WILL YOU SLEEP BETTER TONIGHT? – We reported earlier on some stunning comments by a mouthpiece for the Muslim Brotherhood.   We may have to deal seriously with that organization if it gains power in Egypt and other Arab countries.  But how can we deal seriously if the bozos in charge of American "intelligence" have no idea what's going on.  It's hard to believe this, but it's being reported all over.  This story is from The Jerusalem Post:

Top US intelligence on Wednesday struggled to answer questions about the agenda of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, amid accusations the spy services were caught off-guard by protests in Cairo that forced Hosni Mubarak to step down as president.

US National Intelligence Director James Clapper told senators at a hearing that he was unsure about the Muslim Brotherhood's stance on Iran, the Egypt-Israel peace treaty and weapons smuggling into Gaza.

"It's hard to at this point to point to a specific agenda of the Muslim Brotherhood as a group," he said.

This is just incredible.  How much to we spend on "intelligence" gathering each year? 

CIA Director Leon Panetta told senators the Muslim Brotherhood was not "monolithic" but that the intelligence services were closely following the organization, which he said included "extremist elements."

Oh dear, oh dear.  The Nazi Party in Germany wasn't monolithic.  The Communists in the Soviet Union sometimes differed with each other.  But people with common sense knew what the thrust of both groups was. 

Why do I feel that this "deaf and dumb" routine may be designed to please the man in the White House, who never met a Muslim extremist he didn't try to "understand"?

We're in the soup. 

February 16, 2011