CIA Joke

Leon Panetta as head of the CIA? That is absolutely insane! Was that pick because Capt. Kangaroo was dead? Hell, at least Capt. Kangaroo was a former combat Marine, while Panetta was a two-year Army 1Lt who's sole decoration is a commendation medal. Even I have one of those, and I'm certainly not qualified to lead a spy agency, though I'm probably better qualified than Panetta.

There are some jobs where political correctness must not figure in the equation, and Central Intelligence is one of them. When Carter took away the tools the CIA needed to do their job, we wound up with 9-11, and putting a wimp like Panetta in that job guarantees we'll have another major intelligence screw up before he's done destroying an already wounded organization.

If the number of ads being played around here are any idication, the CIA is in desperate need of people. I imagine the same thing is happening that happened to the military when Clinton was elected. There was a mass exodus to leave the service before he got into office.