Bushophobic CIAers Proving Their Girly-Manliness
I can't speak directly for anybody else, but I'm enjoying the hell out of the ass-kicking and name-taking President Bush is doing to mutinous bastions within his Administration. Hardline, straight-talking Condolezza Rice - how does "the Velvet Hammer" sound as a nickname? - has been commissioned to fumigate Foggy Bottom after four years of Colin Powell's indulgence of the sclerotic status quo. And new CIA boss Porter Goss - remember him? - is turning Langley upside-down.
"YEEEE-HAWWWW!!!", as they say.
Jed Babbin, one of my favorite pundits, captures the travails of the bureauspooks delightfully:
"Juxtapose two images in your mind's eye. First, the dirty-faced young Marine, taking a cigarette break between skirmishes in Fallujah last week. Second, a CIA bureaucrat, taking tiny sips of chardonnay in those delicate intervals when he takes time out from writing his resignation to whine to the Washington Post. There is no way to reconcile those images.
"Deputy Director John McLaughlin....resigned - according to the Post - because Goss's top guy and former hill staffer Patrick Murray was "treating senior officials disrespectfully and risked widespread resignations." Next was Deputy Director of Operations Stephen Kappes, who also resigned after a confrontation with Murray. The Sunday Post told us that four more senior undercover officials may resign as early as today."
Wah, wah, wah. If they can't have things their way, if they can't maintain the fat, dumb, happy, incompetent, ineffective status quo, they'll take their ball and go home. Except the ball isn't theirs, and it's been taken away from them because they don't know what they hell to do with it, and they actually think that's defensible.
Babbin leaves not a single scrap of flesh left sticking to their bleached professional skeletons:
"In the hope that some of those who are thinking of resigning may read this, I want to address you directly. Each of you should ask yourself the following questions. Do you think your job is important to the war against terrorists and the nations that support them? Do you believe you're good at it, and are making a significant contribution to the nation's defense? Do you think that, by your hard work and experience, you may save one American's life or give the president one more option in any decision he has to make? Do you believe that your subordinates rely on your leadership and mentoring? If you answered any of those questions with a 'yes,' and you still dare to resign, you should hang your head in shame for the rest of your born days. It's all about duty, honor and country. If you think your personal gripes are more important, then go ahead and resign. And good riddance to you."
And let the door hit you in the ass on the way out, too.
A de-donkified CIA whose mission is actually to gather intelligence and fight the nation's enemies. Can you imagine?
Gosh, what is George Bush thinking....?
"YEEEE-HAWWWW!!!", as they say.
Jed Babbin, one of my favorite pundits, captures the travails of the bureauspooks delightfully:
"Juxtapose two images in your mind's eye. First, the dirty-faced young Marine, taking a cigarette break between skirmishes in Fallujah last week. Second, a CIA bureaucrat, taking tiny sips of chardonnay in those delicate intervals when he takes time out from writing his resignation to whine to the Washington Post. There is no way to reconcile those images.
"Deputy Director John McLaughlin....resigned - according to the Post - because Goss's top guy and former hill staffer Patrick Murray was "treating senior officials disrespectfully and risked widespread resignations." Next was Deputy Director of Operations Stephen Kappes, who also resigned after a confrontation with Murray. The Sunday Post told us that four more senior undercover officials may resign as early as today."
Wah, wah, wah. If they can't have things their way, if they can't maintain the fat, dumb, happy, incompetent, ineffective status quo, they'll take their ball and go home. Except the ball isn't theirs, and it's been taken away from them because they don't know what they hell to do with it, and they actually think that's defensible.
Babbin leaves not a single scrap of flesh left sticking to their bleached professional skeletons:
"In the hope that some of those who are thinking of resigning may read this, I want to address you directly. Each of you should ask yourself the following questions. Do you think your job is important to the war against terrorists and the nations that support them? Do you believe you're good at it, and are making a significant contribution to the nation's defense? Do you think that, by your hard work and experience, you may save one American's life or give the president one more option in any decision he has to make? Do you believe that your subordinates rely on your leadership and mentoring? If you answered any of those questions with a 'yes,' and you still dare to resign, you should hang your head in shame for the rest of your born days. It's all about duty, honor and country. If you think your personal gripes are more important, then go ahead and resign. And good riddance to you."
And let the door hit you in the ass on the way out, too.
A de-donkified CIA whose mission is actually to gather intelligence and fight the nation's enemies. Can you imagine?
Gosh, what is George Bush thinking....?
posted by JASmius at 9:01 PM
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