This caught my eye this morning on another site. The Pentagon has released three "surprise" threats to the US. The first is radical elements within the Armed Forces, although they do not define what they mean by "radical" i.e. Islamic or otherwise. Second is that intelligence officials do not believe Iran really wants, or is actively pursuing, nuclear weapons. Third is that the intelligence community has pissed off the generals by being "too pessimistic"about Afghanistan.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Milita...three-surprises/Radical-elements-in-US-forces
I don't know how much of a surprise this is, but it certainly is cause for some concern I believe. The fact they throw out this vague threat of "radical elements" within the military without specifically defining what they are radical about seems like they may be laying the groundwork for something. Although what that something is I can't really articulate.
I completely disagree with the notion that Iran doesn't want a nuclear capability and have to wonder where these guys are getting that intel from. I would have thought that we would learn to err on the side of caution after the whole Taliban/bin Laden/Massoud/9-11 thing. And I think it's laughable that the generals are mad with the intel folks for not painting a rosy enough picture of Afghanistan. Who cares about the truth? We want to be placated!
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Milita...three-surprises/Radical-elements-in-US-forces
I don't know how much of a surprise this is, but it certainly is cause for some concern I believe. The fact they throw out this vague threat of "radical elements" within the military without specifically defining what they are radical about seems like they may be laying the groundwork for something. Although what that something is I can't really articulate.
I completely disagree with the notion that Iran doesn't want a nuclear capability and have to wonder where these guys are getting that intel from. I would have thought that we would learn to err on the side of caution after the whole Taliban/bin Laden/Massoud/9-11 thing. And I think it's laughable that the generals are mad with the intel folks for not painting a rosy enough picture of Afghanistan. Who cares about the truth? We want to be placated!
It's really a "surprise" that 1) there is an extremist threat in the US, 2) that there is disagreement over Iran's nuclear weapons program, and 3) the war isn't going well in Afghanistan? Wow, I'm glad someone finally told me about it. I had no idea!
