"In early 1981 when the Israelis bombed the Iraqi nuclear reactor, I looked at the distance on the map from Israel and Baghdad and thought, 'I wonder how and where they got the targeting material?' We had long-established procedures that in honoring our commitment for Israel's defense, we permitted Israel to requisition satellite photography of potential direct threats to their systems. When I asked what materials had been drawn under that process for the last six months, I found not only a lot of information on Baghdad had been drawn, but also on other countries substantially removed from Israel -- Pakistan, Libya. And I made the decision as the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, the acting director, to limit the process, to say that in the future they could draw material within 250 miles of the border, but beyond that, they would have to ask."
Inman was part of the Carter braintrust including Turner who canned 820 CIA humint officers Halloween 1977 from which carnage the agency has never recovered.
Doing Osirak took Saddam out of the nuclear race and for such a service to the world Israel was reviled.
From the Carter genus genius came Brzezinski with whom Gates coauthored the 2004 CFR paper "Iran: A New Approach" hence Gates is catapulted to DoD and we are looking for Peace in Our Time with a piece of paper bearing the signature of Herr Ahmadinejad--rather than catching the Natanz Spirit.
Now we have an Ambassador with a mouth and an Iran which provides the sophisticated weaponry to kill Americans every day of the week.
Neville Chamberlain doing stand up is no replacement for taking down that which must not stand.
But we'll have Gates and Condi chatting with Syrians and Iranians--who are killing Americans as they smile and lie.
