{"id":129423,"date":"2022-08-19T10:43:41","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T14:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=129423"},"modified":"2022-08-19T10:43:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T14:43:41","slug":"former-cia-director-general-hayden-agrees-republicans-are-worse-than-any-extremist-violent-ideology-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=129423","title":{"rendered":"Former CIA director General Hayden agrees Republicans are worse than any extremist, violent ideology in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"
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General Michael Hayden as CIA Director (2006-2009)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Retired USAF General Michael Hayden, who as NSA Director oversaw the NSA warrantless surveillance program of Americans and then as CIA Director probably lied to Congress about “enhanced interrogation”, thinks\u00a0you <\/em>are a bigger danger to the world than any recent extremist ideology. Republicans are more “nihilistic, dangerous, and contemptible” than extremist and violent ideologies “around the world” according to a tweet from some asshat that the general agreed with. Saying, “I agree. And I was the CIA Director.”<\/p>\n

This certainly doesn’t portray the US Intelligence apparatus as politicized, does it? Remember “17 intelligence agencies agree”? It’s also worth pointing out, again, that at the time of that particular Democratic soundbite parroted ad nauseum there were only 16 intelligence agencies in the US intelligence community. I think the Clinton campaign miscounted because they included Perkins Coie as part of the official community.<\/p>\n

From Fox News<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Former CIA Director Michael Hayden on Wednesday agreed with a British journalist\u2019s contention that Republicans were more “nihilistic” and “dangerous” than extremists groups and dictatorships around the world.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019ve covered extremism and violent ideologies around the world over my career,” tweeted Financial Times columnist Edward Luce on Thursday. “Have never come across a political force more nihilistic, dangerous & contemptible than today\u2019s Republicans. Nothing close.”<\/p>\n

Among those who agreed with Luce\u2019s contention was former CIA Director Michael Hayden, who tweeted: “I agree. And I was the CIA Director.”<\/p>\n

Jeff Giesea, an entrepreneur and self-declared former Trump supporter, questioned the productivity of such a comment, noting that it would only reinforce the GOP\u2019s “narrative of a partisan, weaponized intelligence apparatus.”<\/p>\n

“Further, your message overstates the case. Do you truly believe the GOP is more nihilistic & contemptible than Al Qaeda? Seriously? Make that case,” Giesea wrote in a follow-up tweet. “You also paint with too broad a brush. Not all Republicans are extremists, and Uncle MAGA is not the enemy. Tone it down.”<\/p>\n

In addition to CIA director and National Security Agency director, Hayden has also served as a national security contributor to CNN.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Michael Hayden was commissioned in 1967 and served for 41 years. During his time in the service, just off the top of my head, the world has seen millions die at the hands of extremist ideologies in Cambodia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Rwanda, Congo, ISIS, and the current ethnic cleansing in places like Xinjiang, China. Forget 9\/11, the RNC is\u00a0worse\u00a0<\/strong>than Al Qaeda.<\/p>\n

All of those pale in comparison to the modern Republican Party by esteemed General Hayden. The small government, low taxes, secure borders, pro-life, anti-groomer platform of the Republicans are more dangerous. There’s “nothing close” to them in contemptible behavior\u00a0in the world.\u00a0<\/em>He just painted ~74 million Americans with the brush of domestic enemies.<\/p>\n

Now who’s pushing for a civil war again?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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