tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post116499789069674004..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: The Compromise ChoiceGeorge Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-1165203320356028632006-12-03T22:35:00.000-05:002006-12-03T22:35:00.000-05:00"his prospective agenda (at first blush) appears m..."his prospective agenda (at first blush) appears more focused on castigating the Bush Administration "<BR/><BR/>Well, by your own words and by others and my outlook, the Bush Administration hasn't cleaned up, reformed or motivated the Intel community as they should have been able to do by now.<BR/><BR/>You laid out a laundry list of things that he needs to be informed of and ask sharp questions about. That is going to show him where things need to be done. <BR/><BR/>But they won't tell him what exactly needs to be done. I just hope that he won't be snowed by the very people he should be firing.<BR/><BR/>Then again, maybe he is not up to the task. The new position may be too much for him and he may elect to just do what is easy.<BR/><BR/>Nothing.<BR/><BR/>Papa Ray<BR/>West Texas<BR/>USAPapa Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11454201360366303944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-1165117140146214902006-12-02T22:39:00.000-05:002006-12-02T22:39:00.000-05:00do you have any comment on this op/ed? seems like ...do you have any comment on this op/ed? seems like this could be a big component to the US plan: a new cold war between iran and saudi arabia over iraq, with the us backing the saudis.<BR/><BR/>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/28/AR2006112801277.htmljphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12119978840408747138noreply@blogger.com