First thing I saw on the box today on my way out the door with the dogs was Richard Haas on "Brewed by Starbucks" attacking Dempsey's judgment. This was on the issue of whether or not the Iranian government is a "rational actor." His main argument was that Iran is assisting the Syrian government and that this shows that they/it are not rational actors. Well, if the Syrian "resistance" is mainly Sunni jihadis, how is it irrational for Iran to help the government against them? BTW, he also bitched about Dempsey's lack of deference to the Israeli government. We can expect pressure by the zombie media and the part of the Israeli parliament that sits in Washington for Dempsey's removal. Let's see if Obama is so gutless as to do that. He sent Depsey to tell the Israelis what he did. Let us say for a moment that the AIPAC/Likud crowd succeed in getting rid of CJCS, do they think he would be quiet thereafter? Oh, yes, Barnicle, the ancient plagiarist is clearly, in the words of one here, a "shill." He had his talking points this AM and he stuck to them. pl
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_N._Haass
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Barnicle
