Too much to ask for
Is it too much to expect the chairman of the inelegance committee to know what is the Hezbollah and Al-Qaeda? If you are asking the next chairman of the inelegance committee the answer might surprise you:
The incoming Democratic chairman of the House intelligence committee could not describe Hezbollah and incorrectly described al-Qaeda’s Islamic roots in a recent interview.
Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-Tex.), whom incoming Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) named earlier this month to chair the panel, formally known as the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, was asked by a reporter from Congressional Quarterly whether al-Qaeda was Sunni or Shiite. “Predominantly — probably Shiite,” Reyes replied.
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Asked to describe the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, according to a story published online Friday, Reyes responded “Hezbollah. Uh, Hezbollah” and then said, “Why do you ask me these questions at 5 o’clock?”
The Texas congressman later added: “Speaking only for myself, it’s hard to keep things in perspective and in the categories.”
One would think that becoming the chairman of such prestigious will be accompanied with knowledge of the subjects discussed in it - but that is obviously wrong.One might wonder how come we are tolerating ignorance from the people we sent to make decision from us. On a second thought, if it is good for the commander of chief and might be good for the chairman of the inelegance committee - the question is only how bad it is to us?
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