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2011-08-31 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by ryuge 2011-08-31 12:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 the question is can he actually wrest control of the CIA from its entrenched bureaucrats?

Posted by George Spaique6485 2011-08-31 13:18|| 2011-08-31 13:18|| Front Page Top

#2 That's why he's bringing along Seal Team 6.

Posted by Eohippus Phater7165 2011-08-31 13:28|| 2011-08-31 13:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Ah'm thinking that's part of the deal.

Posted by Skidmark 2011-08-31 13:29|| 2011-08-31 13:29|| Front Page Top

#4 Petraeus is a political general, Pollyannas.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-08-31 13:54|| 2011-08-31 13:54|| Front Page Top

#5 All generals are political, that is how you make general. However, some are also the real deal and Petraeus is one of those as well. His time at the CIA out to be interesting in the Chinese sense for the career butt-kissers and bureaucratic barnacles that infest the agency.

Posted by shieldwolf 2011-08-31 14:01|| 2011-08-31 14:01|| Front Page Top

#6 ROTFL

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-08-31 15:51|| 2011-08-31 15:51|| Front Page Top

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