A preemptive strike on George Bush?

In the first place, the report to which you refer was a national intelligence estimate, and is not the product solely of Central Intelligence. A national intelligence estimate is produced with material from Central Intelligence, the National Security Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation--as well as military intelligence offices such as the Office of Naval Intelligence, the Army Security Agency and other service intelligence offices which contribute to the material used by the Defense Intelligence Agency.

Therefore, your references to what Central Intelligence did or did not do with regard to this intelligence estimate are, to put it simply, pretty damned silly. Additionally, Central Intelligence, while it may employ former members of the armed forces, is not a uniformed service, is not a military institution, and there are, therefore, no "Generals" at Central Intelligence to hatch plots against anyone.

Additionally, the history of Central Intelligence is that they employ others to do their dirty work. Agents of the CIA may determine that so-and-so in such-and-such a nation is a threat to the security of the United States or it's allies--but they won't eliminate the person themselves, they'll hire someone else to do it--usually a local thug who is low on intellect but high on greed and violence. Even if Central Intelligence decided that the President were a threat, they would take no direct action themselves, but would hire someone else to act--a highly improbable scenario which resides in the realm of fantasy.

Finally, if someone condemns an attack on Iran because it would constitute murder of those who were killed in the process, and one claims to be opposed to murder, then it would by hypocrisy to contemplate or approve of the murder of George Bush.

By the way, your English usage is appalling. Do you claim to be a native speaker of the English language?

Grinwich
Grinwich, welcome to Able2Know, glad to have you here.

Setanta's information is correct and he knows what he is talking about.

He's usually not this harsh on a Newbie. He must be grumpy today.

What country are you from?

BBB

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Pull up a chair . . . here, have a cup of coffee.

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All i got is a little brandy . . . will that do the trick for ya?

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would you care for some popcorn Montana.... just reach right in there and help yourself....

Thanks Bear, don't mind if I do :-D

I just pulled the same crap on someone in another thread, who seems as unlikely to be a native speaker of English as the author of this thread. I'm a bad little doggy, but i have fun!

Bear, pull that popcorn bag off your pecker, and put that nasty little thing back in your pants.

BBB
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Re: A preemptive strike on George Bush?


Umm... CIA generals? Care to name a few? Blaming it on perfidious Albion is traditional, I guess, what with their opium wars and such

Ooooo . . . an opium war sounds like fun. Do we get to smoke the opium?

By the way, as a descendant of the Irish, the expression "peridious Albion" warms the cockles of my heart. (Of course, i can't explain how a cockle got into my heart, or how that organ continues to function properly with a mollusk embedded in it, but such are the vagaries of the English language--an unknown country to our author.)

If I bring a bottle, can I join the party?