CNN conveniently left out this part of the exchange according to
Stein's web page
And Hezbollah? I asked him. What are they?
"Hezbollah. Uh, Hezbollah..."
He laughed again, shifting in his seat.
"Why do you ask me these questions at five o'clock? Can I answer in
Spanish? Do you speak Spanish?"
"Poquito," I said-a little.
"Poquito?! " He laughed again.
"Go ahead," I said, talk to me about Sunnis and Shia in Spanish.
Reyes: "Well, I, uh...."
I apologized for putting him "on the spot a little." But I reminded
him that the people who have killed thousands of Americans on U.S. soil
and in the Middle East have been front page news for a long time now.
"Stop giving me tests!" Reyes exclaimed, half kidding.
"I'm not going to talk to you any more!"
The only enemies liberals can perceive to Americans are Wal-Mart, Big
Oil, Pro-lifers, the NRA, and George Bush.
LMAO!
PJ O'Donovan wrote:
Citaat:
If the head democratic party's intelligence guru flunks the basics, is
it surprising that the American public really does not realize their
own vulnerabilty by electing these neophytes to office?
Incoming House intelligence chief botches easy intel quiz
CNN ^ | 12/11/06 | CNN's Scott Anderson and Brian Todd
Incoming House intelligence chief botches easy intel quiz WASHINGTON
(CNN) -- Rep. Silvestre Reyes of Texas, who incoming House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi has tapped to head the Intelligence Committee when the
Democrats take over in January, failed a quiz of basic questions about
al Qaeda and Hezbollah, two of the key terrorist organizations the
intelligence community has focused on since the September 11, 2001
attacks. When asked by CQ National Security Editor Jeff Stein whether
al Qaeda is one or the other of the two major branches of Islam --
Sunni or Shiite -- Reyes answered "they are probably both,"...
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