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March 27th, 2005

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Barnett’s Wit and Wisdom

Even if I do have occasional beef with Dr. Barnett, how can you not love a guy with quotes like this?

He also dismissed the views of pundits on the right (“Ann Coulter says “Ëœhell, let’s kill “Ëœem all’”Â?), the left (Michael Moore takes a “soda-straw view of history”Â?), and in the middle, such as former anti-terrorism czar Richard Clarke (“If he had his way he’d put a big fence around America. Trust me, I know this guy — you don’t want to live in his country.”Â?).

Hear hear! That hit the nail on the head. I just wish he would have had similar words for former CIA operative Mike Scheuer, the “Anonymous” author of Imperial Hubris. (For the record, Mike thinks that Bush has been playing “right into Bin Laden’s hands!” And yes, that’s a real photo. Bozo.)

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praktike
March 28, 2005
3:30 am
actually, he is pretty critical of scheuer as well.
Curzon
March 28, 2005
3:16 pm
How right you are:
http://www.thomaspmbarnett.com/weblog/archives2/001628.html
http://www.thomaspmbarnett.com/weblog/archives2/001115.html

Oh-oh. Michael Scheuer wants to both take credit for the rendition program of sending terrorist suspects to states we know will torture them and blame any problems all on White House-types like Sandy Berger and Richard Clarke. Scheuer originated the program at the request of the Clinton administration and ran it in its first, formative 40 months.

Man, didn't both Clarke and Scheuer singlehandedly win the global war on al Qaeda before penning their best sellers describing their stunning exploits and victories? If they start turning on one another, then where will we be?

Scheuer doesn't want any hounding of CIA personnel over the program. Why? First, the politicians called all the shots. Second, the program was/is a huge success. I mean, it stopped al Qaeda in its tracks and prevented 9/11, right? Third, the CIA was/is only following orders.

If there's any blame, give it to Clarke, Berger and Clinton, or the current crew, but the CIA is blameless. Take it from Scheuer, because he's the guy who so successfully ran the agency's counter-terrorism effort across the 1990s.


Even so, remember that Barnett is critical of anyone who's not him (unless they wholeheartedly agree with PNM).
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