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Originally posted by sgtclub
Just because the administration is using the clinton triangulation strategy and taking ideas for its own does not mean they are harming national security.
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C'mon. The "triangulation strategy" is a political tactic, not a national security one. There's no problem with taking other people's ideas -- that's a good thing -- the problem is exactly when you do it to triangulate for political benefits, not because the ideas are the best.
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And I'm not convinced that DHS has had a material impact on the war anyway.
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Then the Administration wasted a ton of money and effort which could have been spent on protecting us all.
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Too few troops may be a valid critism, though I don't think it was political, I just don't think we have enough to meet all of our needs.
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Puh-lease. The military said they wanted more troops -- the limits were coming from the civilians at the top of DoD, if not higher, and the political calculus is as obvious as the nose on your face.
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Outing VP did nothing to harm national securuity.
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You don't know that, and neither did they. The CIA was pissed off about, which tells you something.
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Please explain how delaying the 9/11 commission harmed national security. That group was a joke anyway, and I'm not sure why everyone is so willing to implement their changes wholecloth. Specifically, I think an intelligence czar needs lots of debate from a civil liberties prospective.
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Then the White House never should have gone along with it -- they should have fought it on principle. They fought it until the political cost was too high, and then went along with it and stonewalled it.
