Other Know-nothing figures and Baker report is nothing but a way out

Submitted by Harrak (Canada), Dec 12, 2006 at 08:44

Know nothing figures:

Donald Remsfeld

Dick Cheney

George Bush

Condoleeza Rice

There are Know-nothing not just about the Middle East, they are real Know-nothing in general studies.

So I think the problem is more severe and that the USA should start putting minimum academic criteria for those who run for office or else, we end up like in the last 87 years with illiterate oil company workers running the country. We need leading academic figures to do the job. Look at France, if you do not have your teeth fall in the course of diplomacy you can never get to top. Look at USA, a cowboy jumped from 0 to 100 level with no logical explanation other than Know-nothing dady friends and family..

As for the Baker report, that is only a way out. There is no other context to understand or even start that report.

Finally as Gulbadin Hekmatyar appears on TV (IRIB) 12-12-06 promising the defeat of NATO in Afghanistan, maybe NATO now needs some KNow-nothing group to find a way out.

These Know-nothing groups -Like Dr Pipes mentioned- are useful not becasue they know, but because they know not..

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