Posted on 12/04/2007 8:44:58 AM PST by West Coast Conservative
These internal games are going to spawn a second sunrise in our future, if we don’t all get on the same page. ;(
We talk about that on this thread:
thanks Ernest.
I have read some reports that the site in Syria, Dayz al Zwar, which the Israeli's took out a couple of months ago may not have been a nuclear reactor under construction, as was originally reported.
It possibly was a Nuclear Weapon assembly operation. The site had no cooling towers, ventilation ports and stacks that are typical of a reactor site.
The Syrians rushed to cover the entire site under tons of sand and dirt....indication that some highly enriched material may have been in the debris, indicative of a bomb making site.
Isn’t the CIA cram-packed full of Clinonsistas and leftover Carterites? Kind of hard to get a paradigm shift with such a crowd when they can’t be fired.
We can all have a ‘high degree of confidence’ that the “Intelligence Community” which missed the 1979 Iranian Revolution, 1983 Beruit Bombing, 1989 collapsing Soviet Empire, 1991 Russian Communist attempted counter-coup, 1993 WTC bombing, as well as Khobar Towers bombing, USS Cole bombing, the 9-11 attacks, Madrid bombings, London bombings are “Dead-On” with their 2007 NIE - and those are only some of what they’ve missed - but they’re “Dead-On” (pun intended) with their 2007 NIE speculative piece since our intell within Iran is weaker than in any other country and this is what will make everyone ‘feel good’.
What were the political possibilities of doing that at the time, given all the hoops he had to jump through to attack Iraq? It is easy to be an internet Rambo but quite another to get it done.
No matter, If Ahmadouchbag is attempting to construct a nuke, in time Israel will react with a wink and a nod from us and the problem will be solved.
I believe the Israelis. The number of dyed in the wool liberal whackjobs I’ve encountered as ex-CIA agents is troubling.
A few forays into Syria, in hot pursuit of terrorists and those Syrian regulars aiding them, would have shown our resolve. A few bombings of Syrian installations that support the regime would have further cemented the notion. Following that action, reaching out to elements within Syria that are not allied with Iran could have followed. Syria's regime's support is very shallow, and the ruling Allawis could be toppled with a minimal amount of US support.
Iran should have been a major focus of our efforts from 2003. Read Michael Ledeen and all his pleading for the Bush government to take action in Iran, from 9-11 to the present. He is not an internet Rambo, nor am I. I believed then that the Iranian mullahs can be brought down, but it would take an active policy to foment revolution and support those who would do the toppling. We should not go into Iran except to prevent them from having nukes under a mullah regime, and then only to destroy the programs that they have. We can defeat the Iranians if we wish, but at a much higher cost than Iraq, and at the cost of weakening our global reach in places such as east Asia. China is the biggest winner so far in this war on terror.
Don't be a Bush apologist all your life. He's done some good things, but not lately.
“The CIA and the FBI are stuffed full of clintonoids.”
Add State.
bttt
I try not to be but I think he is a man of integrity and courage and when others blithely start Monday morning quarterbacking and denigrating him I think it is because those on the outside aren't dealing with the same advice and information he has.
As I understand it he has always been one to pick those who seem to him to be the best persons to do the job, give it to them and then stay out of the way while they did it without micro managing them like LBJ and some others.
From the beginning he has said he would give the military what they asked for and he always followed the advice they gave. I am an admirer of Rumsfield and I am sure he listened to his Generals also. All the things you mention about Iran and Syria I wondered about at the time myself. Those happened under Rumsfield and he is now gone.
Bush has always acted on the best information and advice he could get. Did he get good information and advice, especially from the CIA and the State Department? I seriously doubt it. Yet, he hasn't thrown in the towel even though the enemy's best friends are right here in the USA, misrepresenting the facts, threatening to impeach him, and blocking many of the things he is trying to do.
Perhaps you are not an internet Rambo but there are many here on FR. I just try to keep things in perspective.
Good one, Phil, and stolen! ........................ FRegards
Yes, I’d have added State, but clinton didn’t even need to do much about them. Foggy Bottom was a lost cause way back in the days of Dwight Eisenhower, who tried to reform them but gave it up as a bad job.
FDR packed the State Department with his Communist friends back in the 30s, and it’s been hopeless ever since. Who handed China to Mao?
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