Yep, blame it on some hapless underling.
Actually, that can be perfectly valid, but only if it's really an underling's fault, and you quickly get rid of the incompetent, and take quick action to remedy the damage, and then take steps to prevent it happening again. You can have it either way you want, but you can't have it both ways.
But enough of my gripes about State, Justice and the CIA. It's not like Kerry is going to be any better in those regards.
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DEAL WITH IT.
"YAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" - Howard Dean
"How can I go to the bathroom when my people are in bondage?" - Saddam Hussein
"If I may be candid for a moment, and let's see you try to stop me..." - Jay Conrad Levinson
Compromise is for suckers. Seeking a middle ground is what led to 9/11.
"I do not want to be admired by scumbags and liars and wife beaters. I want to be admired by good and decent, intelligent and just people, and in order to achieve this I need to do things that make me despised by their opposites." - Bill Whittle
Never mind all the mass graves. Where's the nerve gas?
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