just what Clinton did when he took office. I would have fired all of the judges and made some conservative appointments. If President Bush wins this election (which I believe he will) I hope he grabs a few people by the you-knows and insists that accountability in government gets the first priority.

Anyone who has lived in D.C. since WWII could have told us this. It is S.O.P. for the RATS to pack the bureaucracies with relatives, lackeys, bootlickers and other useful ......... uh ........... people. Because of the civil service laws it is almost impossible to get these people out of the way much less out of the government.

Having lived and worked in DC, you are taken by the Beauty of the City at first and all of the power that is there. But they are in a little world of there own, because of the power, They are quite taken with THEMSELVES. Like the Hollywood People they do not live in the same world. The Bureaucrat's are actually in charge, they give way to the politicians somewhat only to schmooze them into their own positions. The house cleaning needs done on the top 5 levels at least, to have a complete and solid turnover of power. A Transfer to some remote post in the State Dept, or CIA, unaccompanied as far as family is concerned, clears up the problems.

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