Obama's Intelligence Blunder

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/27/AR2009022702485.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns ^

[chessplayer]

Most of President Obama's "missteps" to date have been Washington peccadilloes of the "let's find something to complain about" sort. But Obama has made one major mistake that has attracted little public attention: his appointment of Charles Freeman as chairman of the National Intelligence Council. Freeman was attacked by pro-Israel activists, but the contretemps over Freeman's view of Israel misses the broader problem, which is that he's an ideological fanatic.

[chessplayer]

He supported China`s crackdown on Tiananmen Square protesters in the name of "stability." Would he have also supportrd Britain`s crackdown on our Founding Fathers in the name of stability? Would he have sanctioned military force to disrupt MLK`s "I Have a Dream" speech?

[uscabjd]

Must the Senate vote on his nomination?

[OneWingedShark]

Yes. Because the Government is always right... and society, not some sort of “absolute” “God”, defines morality. [/sarc][/cynic]

[chessplayer]

Don`t know.

[gc4nra]

Jon Chiat’s blunder wae to put Obama and intelligence in the same sentence.

Now before you flame me I will say he is cunning, crafty, poised with a great ability to read a teleprompter, but what he has done so far is by no means intelligent.