Senator Jay Rockefeller, leading light of the majority in the Senate Committee on Intelligence has delivered himself of his latest parcel of wisdom regarding the War on Terror.

His statements regarding the administration's stance on Iran have a flavor of gratuitous sappiness, of utter featherheaded fatuity, that threatens to cause a reasonable, informed citizen to lapse into utter despair. He actually agrees with the administration that Iran is now supplying the terror network in Iraq--Sunni Ba'athist diehards included--with leadership and weapons, including the infamous so-called IEDs that are capable of destroying an Abrams tank and its crew.  Nevertheless, he laments that we are not being sufficiently friendly with this avowed enemy.  Get this:

Leading Senator Assails President Over Iran Stance

Senator John D. Rockefeller IV, the new chairman of the Intelligence Committee, questioned the administration’s understanding of Iran.

By Mark Mazzetti
Published: January 20, 2007

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 — The new chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Friday sharply criticized the Bush administration’s increasingly combative stance toward Iran, saying that White House efforts to portray it as a growing threat are uncomfortably reminiscent of rhetoric about Iraq before the American invasion of 2003.

Senator John D. Rockefeller IV, the West Virginia Democrat who took control of the committee this month, said that the administration was building a case against Tehran even as American intelligence agencies still know little about either Iran’s internal dynamics or its intentions in the Middle East. ...

Mind-boggling.  If he is right that American intelligence agencies still know little about Iran's intentions is the ME, why isn't he calling for the entire lot of them to be fired?  Can Israeli or British or for that matter French intelligence feel in the dark about Ahmadinejad's intentions?  I vaguely remember some saying about swatting a jackass with a two-by-four to get its attention.  Having this hyper-jackass installed as the chairman of a crucial committee at this juncture does not bode well for the future.

Contributed by John Werntz on January 20, 2007 at 11:11 AM in Caring about our troops, Current Affairs, Dem Dumbness, John "72nd TCS" Werntz | Permalink

Comments

Posted by: Bill Faith

Excellent post, John. I'm going to have to do some very minor touch-up -- mainly using our bandwidth for the picture instead of the NYT's -- so please keep me in the loop if you aren't done with it. Thanks.

Posted by: Bill Faith | Jan 20, 2007 11:40:08 AM

Posted by: ponsdorf

Heh, I vote against Rockefeller every time his name comes up. To his credit his office has helped many vets, myself included, but for all that I'd trade him for a chunk of coal in second. I'd even throw in Byrd.

Posted by: ponsdorf | Jan 20, 2007 2:17:59 PM

Posted by: OWB

Too bad we can't have someone with some actual intelligence heading that committee, but then, this IS Congress, after all. Looking for some sense is expecting way too much.

Very nice perspective, John.

Posted by: OWB | Jan 20, 2007 4:09:19 PM

Posted by: JD

We Love our Jay-Byrds here in Wild Wonderful

http://jdpendry.com/2006/09/17/jay-byrds/

Posted by: JD | Jan 20, 2007 4:46:48 PM