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Originally Posted by SamSpade  I would hope that someone like Panetta could think of at least ONE good reason why someone would criticize the current administration's handling of national security issues OTHER than they want to see innocent people suffer. It sounds like the kind of argument a teenager would make when their reckless driving is criticized by a parent.
"Aw ma, you just want to see me crash, don't you!".
It's actually so ridiculous, I'm stumped as to why Panetta would say such a thing, because I can't believe even the most die-hard Cheney hater thinks he can read minds.
The fact is, the LAST thing you want is a North Korean nuke hitting this country as "proof" of national security failings - you keep criticizing it NOT so you can say "I told you so" but so you never have to say it.
Leave it to a liberal to think saying "I told you so" was his motivation.
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I suspect this has a lot more to do with his embarassing Pelosi than it does with his actual beliefs.
If it were his actual beliefs, I think he would have come out and said something much earlier. This strikes me as something he was told to say to save Obama administration face, Panetta chosen specifically because he's already spit in Pelosi's face on national security issues.