As discussed on this very site, one-time heir apparent for the Chairmanship of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) didn't know that al Qaeda was a Sunni organization, and made himself into a national joke as a result, leading to calls from both sides to pass him over for the Intel chair (which he of course was). Some choice comments about the incident worth considering:
CBN's "Terrorism Analyst" Erick Stakelbeck (who may work for Pat Robertson but still thinks it isn't a capital crime to read the Koran):
Call me crazy, but shouldn't the chairman of a powerful government committee devoted to intelligence on our enemies be an expert on such matters? Especially more than five years after 9/11. Apparently Reyes has never heard the phrase, "Know your enemy."
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In short, Reyes - and any other elected official, Republican or Democrat - who doesn't know the distinction between Sunnis and Shiites at this advanced stage of the War on Terror is simply unfit to assume a leading post dealing with national intelligence. Is it too much to ask for Reyes and his ilk in Washington to do a simple Google search, or perhaps read some verses from the Koran during one of their long weekends?
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