What a dumb, stupid, ignorant choice to lead the CIA. It’s just amazing how Obama’s ‘change’ is carrying on version #3 of the Clinton Administration.
Leon Panetta: Americans reject fear tactics
Leon Panetta
03/09/2008
Fear exacts a terrible toll on our democracy. Five years ago, America went to war in Iraq over the false fear that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.
Even though we now know that there were intelligence officials who questioned the assertion, few leaders were willing to challenge this argument for war because they knew it might undermine public support for the president’s decision to invade Iraq.
More recently, President Bush vetoed a law that would require the CIA and all the intelligence services to abide by the same rules on torture as contained in the U.S. Army Field Manual.
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It is likely that a new president will be tested early. The fact is we will never know what a president is really like until he or she has to confront the crises and pressures of the modern presidency. But one thing we should know before a candidate becomes president is whether he or she will govern by fear or by hope. America does not have to be afraid of its future.
And his defense of Saddam and Sons....not having WMD is despicable, being that he was in the Clinton Admin while they threatened Saddam daily. And he is old enough to remember Saddam's use of WMD....and Israeli's destruction of Saddam's nuke fascility.