Comments on: Gee, I can’t imagine why any sane person would object to Charles Freeman’s appointment

By: Jimmy J.

Jimmy J. — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:54:30 +0000

Saw an amusing commentary on Obama’s problems in assembling his cabinet. It went:
Obama cannot possibly be the Messiah! Why? Because Jesus could at least build a cabinet.

By: Lee

Lee — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:39:32 +0000

‘It’s the dirty Juice out to get me!”

Now he’s blaming steroids?

By: I R A Darth Aggie

I R A Darth Aggie — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:50:02 +0000

Let me sum up Mr. Freeman’s argument:

It’s the dirty Juice out to get me!

By: Assistant Village Idiot

Assistant Village Idiot — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:18:59 +0000

People would just prefer to go to sleep and have the government take care of things for them. After eight years of (ahem) disunity, progressives have been hoping they could just go about their business without all these interruptions.

This is nicely parallel to Oblio’s comment about DOS/CIA/NGO/EU attitudes toward the Middle East. There remains, despite all evidence, this Neverland wish that if Israel would just go away we wouldn’t have all these problems with those other countries. I have to conclude that they actually take the statements of other ME countries’ diplomats at face value on the subject.

Like it was so peaceful in the ME before 1948, y’know?

Taken together, it is part of a mindset of amazing arrogance: just let us do what we want, willya? Stop meddling in things you don’t understand.

By: JKB

JKB — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:39:20 +0000

Putting aside Freeman's anti-Jewish, pro-Saudi, pro-Chinese views, I was surprised to learn that he has a much more fundamental flaw in regards to the job. He has little to no experience with the tradecraft of intelligence. Of course, he would be on par to the other high intelligence appointments, such as Leon Panetta's appointment to head the CIA. What value is experience in intelligence when we are in a war and generally getting blown off by those Obama wants to meet without conditions?

By: Oblio

Oblio — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:10:56 +0000

There are more where that one came from.

I remember a particular cocktail party in Geneva. I was talking to a charming American banker and his wife who had spent a number of years in Saudi. Without much warning, they suddenly launched into an anti-Semitic tirade that blamed the evil “neocons” and Israel Lobby for the war. I won’t say that they were literally foaming at the mouth, but it was a close run thing.

Sad to say, their opinions were pretty common among the State Department, former CIA, and NGO types I met in Europe, especially once they had a drink taken.

By: Lee

Lee — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:21:44 +0000

Boom..boom..boom…..badoom..boom..boom……badoomp..

Another one bites the dust..aaahh!

Wow! An anti-semite AND a closet truther. Who’d a thunk? I’m surprised he didn’t mention the evil “neocons”( meaning “Jooos” according to Rush).

By: dane

dane — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:40:52 +0000

I always find it interesting when people point fingers at others instead of even entertaining the idea it might be their thoughts, words, and / or deeds that are the problem.

Not meaning to draw exacting comparisons, but it seems that it was the governing party of Germany in the ’30s that began blaming the Jews for everything.

By: neo-neocon

neo-neocon — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:12:52 +0000

A reader just emailed me with a correction---for some strange reason, I had written "Roger Freeman" in the title of this post rather than "Charles Freeman." I've just corrected it. But it made me wonder who the "Roger Freeman" might be that I'm thinking of. How about one of these?

By: FredHjr

FredHjr — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:50:54 +0000

The mainstream media will not report an any background irregularity of any Obama appointee. I will hazard a guess as to who actually vetted Chas Freeman: Samantha Power, George Soros, and Zbignew Brzynski. I think they were hoping to slip this one by without a lot of scrutiny. But his irregularities just were so glaring that rumblings from other quarters reverberated at the White House. Like the kid who is trying by stealth to get to the cookie jar, caught in the darkness by the parent just before his hand gets in it, he slowly retreated back into the darkness and back to the chamber he issued forth from.

Never fear, they will find some other lackeys who have less of a paper trail. They have the time and the money to do it.