2010-01-22
The 'CIA Coup' and Ron Paul: The Idiot Fruit Loop From Texas
He stopped short of saying 9/11 was a CIA conspiracy to justify our imperialist Global War on Terrorism, but you know his idiot supporters listening to him would have applauded if he had.
Of all the conservative blogs you've read, I highly doubt that there are any more credible than this one when it comes to this latest "CIA Coup" conspiracy theory. At least two of the four people who have written on this blog in the past year have served in the United States Air Force as intelligence analysts, including myself (Yeah, that limits our occupational diversity, but I can't help it. If you want to read the smartest, most intelligent, most talented people out there, that's where they're coming from). Now, due to the nature of the work we've done, we can't talk about the details of we've done and thus rarely talk about our experiences beyond the fact that we've merely served.
HOWEVER, I'm going to break the rules a little bit here. At no time during my time in the Air Force did I take orders from the CIA or contractor from Blackwater or any other similar group. All the commands I took came directly from my legitimate chain of command. My chain of command was entirely military except for the top level, where Secretary Rumsfeld and President George W. Bush were the only civilians/non-military personnel I answered to.
Without going into detail, there was one instance I was involved in where the CIA wanted information from my particular corner of the Air Force. It was not a pleasant process and I worked insanely late that night dealing with the request. I'm not breaking any news here when I say this, our intelligence community is divided into different departments (CIA, FBI, DIA, NSA, etc.) and the departments don't share their toys well. Again, without going into detail, the CIA did not get what they wanted from us that night.
Now, if there was a coup, the CIA wouldn't have had to even ask. If there was a coup, our Commander would have had a CIA agent sitting in his office all day long or the DCI would have been in my chain of command instead of or next to Donald Rumsfeld. If there was a coup, the CIA would have locked my ass up in Gitmo for not sharing what they wanted. Instead of a cage in a warm detention facility, however, I got a pat on the back from my supervisor for staying late and making sure protocol was followed.
Back to the village idiot.
This conspiracy fear mongering by Ron Paul and his loony followers is absolutely absurd. In fact, it's absolutely retarded. First of all, in order for this to happen legally, it would need to be approved by an act of Congress. The PATRIOT Act didn't even go that far and no other such act has been passed (or even brought to committee). This then suggests that the coup was illegal, secretive, and Congress doesn't know about it and both Republican and Democratic Presidents are okay with it. Well, not only them, but also the entire Armed Forces of the United States of America. Think about that, there are almost 3 Million men and women between the ages of 17 (that's another topic) and 45 in the military on Active Duty or Reserve.
3 Million men and women who have military tradition and discipline beat into them until they find themselves praying to God at night and addressing Him as "Sir." When you're in the service, you're constantly honoring hundreds of years of military tradition, whether you are obeying your military chain of command, shining your boots, or ironing some bad ass creases into your uniform - you are honoring tradition and by honoring tradition, you are honoring the great history of this country.
So if one day, the CIA decides to take over the military, do you REALLY think that 3 million men and women would stay silent about it? Do you really think 3 million American heroes would willingly take commands from the CIA, or worse yet, a contractor? Look, I'm sure there are other veterans out there... please tell me if I'm wrong for being offended by this Ron Paul idiot and his idiot followers for pushing these conspiracy theories out there. They have absolutely NO regard for what offensive assumptions they're making about the intelligence and allegiances of some of the greatest Americans our country is producing.
Do you remember when some liberal ran up to Ann Coulter and hit her in the face with a pie? I think I understand where they're coming from now. Only instead of a pie in the face, I want to see some Marine put a knee in between the legs of this little jackass conspiracy nut.
