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Originally Posted by jw74
She believes al-Qaida was an "obscure group" turned into a massive threat due to U.S. policies.
She's referred to former President Bush as "our torturer in chief" and a "psychotic who need(s) treatment" while comparing Bush's arguments for waging a war on terrorism to Adolf Hitler's use of political propaganda.
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I find the background information of these two women interesting...and all I can say is, they really should volunteer for the next air-drop into Taliban held provinces of Afghanistan, and might find living under a two-by-four weilding card-carrying male, to be fun!
Wonder how many, a-hem, favors these chicks performed to get thier special little titles, and offices?
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php...le_A._Flournoy
Michele A. Flournoy is currently President and Co-Founder of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). Previously, she was Senior Advisor, International Security Program, at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Her expertise is in Defense strategy and policy; War on terrorism; U.S. and coalition military operations; post-conflict reconstruction; Nuclear, chemical adn biological weapons.[1]
"She has also accused civilian White House and Pentagon officials from the last administration of being "eager to embrace the values normally exemplified by military juntas," while urging "military personnel to speak out, regardless of the cost, when they think our civilian leaders have gone beyond the pale" - little more than an open-ended call for the politicization of the armed forces."
"Flournoy "has worked on issues that range from national security strategy, to lessons learned from Somalia, to planning for U.S. operations in Haiti." ...
http://americanpowerblog.blogspot.co...appointed.html
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Rosa Brooks has just been made an adviser to Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michelle Fluornoy - a move Brooks describes as "my personal government bailout."Bailout is certainly the right word for someone who appears to have no relevant national security qualifications for the position. She does though have experience working as Special Counsel for George Soros's Open Society Institute in New York, and as a former adviser to Harold Koh, the hugely controversial nominee for Legal Adviser to the State Department."