General Petreaus To Head The CIA? Panetta To Head Defense?

[Yeledaf]

Panetta at Defense? That's like the Godfather promoting Fredo to Consiglieri.

Hillary at State and Leon at DoD. What a pair to draw to.

More and more, the incompetence of our government is beginning to reflect the dietary willpower of our citizenry.

[sterpetron]

Originally Posted by Frank DeForrest

War monger Petreaus should be a natural at heading up the CIA to get us into more wars and create further instabilty abroad.

Petraeus is the one who declared/initiated the 2 current wars, ordering the troops into afghanistan and iraq?

Can someone point me to the adult section of the forum, I seem to be stuck somewhere between Mr. Rogers' neighborhood and romper room here...

[Bideshi]

Originally Posted by LauraC;18912494I'm

not getting this. Wouldn't Petraeus be the natural for the Defense job?

Just as when Powell was made Secretary of State rather than Defense, it was thoug'ht a civilian should be in charge of the military, not a career soldier. I think Petraeus will do fine with the CIA in the Directors seat, which is mostly political anyway (talking to congress, etc. public relations). Panetta, on the other hand, is going to be as useless as Defense Secretary as he was CIA Director. Obama seems determined to emasculate our military.

[Bideshi]

Originally Posted by LauraC

he thinks Panetta would be an easier pushover.

That is an over-polite understatement.

[Frank DeForrest]

Originally Posted by sterpetron

Petraeus is the one who declared/initiated the 2 current wars, ordering the troops into afghanistan and iraq?

Can someone point me to the adult section of the forum, I seem to be stuck somewhere between Mr. Rogers' neighborhood and romper room here...

No, but good question:
Article One, Section Eight of the Constitution states "Congress shall have the power to declare war"

“This is the kind of fight we’re in for the rest of our lives and probably our kids’ lives,” - Gen. David H.Petraeus

I'm pretty sure promoting the concept of multi-generational/indefinite war qualifies Petraeus as a war monger.

[AeroGuyDC]

Originally Posted by SoCalCroozer

The US economy and the US government are controlled by the Pentagon and Wallstreet bankers/financiers. This is why the US has been in perpetual war for the last 100 years and why we keep sending our kids off to die for the 60 families that control our country. LOL...........but yeah!

Ron Paul........end the fed, disband the CIA, defund the military industrial complex....take back our country!

Ron Paul wants to "disband the CIA?" I need to look into this. I'm all for a seismic shift in government policy, but this alone would keep me from voting for the guy.

[southbel]

Well, Panetta is likely to call for a 50% reduction in defense spending, as he did back in the 90s. All fine and dandy IF we get out of these wars already. To do so while still engaged in these wars would hurt our troops. While I agree with the reduction in spending, I do hope it's done intelligently.

[sterpetron]

Originally Posted by Frank DeForrest

No, but good question:
Article One, Section Eight of the Constitution states "Congress shall have the power to declare war"

Great, let me know when petraeus was part of congress voting us into the wars.

I'm pretty sure promoting the concept of multi-generational/indefinite war qualifies Petraeus as a war monger.

So mentioning that this war does not have an easy, forseeable end makes him a "war monger"? Do you expect to be taken seriously on this forum?

[LauraC]

Originally Posted by AeroGuyDC

Ron Paul wants to "disband the CIA?" I need to look into this. I'm all for a seismic shift in government policy, but this alone would keep me from voting for the guy.

I don't know what Ron Paul said on this issue but maybe he thinks there is too much overlap between the CIA, the NSA and Military Intelligence so that we don't need all three. You know maybe he's coming at it from a spending point of view rather than a view about intelligence.