tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post2223935382618992122..comments2024-02-29T02:10:56.878-08:00Comments on J O S H U A P U N D I T: Obama's Next Move - Petraeus To The CIA And Panetta As SecDefFreedom Fighterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13649470110087808596noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-16229225483425430122011-04-27T19:39:49.014-07:002011-04-27T19:39:49.014-07:00The CIA is incomptent. To point this out is not &...The CIA is incomptent. To point this out is not "damming" thmm. It is simply pointing out the truth. Now with that said the fact that tthe leadership is bad makes the problem worse. At least if we had good leadership at the CIA, the incompetent personnel could be developed into competence, if they are willing and able to learn. Those who can't learn or who won't learn should be shown the door. <br /><br />At last prior to the wikileaks fiasco, our best bet would have been to completely dismantle the entire edifice known as the CIA and other intellegence services and start from scratch. While we are developing competent services, we could rely on the assistance of our allies for workable intellegence. Also, we could have used their assistance in developing a competent intellegence community. <br /><br />Now with the wikileaks fiasco, even these options are denied us!! I don't see anyone trusting us rnoug to share intellegence with us and the vilification of us that has been the result of this has made us even more univerisally despised. This makes getting the kind of help we need in all areas even more problematic than it already was. In other words, we've gone from few good options to virtually none. At this point the only real option is to redeploy all of our military and and intellegence assets to defensible positions along with our borders and pray for the best. Of course praying is always a good idea!!B.Posternoreply@blogger.com