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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
C'mon. The "triangulation strategy" is a political tactic, not a national security one. There's no problem with taking other people's ideas -- that's a good thing -- the problem is exactly when you do it to triangulate for political benefits, not because the ideas are the best.
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Agreed, but I don't think the use hear harmed national security. Please cite me something to the contrary.
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Then the Administration wasted a ton of money and effort which could have been spent on protecting us all.
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Quite possibly, in which case it should be blamed on the DEMS. After all, it was Lieberman's idea.
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Puh-lease. The military said they wanted more troops -- the limits were coming from the civilians at the top of DoD, if not higher, and the political calculus is as obvious as the nose on your face.
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No, they didn't. Several generals had one opinion, and the generals actually running the campaign had another. And where do you propose they would have come from? Europe? If so, I agree. But otherwise, you are not being realistic.
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You don't know that, and neither did they. The CIA was pissed off about, which tells you something.
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Please explain how outing a CIA agent that hadn't been in the field in years harmed national security.
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Then the White House never should have gone along with it -- they should have fought it on principle. They fought it until the political cost was too high, and then went along with it and stonewalled it.
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Now you are being unrealistic.
