The deadliest of Obama’s screw ups
Dionysus
HEAD: Could this actually be the greatest and potentially the deadliest of
Obama�s screw ups so far?
by Erick Erickson
I missed the implications of this up front and I bet you all did too, but I
am hearing from members of the American intelligence community and some on
the outside closely connected to those on the inside who are raising a huge
red flag right now.
It appears Barack Obama inexperience and amateurishness has just started
bonfires on the bridges connecting him to the American intelligence
community and delivered a huge, HUGE psychological win to Al Qaeda.
People tell me the President�s rush to acknowledge the attack on the CIA in
Afghanistan and mourn the deaths openly, publicly, and via press release is
a huge "no, no."' The CIA and greater intelligence community would prefer
not to have the attention put on them. Additionally, because the President
took the time to draft a blanket statement focused on the CIA in general
instead of individually and more privately focusing on the families of the
victims, it acknowledges the CIA�s work in Afghanistan, acknowledges that
the attack has an impact on the CIA, and gives the terrorists a new
recruiting tool � �you too can cause America to publicly mourn the loss of
their spies.�
To you and me this may not seem like a big deal. But I�m told this is hugely
significant and shows just how out of touch the Obama administration is with
the intelligence community. I�m told that no other President has issued such
blanket statements of public mourning directed toward an attack on the CIA
and thereby having the White House itself confirming an attack on our
intelligence community.
The intelligence community is licking its wounds right now and Obama�s rush
to confirm for the world that the community suffered such wounds has the
intelligence community simmering tonight and Al Qaeda preparing a PR blitz
with what they view as good news.
UPDATED: Take the information above and couple it with this. The White House
is subtly blaming the intelligence community for the failure to deduce the
Delta/Northwest attack.
Why?
Presidential aides are concerned that Obama will somehow be unfairly accused
of dropping the ball on the fight against terrorist in Yemen
Because the President is worried about being blamed, the White House is
trying to blame the CIA while at the same time undermining the CIA through a
rush to publicize the Afghan attack.
Either this White House is willfully trying to sabotage the intelligence
community or they are rank amateurs. I pray to God in Heaven it is the
latter.
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SOME COMMENTS FROM THE SITE
True, maybe this moment of ham-handed far left lunacy, wasn�t fully
appreciated, but these two were never going to get along. They are, at their
heart and soul, working at cross purpose to each other.
The CIA working in the best interest of the nation and our security.
Obama� 180 degrees from that.
This war� as you document it starting in this place at this time is going to
get a lot worse before it every gets better.
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By any measure this president has been an utter disaster for the
intelligence community. This latest bit in Afghanistan and what looks like
the administration preparing to hang the intelligence community out to dry
for the Knickerbomber episode (which they might well deserve, I can�t say
yet) are only the latest in a long string of abuses dating back to before
the inauguration.
With such a betrayal, one wonders whether another Valerie Plame-style op is
coming. It wouldn�t surprise me to see multiple influence ops coming through
this summer and fall in an effort to destroy Pelosi�s speakership.
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Nothing like actually handing AQ recruiting PR on a silver platter just like
the Democrats used to blame W of doing and having the CIA looking for a bit
of payback for a monumental information blunder exposing them.
It makes me wonder just which team Obama really is playing for�
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No surrender!
Dionysus