Nasty Little Man

Who's the more foolish?

The fool or the fool who follows?

NY Times: Some in GOP say Iran threat is played down

Some senior Bush administration officials and top Republican lawmakers are voicing anger that American spy agencies have not issued more ominous warnings about the threats that they say Iran presents to the United States.

Ex-CIA officer Larry Johnson points out that the CIA had an operation that is now defunct that was gathering information on Iran's WMD program. It was led by someone you may have heard of, a lady by the name of Valerie Plame.

So, the Republicans want to whine about inadequate intelligence on Iran's nuclear program while holding fund raisers for Scooter Libby, one of the men implicated in the leak of Valerie's classified identity? Excuse me? The leak did more than ruin Val's ability to continue working as an undercover CIA officer. The leak destroyed a U.S. intelligence program to collect information about Iran's efforts to get nuclear weapons material.

And, as usual, Cenk Uygur nails it:

Look, I don't have a problem with neoclowns making these arguments. It's a free country. If you want to put on a shiny red nose and big floppy shoes and make clowning your calling in life, more power to you. What I don't get is why we're still going to the circus. Haven't we had enough of this freak show?

In a democracy, the people get the government they deserve, and in light of the fact that 59 million people voted for Bush in 2004 and they've continued to allow the Republi-cons to control Congress for 12 years, the public is getting what it deserves. Enjoy.

posted by Kinder Gentler Little Man @ 8:57 PM