Haspel confirmed as CIA Director

[Crepitus]

You are anti-US and Trump administration for contrarian sake. I hope I never meet you in the street. Your opinion is the rot that pervades needing public condemnation and scorn.

LMAO! After the things you've said about me and my family you are damned right you hope you never meet me in the street.

[Cletus]

LMAO! After the things you've said about me and my family you are damned right you hope you never meet me in the street.

[Ethereal]

Haspel represents a continuation of the failed status quo and the one-dimensional thinking of "conservative" Republicans who see violence and intimidation as the only solution to almost every problem.

Except their "solution" hasn't worked. Seventeen years later, AQ is larger and more extensive than ever. Iran remains as defiant as ever. Hezbollah is basically the government of Lebanon now. Iraq is firmly in Iran's orbit. Large swaths of Iraq, Libya, and Syria are swarming with anti-western militants and terrorists. The Taliban controls most of Afghanistan.

Haspel and her ilk represent repeated and massive failure. Their policies have cost this country trillions and trillions of dollars while shattering whatever good will towards America might have remained.

But "conservative" Republicans don't care about results. They only care about looking and sounding tough. Oh, and lavishing trillions of dollars on the military-industrial complex. No doubt, many of the "conservatives" who frequent this forum have profited from the US government's profligate spending on "national security". That is their main compulsion for supporting endless war. Patriotism, defense, etc., these are nothing more than pretexts meant to obfuscate their selfish motives.

[Ethereal]

Let's go get the bad guys, Madame Director....

And how's that been working for us?

Seventeen years of bombing, torturing, invading, threatening, occupying and what do we have to show for it? Trillions of dollars in additional debt? Thousands upon thousands of dead bodies? Entire countries destabilized and overrun with America's enemies?

When will "conservative" Republicans admit that their one-dimensional, adolescent fixation on violence and intimidation isn't working?

[Ethereal]

Huge hideous mistake. Those morons just appointed someone we know has been involved in tortuing people to a position of power. How can that not came back and bite us in the ass?

This is just a continuation of the status quo, represented by both parties. You'll notice Democrats did nothing to stop this. One would assume, that after eight years of the Obama administration bombing and destabilizing entire countries, you'd be used to this sort of thing by now.

[Peter1469]

Haspel does what is authorized by the President. Trump is directing the CIA to return to its intelligence gathering roots and tone down the war fighting.

Haspel represents a continuation of the failed status quo and the one-dimensional thinking of "conservative" Republicans who see violence and intimidation as the only solution to almost every problem.

Except their "solution" hasn't worked. Seventeen years later, AQ is larger and more extensive than ever. Iran remains as defiant as ever. Hezbollah is basically the government of Lebanon now. Iraq is firmly in Iran's orbit. Large swaths of Iraq, Libya, and Syria are swarming with anti-western militants and terrorists. The Taliban controls most of Afghanistan.

Haspel and her ilk represent repeated and massive failure. Their policies have cost this country trillions and trillions of dollars while shattering whatever good will towards America might have remained.

But "conservative" Republicans don't care about results. They only care about looking and sounding tough. Oh, and lavishing trillions of dollars on the military-industrial complex. No doubt, many of the "conservatives" who frequent this forum have profited from the US government's profligate spending on "national security". That is their main compulsion for supporting endless war. Patriotism, defense, etc., these are nothing more than pretexts meant to obfuscate their selfish motives.

[NapRover]

She is qualified to run the Dept. That should be the only criteria. Most people think she is the most qualified person for the job.

[NapRover]

She did get seven Democrat votes, I was surprised to see that. Disappointed that Flake and Paul voted no.

[Tahuyaman]

LMAO! After the things you've said about me and my family you are damned right you hope you never meet me in the street.

Someone's having an Internet tough guy moment.

[Tahuyaman]

She did get seven Democrat votes, I was surprised to see that. Disappointed that Flake and Paul voted no.

Flake's no vote was simply an anti Trump vote. I'm not sure what's going on with Rand Paul.