[McGavin999]

I agree, you need the competition not everyone reporting to one guy. However, it would be nice if they talked to each other. I think placing too much power in one man is a mistake and we really shouldn't go there. Having "oversight" is one thing, making sure that the information is shared is important, but having one man in charge of all that is a mistake.

Without the competition, how would we ever know what is going on if we got someone bad in there?

[NonValueAdded]

I'll suppress my urge to use 10 foot tall font ... "engage with the Muslim community"????? I happened to catch part of that Will Smith movie last night ... Armageddon? anyway, they are talking with the captured alien and the prez asks it "what do you want us to do?" and gets the response "we want you to die". That encapsulates the dialog we will receive from the Islamists.

[bvw]

I said "friendly" -- perhaps a better word is "brotherly". By that I mean -- brothers can have terrible fights, but they are still brothers and look out for the interest of the familiy when push comes to shove.

Britian, I reckon, survives to this day because they long ago -- the Magna Carta era -- learned to be brotherly -- not necessarily friendly -- but brotherly.