A lot of people are passing around this amazing testimony before Congress two weeks back by former CIA analyst Michael Scheuer, in which he says that the reason that Muslims want to become jihadis is not who we are but our foreign policy.
Americans need to have a debate at last about whether supporting Israel is essential to US security, or having troops in Muslim countries is essential, or supporting Saudi Arabia is essential, Scheuer argues. If the people want to believe that, “fine.” But they should know that “costs come with that.”
Notice Peter King lands on Scheuer with doctrinaire statements about supporting Israel, and Scheuer responds:
“If it was up to me, I’d dump the Israelis tomorrow. All I worry about is that continuing preaching of American politicians to the American people that our relationship with the Israelis doesn’t cause us to have dead Americans and extraordinary expenses in fighting the Muslim world.”
The politicians want us to believe we’re fighting a bunch of longhaired bearded goat eating madmen who don’t want us to have women in the workplace, Scheuer says. But that’s not why they’re attacking us. It’s because we’re trying to impose our political culture on them.
“Who’s winning today? We’re done like dinner… We’ve had two military defeats overseas.”
The exchange grows more and more heated till Scheuer calls “bullshit” on Chris Stewart of Utah. The hearing took place on October 9, 2013, before the Homeland Security Committee. It focused on Somalia and the problem of more and more Westerners joining the jihad and returning home.
Scheuer is correct.
(as much as I have disagreed with him on things in the past, he’s telling the truth wrt to Israel and our very sick relationship with same)
Our foreign policy sucks.
(wow, he has aged!)
Bravo Professor Scheuer, for telling it like it is, one quibble you said “we’re done like dinner” didn’t you know those two Congressional Israeli shills were singing for their supper.
Going against Sheuer? Seriously?
Hes an expert but these israel-firsters nobodys almost get in tears when he tells the truth?
This man is not afraid to tell it like it is. I am surprised that he was even invited to speak in front of congress as this is exactly the kind of people that the Israel-firsters are afraid of: credible people with hard facts at their disposal (note his tenure in the CIA as head of the Bin Laden unit) who cannot be bullied into silence and who put America above everyone else. A handful of men like him would bring the whole house of cards crashing down.
Bravo patriot!
LOL! The cat is soooo out of the bag!
If you watch the video on youtube, you get the entertainment value of the commentary, cyber Main Street style: a clear indicator that the zio jig in America is really up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHl1JnQoIWQ
Most commentators on youtube, I’d say a good 95%, are feeling and expressing two things:
1- Utter disgust with israel-firster politicians
2- Utter resentment towards israel
Helllllluw hasbara central – red alert red alert red alert!