WP, TH, ANO
Poli-speak. Just because “it has always been this way” and “this is the way it is done” clap-trap, what is the harm in being out-right honest? Must we hide in the facade of poli-speak? Why do we have to “always wonder” just what in the world people are saying and what their “real intent” is. I just don’t get it.
Anyway, this gem came across the nether world yesterday. DefenseLink
Precision Important to Intelligence Analysis, Pace SaysBy Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service
HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii, Feb. 14, 2007 – The difference between facts that can be proven and ideas that can be deduced through logic must be clear to users of military intelligence, Marine Gen. Peter Pace said today.
Pace, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke with reporters traveling through the U.S. Pacific Command theater with him about Iranian complicity in killing American servicemembers in Iraq.
He said it is important “to be very precise about what you do know for sure and what you do not know for sure.”
“What we do know for sure is Iranian made weapons are killing our guys,” the chairman said. “What we do know for sure is that in raids to disrupt those (bomb-making) networks inside of Iraq, we have found Iranians. And we know for sure that the Iranian government knows for sure that we found Iranians.”
These are facts, Pace said. These are things the military can prove.
“What we do not have intelligence on is who precisely and what level in the Iranian government knows and is giving orders or not giving orders” he said.
“Do I believe the Iranian government is involved? Yes. Do I have a smoking gun that proves that? No. And that is why I want to be very precise,” the chairman said. “Iran should get involved in stopping Iranian weapons and Iranian people inside Iraq.”
When the military analysts transition from definable, undisputed fact and take it to a logical conclusion, “we should be careful to point out where what we can prove ends and what we believe begins,” he said.
That is all well and good. Then, we have this from: DefenseLink
“WASHINGTON, Feb. 14, 2007 – President Bush said today he will do whatever it takes to protect U.S. troops in Iraq, and that he is not provoking war with Iran in doing so.
[does this imply that Iran is provoking war with the US?]
“Whether (Iranian President Mahmoud) Ahmadinejad ordered the Quds Force to do this, I don’t think we know,” Bush said. “But we do know that they’re there. And I intend to do something about it. And I’ve asked our commander to do something about it, and we’re going to protect our troops.”
Top military officials in Baghdad briefed reporters on background Feb. 11 that they have recovered weapons and ammunition with specific Iranian manufacturing markings. Slides were release showing mortar shells, explosives and rocket-propelled grenades. At the briefing, the officials said that the highest levels of the Iranian government were involved in the weapons smuggling into Iraq…”
OK. Correct me if I am wrong here. THERE IS A WAR taking place in Iraq, just west of Iran. And Iranian armament is being utilized and found in Iraq. On top of that, there have been Iranian fighters inside Iraq WITH Iranian weaponry. To me, to this simple “retired” fighter, 2+2 STILL = 4, even though I do not have an accountant’s degree nor am I a CPA. What’s up?
Pace: Iran Complicit in IED Attacks on Coalition
ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam, Feb. 14, 2007 – The Iranian government is complicit in improvised-explosive-device attacks on coalition and Iraqi forces, Marine Gen. Peter Pace said today in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Pace said earlier in his trip to Australia and Indonesia that there is “zero chance” of the United States going to war with Iran. He said many times to audiences in both Australia and Indonesia that the United States will use diplomatic pressure to get Iran to stop its actions in Iraq and to get Iran to stop research on developing nuclear weapons.
Poli-speak.
Labels: Poli-Speak, Political Correctness
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