Former Head of CIA's Bin Laden Unit (as interpreted by Glenn Beck): A Lack of an Attack from Bin Laden on the US is an Attack by Bin Laden

xI'm a bit disappointed with Mike Scheuer here.  He himself seems to be advocating wanton killing by the United States.  This is the man who decried Bill Clinton's rendition program (which did stay within the law, only  renditioning people legally indicted in whatever country to which they were delivered) because some may have been tortured.  Mr. S explained that, as a Christian he couldn't condone sending a person, even an indicted subject to a possible enhanced interrogation situation. 

But as to the CIA man's remarks: I would say we have seen what kind of violence is not adequate to stop terrorists from attacking Americans, at least in other nations, and that is the kind that have killed from hundreds of thousands to millions (depending on where you get your statistics) of civilians in two Middle East wars, including many many children and the parents they depend so much upon.

So when it seems (and he doesn't directly say in this excerpted dialogue though I doubt the Glenn Beck Show staff left in any mitigating statements) that Sheuer is advocating enough extreme violence to stop terrorism dead in its tracks I think a rational person would wonder how many innocent lives that will cost.

Besides the cutting, I believe many host-friendly guests tailor the remarks they make on talk shows where they are one on one with the host to only cover that which is mostly acceptable to the host.   And I'm sure "Mike" needs the money from the spot and possibly has a book out or is going to have one published and needs his name before the public to get a decent amount of money from it. but still, I'm pretty sure the former head of the CIA's Bin Laden unit (Richard Clarke's "Against All Enemies" introduced us \ to "Mike" and news reports after Sheuer left the CIA told us his real name) is having a bit of a problem trimming that beard in the mornings which would involve looking at himself in the mirror.

But then Glenn Beck 'splains it all to us:  Not having and attack by Bin Laden (or other Muslim terrorists) upon our shores is prood that Bin Laden is successful in weakening America, or somehow equivalent to a the major attack from which our government is actually protecting us.

Ouch!

Now I have to go get my head to stop spinning around from trying to sort that out.

1984 is really alive and well on Fox News and in right wing commentary.

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