Posted on 01/11/2008 2:46:44 PM PST by Sioux-san
This is the first in a five-part series detailing the risks to American national security if Barack Obama (or Hillary Clinton) should ever choose to let Richard Clarke back into government. Clarke is currently one of Obamas top national security advisors.
At the beginning of the campaign season, top Democratic candidates scrambled after Clinton national security veterans with almost as much urgency as the U.S. and the Soviets once pursued German rocket scientists.
In either case, the winner would corner a certain market on national security expertise, a virtue in glaringly short supply among top Democratic candidates in this years presidential hunt.
Not surprisingly, Hillary Clinton secured the services of the more distinguished of the would-be advisors, Richard Holbrooke and Gen. Wesley Clark among them, as well as some of the more dubious, none more so than Sandy Berger and Joseph Wilson.
While Hillary walked away with the lions share of the pickings, Barack Obama and John Edwards, alas, were left to divvy up the lambs.
The most prominent among Obamas recruits is one Richard Clarke. Clarke served as America's top counterterrorism official during the Clinton years and famously stayed on the job under George W. Bush.
As history will record, he should not have. Clarkes attempt to undermine Bushs re-election campaign and, worse, the military campaign in Iraq set a new gold standard for political treachery. It has made the retention of career national security officials all but impossible in anyones future administration.
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Guess not
I thought he already “failed us”
This is why we must end up supporting the Republican candidate, no matter who he may be.
Aren’t we getting ahead of our selves.
So the head of Dept of Homeland Security would be Harry Reid?
HOw so? Hillary & Sandy Bergler and Barry & Richard - judge a Prez by the company they would keep.
I hate to cheat you out of any good shuteye, but if your sleeping well now with the anti-administration CIA shadow government at work to daily undermine the US and George Bush, you should read "Shadow Warriors" by Ken Timmerman!!
A very exciting read!! It is a history of all the events that have gone wrong under Bush - many caused by CIA/Democrat/FBI sabotage. You can draw your own conclusion as to Bush's unfortunate trust of the old adage that "partisinship ends at the waters edge." His failure to "clean house" on taking office doomed his Presidency.
No, it will be Ramsey Clark. Or maybe Ramses will be Attorney General again under Osama Hussein, I mean Obama Hussein.
More likely Joe Wilson or Valerie Plame.
Once Valerie Plame comes out of the closet, Hillary will appoint her to the position.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Wesley Clarke is on the VP ticket or a potential cabinet member.
Hence B. Hussein Obama's complete and total lack of a grip on national security issues.
If these Dems are serious about this ‘change’ thing they would staff the various offices with new, young people rather than retreads. So long as they don’t find any more like Robert Reich.
Course, if the Clintons keep spewing stuff that continues to piss off the blacks, who knows.
Barak Hussein Obama will likely have Oprah for Secretary Of State, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton for Supreme Court Justices, And maybe Michael Jackson for the department for families and children.
The book is a marvelous compendium of what any conservative President needs to guard against when he takes
office. Should be required reading - won’t be.
The book could form a basis of a Bush defense of his actions throughout the past 7 years....why he doesn’t
rise to the bait is beyond me.
He is suppose to be a superb poker player....but, as far as I can see, he’s holding on to his cards far too long in this game.
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