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2005-07-28 Terror Networks & Islam

The Pentagon has a secret new strategy for taking on terrorists

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Posted by OldSpook 2005-07-28 12:42|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Want to see something that shows the contrast between Clinton and Bush?

Clinton's Presidential Decision Directive 39, signed in 1995, for example, gives the State Department the lead role in counterterrorism efforts abroad, but after 9/11, President Bush gave the CIA the lead for disrupting terrorist networks overseas.

Yes, you read it right - the lead agency and government official for counterterrorism overseas was State and Madeline Halfbright. With FOggy Bottom ans the striped pants gang in charge, is there any wonder 9/11 happened?

There is why the Clinton administration was such a failure in terms of safety of the republic.

Posted by OldSpook 2005-07-28 12:59|| 2005-07-28 12:59|| Front Page Top

#2 I learned from my time in the military, to really understand what is going on is not to listen to what is being said, but what is NOT being said. I knew we were doing well in the WOT when the higher ups stopped talking about rooting out the terrorist cells around the world and the mid-level Al-Queeros suddenly were not heard from or just plain disappeared.
Good job Spooks!

Posted by mmurray821 2005-07-28 13:07|| 2005-07-28 13:07|| Front Page Top

#3 Putting SOCOM as the "lead dog" on this is what needed to be done - and let me tell you that things are a LOT better with operational people in charge of important things.

And mmurray, you will never hear about the ones that didnt make it to Gitmo.

Sometimes people have to remember that waving the cape around focuses the bull's and the audience's attention on everything except the sword of the matador.

Posted by OldSpook 2005-07-28 13:12|| 2005-07-28 13:12|| Front Page Top

#4 eight pressure points at which terrorist groups could be vulnerable: ideological support, weapons, funds, communications and movement, safe havens, foot soldiers, access to targets, and leadership.

Works for Me!

Yes, and Turban de Durbin, and Filobuster Bagogas Kennedy are ranting about secret prisons...

Rummy continues to store Jihadis there with a good supply of interrogation tools from Victoria's Secret, and Farmer John...

Posted by BigEd 2005-07-28 13:19|| 2005-07-28 13:19|| Front Page Top

#5 In the ol' days, when crime blogs were my thing, I quickly learned that what you "never heard again" was the most valid thing you heard.

Posted by 2b 2005-07-28 13:27|| 2005-07-28 13:27|| Front Page Top

#6 I would like to hope that much of what SOCOM is engaged in is "wetwork" operations along the lines of the Phoenix Program. A lot of their work would boil down to "dead pool" lists, taking out those who support terrorist ops in discreet and numerous assassinations. For example, set up a dozen fake "charities" that make it clear to donors that their money is going to terrorists. If they contribute a substantial amount, they are on the list--instant karma. Imams who shoot their mouths off should have a 72-hour life expectancy. Madrassas should be exploding like ripe puffer mushrooms--a terrible run of accidents. Since the US doesn't assassinate political leaders, they should subcontract hits like the entire Guardian Council of Iran--killed by a pig stuffed with C4. Eventually, the Angel of Death should be so pervasive that entire extended terrorist families should be wiped out--culling the herd, as it were. Levels of "prejudice" should also be re-established, so that especially egregious villains meet particularly gruesome ends.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-07-28 13:31|| 2005-07-28 13:31|| Front Page Top

#7 While I may continue to have some misgivings about Rummy's strategy in reducing SF and other officers in the AF, I really like what I see here. This is solid. I think yesterdays', "Redefinition of terror" article and the questions it produced in my mind about defining terrorism and the enemy have been answered here in this article.

They clearly define who the enemy is, and lay out very specific indicators of success for the WoT.

I am impressed.And many of my fears of an open ended war are obviously being felt within the C&C structure as well. Good deal. I like this move, and look forward to seeing how these command shifts and performance indicators affect depolyment and the larger WoT.

EP

Posted by ElvisHasLeftTheBuilding 2005-07-28 13:35|| 2005-07-28 13:35|| Front Page Top

#8 As I said to mmurry, Anonymoose...

You will never hear about the ones that didnt make it to Gitmo.

'nuf said.

Posted by OldSpook 2005-07-28 13:36|| 2005-07-28 13:36|| Front Page Top

#9 OldSpook: well I know. Perhaps 20 years hence, however, a few of the tales will be told, most likely while bass fishing. I've heard a few authenticated ones from the Vietnam era, and I'm pleased to report that our people were true craftsmen of their art. I suspect that this new generation, filled as they are with the milk of human kindness, will cut down their groves and vineyards and plow their fields with salt.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-07-28 13:47|| 2005-07-28 13:47|| Front Page Top

#10 heh. Is this a "new" secret strategy, or did they crib it from Wretchard? ;)

Posted by BH 2005-07-28 14:15|| 2005-07-28 14:15|| Front Page Top

#11 BH, by the time an unclassified version is leaked to the press, it's already been in use, refined, revised, analyzed and cranked up.

By the time it reaches the "official publication" stage, well ....

Posted by too true 2005-07-28 14:28|| 2005-07-28 14:28|| Front Page Top

#12 What about the state sponsors of terrorism? Namely, Syria, Saudi, Iran, and Pakistan.

Posted by jolly roger 2005-07-28 19:10|| 2005-07-28 19:10|| Front Page Top

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