> 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.
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.
Any mistakes that the Bush administration has made have flowed from one initial, undeniable mistake: failure to clean out the trash in our government left behind by the previous administration.