back street boy backs off

[Max Sawicky]

Unfortunately the blame mantra has probably taken
hold to some extent.  CNN interviewed assorted
a-holes who gave the line that intelligence was
underfunded because of them liberals.  People
like James Woolsy and that jerk Tom Clancy were
permitted to mouth this line with no counter-
balance at all.  Then you start to hear quotes
from ordinary people bitching that Democrats
screwed up our intelligence agencies.

Salon magazine let Horowitz run his mouth with
only mild responses; they didn't post my letter
or DP's.

The WSJ editorial page was surprisingly fair today,
noting that both parties had neglected security &
intelligence.

The more subtle point, relatively speaking -- that
prohibitions on the employment of certain reprobates
are designed not merely to be righteous but to preclude
'blowback' -- I have yet to see that point made on the
boob tube.  Morton Halperin made the point that any
pre-1981 executive order preluding any dirty deed you
could mention could have been reversed at any time by
Presidents Reagan and Bush.  It is also worth remembering
that after the deadly assault on the Marine barracks
in Lebanon, Ronald Reagan stood tall, invaded Grenada,
and bugged out of Lebanon.

mbs

The media has been pretty bi-partisan is slamming down anyone who has tried
to "explain" or blame anyone for the Sept 11 attack.   Falwell got trashed
for blaming it on gays and liberals, Schundler running for governor in New
Jersey blamed military cutbacks for the failure to stop the attacks and was
slammed by everyone, including the sitting GOP governor. . . .