Editor: Our Leaders Don't Know Difference Between Sunnis, Shiites

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Click here to read this very scary report.

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Scary stuff from Jeff Stein, national security editor at Congressional Quarterly, who wrote today in the New York Times about interviews he's conducted over the past several months with politicians and counterterrorism officials.

The question Stein asked: “Do you know the difference between a Sunni and a Shiite?”

... so far, most American officials I’ve interviewed don’t have a clue. ... How can they do their jobs without knowing the basics?

[havocmom]

1. They won't admit a difference between Liberals & terrorists either

Their powers of discernment are dangerously lacking.

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2. you'd think that they would have it down

... before we went into Iraq. Or am I hopelessly naive?

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3. That question is too nuanced for the lapdog Pubs.

All they need to know is that the "good" Iraqis have purple fingers and the "bad" ones are shooting at us.

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4. This is just beyond ridiculous! I am just stumped as to how to

react to this idiocy. Every congress person who cannot answer this question should be thrown into jail, right now, for...for...stupidity with malice afore thought! Jesus!

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5. it is shameful

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6. sunni

Holy Shi ite Batman...........................

[peacetalksforall]

7. To me it proves how blatantly criminal they were with their vote.

I will never forgive them.

I know that we were told that we were going after Afghanistan.

BUT, THOUSANDS of people on the internet and the military knew we were going to Iraq before our Congresspeople were called on to vote. Before they betrayed us.

Obviously, they didn't bother to read the internet.

Obviously, they didn't look up any information on Iraq.

Obviously, their staff failed them and us.

Obviously, they didn't question Wellstone and Kucinich on their reasons for voting no.

I will never forgive them unless given some ultra rational history.

And then they followied that up with the Patriout Ace - twice. And twleve of them voted for the theft of Habeus Corpous - placed us back ONE THOUSAND years to 1006. The premise for Habeus Corpus was established in 1214 - there had to be a build up to the action - so I say they took us back ONE THOUSAND YEARS. ONE THOUSAND YEARS OF PROGRESS IN HUMANITY. THEY VOTED AGAINST THE HABEUS CORPUS - so WHY NOT NO NOTHING about Sunnis-Shites.

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8. after the fact

some congressmen said they didn't even bother reading the legislation. of course, had they read it, they probably wouldn't have understood it ...