On Wed, 03 Sep 2014 15:11:25 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

The anti-intellectualism expressed here by you righties is just frippin'
hilarious. Human intel gathering is best done by humans with liberal
arts educations. Of course, few of you even know what a liberal arts
education encompasses. Hell, most of you righties can't even follow a
thread without drifting way off course.

I was discussing our failures in human intel, *not* waving the flag for
the wonderful accomplishments of military personnel. Bilious Bill as
usual cannot follow any conversation without tripping over it. Fretwell
throws in neocons and their college majors, and, of course, the
newsgroup psychotic is off in outer space, as usual.

I'm not talking about photo interpretation, or about figuring out what
scientific data means...I'm talking about using knowledge of language,
history, personality analysis, cultural differences...the tools a field
agent uses to gather human intel. You know, the kind of stuff that
indicates where Osama might have been hiding, or what was on his mind,
or who he spoke with, or who he slept with, or what he liked to eat for
dinner, or who he trusted...the sort of info you get via human
interaction, the sort of info you do not get by waterboarding, the sort
of data you do get via effective practice of tradecraft.

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Harry, you make such a compelling argument that you are ideally suited
for such a role. You should volunteer now. Not only might you be
a possible savior of western civilization, but you could serve your
country at the same time -- better late than never. Oh, and by the
way, don't get caught. If so, heads will roll, more specifically,
your head.