[deMolay]

Boy the Dems under Obama are sure getting extreme. http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/11 ... ps-report/

[Novus]

Sounds like the start of America's SS or KGB though this new Agency of Assassins goes beyond either of those historical horrors. Never in the history of the world had a major state sponsored an organization whose mission goal was assassination.

[Cloud9]

Brings back memories.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Program

[HeckuvaJob]

The term "manhunt" does ring a bell. Now where have I heard that before...
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'P')ulitzer Prize winning journalist Seymour Hersh reveals how a new Special Forces group assembled to “neutralize” Iraqi resistance is working with Israeli commandoes to train in assassination and other tactics – comparable to the Phoenix Program in Vietnam. One of the key planners is Lt Gen. William Boykin who declared that Bush was not elected but appointed by God.

“The revitalized Special Forces mission is a policy victory for Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, who has struggled for two years to get the military leadership to accept the strategy of what he calls ‘Manhunts’ — a phrase that he has used both publicly and in internal Pentagon communications. Rumsfeld has had to change much of the Pentagon’s leadership to get his way. “Knocking off two regimes allows us to do extraordinary things,” a Pentagon adviser told me, referring to Afghanistan and Iraq.

“One step the Pentagon took was to seek active and secret help in the war against the Iraqi insurgency from Israel, America’s closest ally in the Middle East. According to American and Israeli military and intelligence officials, Israeli commandos and intelligence units have been working closely with their American counterparts at the Special Forces training base at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and in Israel to help them prepare for operations in Iraq.”

"This is basically an assassination programme. That is what is being conceptualised here. This is a hunter-killer team," said a former senior US intelligence official, who added that he feared the new tactics and enhanced cooperation with Israel would only inflame a volatile situation in the Middle East.

"It is bonkers, insane. Here we are - we're already being compared to Sharon in the Arab world, and we've just confirmed it by bringing in the Israelis and setting up assassination teams."

[HeckuvaJob]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Novus', 'N')ever in the history of the world had a major state sponsored an organization whose mission goal was assassination.

[Novus]

The Mossad does do assassinations but that is not the mission goal of Mossad. An entire agency that does nothing but assassinations is unheard of and without precedent.

[eastbay]

If it's another scheme to kill more you can be certain a liberal is behind it. This is no surprise to me. No one should be surprised at this.

[Roy]

How would the mass of Americans feel if they knew other countries, like Russia or Iran for instance, were financing hit squads to foment regime changes in countries they felt were impairing their national agendas? Like here in the states, for example? Say there were targeting certain hawkish congressmen or oligarchs?

I think they would consider it an act of war. As would I.

The double standards our government uses when it comes to foreign policy are outrageous. And perhaps even more outrageous is the way the people here just accept the message and don't ask questions like "what if I was in their shoes".

I guess it goes back to our 'me first' mentality here, which I suppose you could say is carefully cultivated by our media and consumer culture.

[rangerone314]

The Army has a good video game/simulation "America's Army".

If we actually do develop some sort of "Agency of Assassins", maybe they could make a similar downloadable computer game for that, too.

If they kept track of really good players in that game, we could have a nice recruiting tool, like "The Last Starfighter"....

[HeckuvaJob]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rangerone314', 'T')he Army has a good video game/simulation "America's Army".
If we actually do develop some sort of "Agency of Assassins", maybe they could make a similar downloadable computer game for that, too.
If they kept track of really good players in that game, we could have a nice recruiting tool, like "The Last Starfighter"....

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', 'I')f it's another scheme to kill more

[eastbay]

Mos, I think these sicko's in the White House will give the world both. And more.

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Roy', 'H')ow would the mass of Americans feel if they knew other countries, like Russia or Iran for instance, were financing hit squads to foment regime changes

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', 'M')os, I think these sicko's in the White House will give the world both. And more.

[HeckuvaJob]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Novus', 'A')n entire agency that does nothing but assassinations is unheard of and without precedent.

[eastbay]

You think they'll quit bombing homes in Pakistan once the hit squads are sent out? No. This house bombing and the plan for hit squads is happening because liberals demand it.

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('HeckuvaJob', '
')Or, would a member of the proposed Assassination Agency tag along simply to pull the trigger or push the button?

[Jotapay]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('HeckuvaJob', '
')Or, would a member of the proposed Assassination Agency tag along simply to pull the trigger or push the button?

[rangerone314]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jotapay', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('HeckuvaJob', '
')Or, would a member of the proposed Assassination Agency tag along simply to pull the trigger or push the button?