Peaceful Iranians test long range missile

Posted By Uncle Jimbo

Iran tested a newly developed ballistic missile on the day of Annapolis conference, Channel 10 News reported Wednesday.

The missile has a range of 2,000 kilometers, and is capable of reaching Israel, US Army bases in the Middle East and eastern European cities, including Moscow

The peaceful, non trouble-making, stabilizing Iranians are building longer range missiles, hmmmm wonder what for? I mean our reliably clueless intel apparatus has just assured us they are not working on nuke weapons, so shouldn't be a problem. HA!

You would think than an organ such as the CIA would be a conservative one, but you would be woefully wrong. Even after seven years of Republican control of the executive branch, it acts more like State than Defense. It pays well to remember that it spent the 8 years prior to W at the beck and call of Bill Clinton.

Of the three agencies I mentioned, Defense is basically agenda-free, but is institutionally conservative. Both State and CIA are institutionally liberal and they do have agendas. State's was evident in the run-up to the invasion in 2003, as diplomats took active steps to counter the President's efforts to get significant action against Iraq. As for the CIA, it allowed Michael Scheuer to write a book criticizing President Bush's handling of the war on terror during a Presidential election. It was a blatantly partisan move and extremely unprofessional.

These agencies are supposed to assist in the foreign policy efforts of our country, but too many of the permanent employees seem to do so only as it pleases them. The problem is that they poison the environment necessary to confront a danger such as Iraq. The NIE was an open threat to President Bush not to take any decisive action against Iran. Fortunately the American people have a memory long enough to remember the last time the CIA was right, which was effectively never.

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Peaceful Iranians test long range missile

Iran tested a newly developed ballistic missile on the day of Annapolis conference, Channel 10 News reported Wednesday.

The missile has a range of 2,000 kilometers, and is capable of reaching Israel, US Army bases in the Middle East and eastern European cities, including Moscow

The peaceful, non trouble-making, stabilizing Iranians are building longer range missiles, hmmmm wonder what for? I mean our reliably clueless intel apparatus has just assured us they are not working on nuke weapons, so shouldn't be a problem. HA!

You would think than an organ such as the CIA would be a conservative one, but you would be woefully wrong. Even after seven years of Republican control of the executive branch, it acts more like State than Defense. It pays well to remember that it spent the 8 years prior to W at the beck and call of Bill Clinton.

Of the three agencies I mentioned, Defense is basically agenda-free, but is institutionally conservative. Both State and CIA are institutionally liberal and they do have agendas. State's was evident in the run-up to the invasion in 2003, as diplomats took active steps to counter the President's efforts to get significant action against Iraq. As for the CIA, it allowed Michael Scheuer to write a book criticizing President Bush's handling of the war on terror during a Presidential election. It was a blatantly partisan move and extremely unprofessional.

These agencies are supposed to assist in the foreign policy efforts of our country, but too many of the permanent employees seem to do so only as it pleases them. The problem is that they poison the environment necessary to confront a danger such as Iraq. The NIE was an open threat to President Bush not to take any decisive action against Iran. Fortunately the American people have a memory long enough to remember the last time the CIA was right, which was effectively never.

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