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Comments on: They Are Like Cheap Hot Dogs https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/12/09/they-are-like-cheap-hot-dogs/ On-line Opinion Magazine...OK, it's a blog Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:36:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/12/09/they-are-like-cheap-hot-dogs/comment-page-1/#comment-31929 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:36:35 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/12/09/they-are-like-cheap-hot-dogs/#comment-31929 You just can’t make up a good conspiracy theory these days without getting ripped off by a politician.

]]> By: Anya https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/12/09/they-are-like-cheap-hot-dogs/comment-page-1/#comment-31928 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:21:43 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/12/09/they-are-like-cheap-hot-dogs/#comment-31928 Stainless Steel Colanders ™ for everyone!

The brain-rays are out in full force. :-p

]]> By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/12/09/they-are-like-cheap-hot-dogs/comment-page-1/#comment-31925 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:04:31 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/12/09/they-are-like-cheap-hot-dogs/#comment-31925 This is not a complete reversal of the 2005 estimate. The 2005 estimate was severely hampered by the outing of Valery Plame and the loss of her network and sources. It was also hampered by Chalabi spilling his guts to Tehran in an attempt to ingratiate himself with the Iranians. Add in the loss of Farsi speakers to the Afghanistan effort, and you have the intel community cut to the bare bones for coverage of Iran.

The 2005 Estimate was footnoted and asterisked with all kinds of warnings because of a lack of information and resources that were being tied up in Iraq and Afghanistan. There was entirely too much reliance on Likud sources, Iranian ex-pat groups, and the MEK [it is unclear how one combines nationalism, Marxism, feminism, and Sharia law – some interesting people in MEK]. MEK was the sole source of information on the Iranian nuclear program after the Plame outing and the lack of follow up on the AQ Khan nuclear yard sale.

]]> By: Steve Bates https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/12/09/they-are-like-cheap-hot-dogs/comment-page-1/#comment-31924 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:15:30 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/12/09/they-are-like-cheap-hot-dogs/#comment-31924 Harman and Hoekstra are at it again. They are just short of blaming the intelligence community for all its failings combined with all the administration’s failings… i.e., the Bushists got a free pass in this op-ed… but it’s still worth reading. (The original is in the WSJ, but it shows only once and then offers you a subscription the second time you try to view it. This link is an alternative source of the same op-ed. Personally I believe that public statements by elected officials should be available to everyone without having to pay an expensive subscription.)

(That is one terrified and terrifying cat!)

]]> By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/12/09/they-are-like-cheap-hot-dogs/comment-page-1/#comment-31923 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:57:53 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/12/09/they-are-like-cheap-hot-dogs/#comment-31923 Kind of like the Hedgemony 😈

]]> By: Michael https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/12/09/they-are-like-cheap-hot-dogs/comment-page-1/#comment-31921 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:02:12 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/12/09/they-are-like-cheap-hot-dogs/#comment-31921 Ever notice PUNDITS never admit mistakes? That’s why they are EXPERTS, because if they never admit them, they must never make them.

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