Day: June 20, 2014

How Many Times Can They Miss The Boat?

Opinion from the desk of the Editor

The American people to start asking their leaders about the reliability of our intel gathering community.  Is it ti protect the country or to act as the agent for special interests?  A valid question to be asked after the abysmal track record the community has had in the recent past.

The intel group gets lots of press when they foil a plot or capture a bad guy…..but what about all the signs that they missed since 9/11?

The CIA and others were caught flat footed when the attack of 9/11 occurred……..hey were still debating the intel when the planes hit……and what happened with the Iraq invasion?  Their main concern was finding a good logical reason for invasion and never considered what would happen with Saddam gone.  Either they discounting any info about the sectarian violence that would follow or it was of NO concern.  And then there was Russia’s attack on the country of Georgia…..another miss step.  Most recently the whole Ukraine vs Russia thing, especially the Crimea thing….oops missed another!  And now they missed the coming storm that is the attacks by ISIS.

Now what could be the best most logical excuse for missing the boat on so many situations?  With present intel reporting there is NO way for the country to remain safe from attack…..as long as the special interests are running the show we will forever be open to violations of our security.

I would like to believe that these institution are just hiring morons…….but that seems highly unlikely.  Could they hire people to do the best work to give the special interests what they want?  These agencies are functioning like a think tank…..that is they are given a conclusion and the peons must come up with supporting reports and research.

The country needs accurate intel analysis that is the only way to provide the security that we all desperately seek.  As it is now we have only “YES” men for special interests and true intel suffers.

CHUQ

Iraq: Obama Creeps Into Action

Everyone has been yelling that Obama needs to make up his mind on what action he will deploy for the Iraq situation……..some want massive military action…..while others want as limited interference as possible…..and then there are people like me that want Iraq to handle their problem…..

Who got their way in yesterday’s presser on the situation in Iraq?

President Obama said today he’s sending 300 US “military advisers” to Iraq as Islamic extremists threaten to overtake Baghdad, reports the AP. Obama reiterated that he will not send regular ground troops and dismissed a concern about “mission creep” in response to a question: “American combat troops are not going to be fighting in Iraq again,” he insisted. But, he added, the US “will be prepared to take targeted and precise military action if we conclude the situation on the ground requires it,” reports the New York Times.

The new US team also could provide intelligence and guide future airstrikes should the US decide to unleash them. Obama again pressured President Nouri al-Maliki to work toward a political solution—one that includes Sunnis and Kurds—amid reports that the US would like to see him go. “It is in our national security interest not to see an all-out civil war in Iraq,” said Obama; his remarks followed a meeting with his national security team.

300 advisers to Iraq to handle training and intel (no doubt)………does that settle exactly what the US will do in the recent Iraqi situation?  NOT for me, sports fans!  Why?  It is an all too familiar scenario…..does anyone recall a little disturbance a few years back?  I am talking about Vietnam….our first troops in that country were advisers to the army and it escalated into a full fledged involvement……

My next problem with the comments in the presser is…..”It is a situation that the Iraqis must solve for themselves”……..to quote the prez…..

Now let me ask……what if the solution does not meet with US approval?  What then? Will an Iraqi solution need American approval?