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2006-02-11 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Shin Bet chief sez Israel may come to regret Saddam's overthrow

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Posted by Dan Darling 2006-02-11 04:28|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 sheese. Is it any wonder that the Islamic movement was able to build for over a decade without any meaningful interference? Are the heads of all security services this obtuse? This thinking implies that if Saddam was still in power today, that the world would be unchanged from as it was when we invaded. It allows for no thought as to what the world might be like if Saddam was left to shelter and fund terrorists. The good ol' days when everyone could fly kites and go to the rape rooms and shredders without problem.

The insubordination of security services reached almost mutinous proportions. We need to remind them of their place in the world.

Posted by 2b 2006-02-11 11:02|| 2006-02-11 11:02|| Front Page Top

#2 This guy sounds as smart as a dhimmicrat. And I suspect the source is the same; he is a left winger who still can't reconcile himself to Sharon's success. How about it LH?

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-02-11 11:26|| 2006-02-11 11:26|| Front Page Top

#3 It's the 'stable neighborhood' mentality found in a lot of law enforcement. You know the old guy running the shoe repair place has been a bookie for forty years, the waitress at the coffee shop deals weed n' speed on the side, and Abdul's convenience store has been know to slip a few cases of cigarettes to his cousin up north.

Long as they mind their business, ordinary citizens aren't affected and the kids are safe, you leave them alone. Because if you bust them, then another group shows up - one you don't know, and one that may not be so small-time. And your job just got interesting.

Posted by Pappy 2006-02-11 12:13|| 2006-02-11 12:13|| Front Page Top

#4 Yep, and your informants info goes straight to hell.

Posted by 6 2006-02-11 13:19|| 2006-02-11 13:19|| Front Page Top

#5 When asked about the growing destabilisation of Iraq,..

Huh? What "growing destabilization"?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2006-02-11 16:32|| 2006-02-11 16:32|| Front Page Top

#6 Considering that Shin Bet is domestic security, lighten up guys. What Pappy said, if it's found in much of law enforcement, that "dhimmicrat" would apply to much of US police, I think.

Posted by Edward Yee 2006-02-11 16:52|| http://edwardyee.fanworks.net]">[http://edwardyee.fanworks.net] 2006-02-11 16:52|| Front Page Top

#7 Avner Scowcraft - sometimes ya gotta look past realpolitik

Posted by Frank G 2006-02-11 17:34|| 2006-02-11 17:34|| Front Page Top

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