This Doesn't Sound Promising

So says the now former head of the CIA's Osama Bin Laden unit:

Michael Scheuer, the author and former chief of the CIA's Osama bin Laden unit, announced yesterday that he had resigned from the agency so he could speak openly about terrorism and what he sees as the government's failure to understand the threat from al Qaeda.  "I have concluded that there has not been adequate national debate over the nature of the threat posed by Osama bin Laden and the force he leads and inspires, and the nature of the intelligence reform needed to address that threat."

Cue Operation Slime and Defend, Part VII.  Let's see, we have Richard Clarke, Joseph Wilson, John Diullio, Paul O'Neill, etc.  How many former Bush Administration insiders do we need to come out and say that this administration has no serious policy operation and that the war in Iraq was a distraction from the real war on terror before the "security moms" realize that voting for Republicans doesn't make you safe.  I'll bet it's about the same time the media stops telling the public the Osama bin Laden was wearing a Kerry/Edwards pin in his rock video.  This isn't a mystery, terrorism is a good issue for Bush because the media says its a good issue for him.  There has been no serious debate in the media about this administration's approach to terrorism other than to wonder "Would it be just awesome if we bombed Saddam Hussein, or would it be fuckin' awesome."  In the good old days, like the Clinton Administration, this type of revelation from the former head of what might be the most crucial unit in the CIA might trigger a scandal.  Now, it's just par for the course.

And why I do keep forgetting the election is over?  Can denial really last this long?

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[Another Dreamer]

Ah, you're just beign cynical. Everything is fine, don't ya know. Kidding, sadly.