The timing of this post is great! I literally just finished the chapter (9) in Legacy of Ashes that covers the CIA's fumbling attempt to reimpose the Shah of Iran in 1953. It seems Burns is the right person for the position he holds, he appears to be a continuation of Allen Dulles and Frank Wisner. That's not intended to be a compliment.
All this rethoric is just a verbal analog of a tribal dance whose sole purpose is to say "we belong to the same in-group, you and I". As in any good old tribal war, it is far more important to signal your loyalties than your smarts.
If it weren't for people like Ray McGovern, Larry Johnson and Philip Giraldi I would write off anybody in the CIA as despicable automaton, with Burns at the top of the list. Good work! I would not have the stomach or the patience to bother deconstructing this crap, but thank you for doing it!
Burns, who really should know better, now appears to be trapped in the Beltway echo chamber, being told by his underlings and the sycophantic legacy media that what he expects and wants to hear.
Nailed it, 100% on point, “Monty” Burns, is so far off of the mark, off pace as to the recent present realities, that he can be said to be completely out of his depth, surprising indeed for one who with his experience and supposed intellect, an inferred intellect that has been extolled so incessantly ever since he opined and remarked 2008, in that now, so oft quoted, from his…, “from Russia with Love”, comment, made as noted in the oft cited and quoted memo, that infamous memo that Monty sent back to the warmonger, and RINO, Dubbya, being that other Bush, you know, the one with less brain cells than the below average scholar, well, it seems, his, Monty’s memo, addressing specifically the likely fallout and impact should the U.S and it’s Proxy hailing from that NAZI sh.t hole, Ukraine, actually be granted as was being mooted, the much vaunted elevation and promotion, Warmongers in Chief, Messrs Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld, desired.
Namely, the Ukraine NAZI’s, much to their U.S sponsors desire, to fulfil their dream of having their NAZI puppet elevated, nay, promoted to full NATO member status…
Monty Burns, it seems in opining as he did 2008, in what with both the benefit of hindsight and importantly a closer analysis of all he has done and said ever since, it is reasonable one can only be said and now conclude, that the round hole comprising Monty’s thinking has actually been squared, indeed it has now been, quite correctly so.
Many recognising the 2008 memo, rather sadly, as having been a singular moment of Monty Burns clarity of thought, a singular moment in time when, he, Monty Burns, actually did the unthinkable… he wrote realistically and truthfully of the likely consequence of the U.S sponsored NAZI sh.t hole, joining the “Club”….the Club of bullies, warmongers and the quintessential paper tigers they have, outed themselves as being since declaring War against Russia and defending and prosecuting the NAZI conflict against Russia... being, NATO/OTAN.
Indeed, given Monty Burns all but useless efforts at literally all he has subjected his and his agencies hand unto, ever since escalating the Ukraine conflict via the attacks on their own in the Donbas and Luhansk regions 2014, it seems Monty’s every utterance, musing, authored work, his myriad congressional testimonies, Mainstream Media interviews and press releases he’s given and participated in, have all coalesced to underscore his own ineptitude and ineffectiveness.
Many of his, Monty Burns, failings and absurd inconsistencies so aptly summarised in your article, hence the more than reasonable conclusion and inference able to be drawn pointing to the fact poor old Monty Burns has been found out for the incompetent, bumbling arse licking, go along to get along, cold blooded murderous fool, he truly is.
Sadly not for Monty, any further pieces of supposed brilliance per his infamous 2008 memo warning
of the Reddist of Russian Lines being crossed if the 2008 U.S administration actually were stupid enough to truly push and sponsor for inclusion and to be formally admitted into their NATO ranks, for the Ukraine NAZI’s…., nope, that piece of 2008 literary brilliance, as aforementioned, seized upon incessantly by Mainstream media to underscore their propaganda and narrative of Monty’s absolute and terrific brilliance, alas has never ever been repeated, one could almost be forgiven and thinking, A.I wrote his 2008 piece, but sadly, nay, should I say, luckily enough for Monty, A.I did not exist at that point in time… nope, either Monty had a flash of brilliance resulting in the 2008 memo authored either that or he had a top wordsmith Pal conjure up the montage of words forming said Memo, or perhaps, in a singular flash of intellectual brilliance, Monty, hunched over his keyboard, came up with what was sent in that memo, all by his own loathsome self.
Wonders will never cease, but suffice to say, akin every past Director of Monty’s “ABC” Spy agency, the murderous, lawless and out of control CIA, you know the outfit, being that lot Charlie Schumer, the wannabe Senator from N.Y seems to always shitzen himself over, because apparently and according to Charlie Schumer, they, CIA, being one of the nations Intel Agencies Schumer loves quoting, have 6 ways/days to Sunday to get you… only. 6?
Heavens above, I thought as the preeminent spy agency, they’d, CIA would have at their disposal, a lot more than just 6 ways of getting you, even the Moldovans would likely know of ..oh, as many as a couple dozen, seems they’ve, the CIA, have gone backwards under Monty’s tutelage.
Bottom line, I agree with much of what you’ve written, I’m certainly not holding my breath, Monty will unlikely do a mea culpa and change his mindset, nope, 2008, an aberration I’m sad to conclude… Kia Kaha from New Zealand
Depressingly short-sighted and devoid of any hint that he is thinking strategically per Dr. Amar's summary. The analyses of experts in geostrategic analysis like John Mearsheimer are evidently now deemed irrelevant inside the beltway. Russia has a large currently contentious border with Ukraine but it also has a large border with the most populous country on the Eurasian continent that provides mutual benefit: "Bilateral trade between China and Russia surpassed $200 billion in the first 11 months of the year (2023)... marking the achievement ahead of schedule of a goal set by Xi and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in 2019." https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/21/china/china-russia-relations-record-trade-intl-hnk/index.html
The timing of this post is great! I literally just finished the chapter (9) in Legacy of Ashes that covers the CIA's fumbling attempt to reimpose the Shah of Iran in 1953. It seems Burns is the right person for the position he holds, he appears to be a continuation of Allen Dulles and Frank Wisner. That's not intended to be a compliment.
All this rethoric is just a verbal analog of a tribal dance whose sole purpose is to say "we belong to the same in-group, you and I". As in any good old tribal war, it is far more important to signal your loyalties than your smarts.
If it weren't for people like Ray McGovern, Larry Johnson and Philip Giraldi I would write off anybody in the CIA as despicable automaton, with Burns at the top of the list. Good work! I would not have the stomach or the patience to bother deconstructing this crap, but thank you for doing it!
Just look at his face: empty, void sockets where light should be😞spiritual death.
Burns, who really should know better, now appears to be trapped in the Beltway echo chamber, being told by his underlings and the sycophantic legacy media that what he expects and wants to hear.
Nailed it, 100% on point, “Monty” Burns, is so far off of the mark, off pace as to the recent present realities, that he can be said to be completely out of his depth, surprising indeed for one who with his experience and supposed intellect, an inferred intellect that has been extolled so incessantly ever since he opined and remarked 2008, in that now, so oft quoted, from his…, “from Russia with Love”, comment, made as noted in the oft cited and quoted memo, that infamous memo that Monty sent back to the warmonger, and RINO, Dubbya, being that other Bush, you know, the one with less brain cells than the below average scholar, well, it seems, his, Monty’s memo, addressing specifically the likely fallout and impact should the U.S and it’s Proxy hailing from that NAZI sh.t hole, Ukraine, actually be granted as was being mooted, the much vaunted elevation and promotion, Warmongers in Chief, Messrs Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld, desired.
Namely, the Ukraine NAZI’s, much to their U.S sponsors desire, to fulfil their dream of having their NAZI puppet elevated, nay, promoted to full NATO member status…
Monty Burns, it seems in opining as he did 2008, in what with both the benefit of hindsight and importantly a closer analysis of all he has done and said ever since, it is reasonable one can only be said and now conclude, that the round hole comprising Monty’s thinking has actually been squared, indeed it has now been, quite correctly so.
Many recognising the 2008 memo, rather sadly, as having been a singular moment of Monty Burns clarity of thought, a singular moment in time when, he, Monty Burns, actually did the unthinkable… he wrote realistically and truthfully of the likely consequence of the U.S sponsored NAZI sh.t hole, joining the “Club”….the Club of bullies, warmongers and the quintessential paper tigers they have, outed themselves as being since declaring War against Russia and defending and prosecuting the NAZI conflict against Russia... being, NATO/OTAN.
Indeed, given Monty Burns all but useless efforts at literally all he has subjected his and his agencies hand unto, ever since escalating the Ukraine conflict via the attacks on their own in the Donbas and Luhansk regions 2014, it seems Monty’s every utterance, musing, authored work, his myriad congressional testimonies, Mainstream Media interviews and press releases he’s given and participated in, have all coalesced to underscore his own ineptitude and ineffectiveness.
Many of his, Monty Burns, failings and absurd inconsistencies so aptly summarised in your article, hence the more than reasonable conclusion and inference able to be drawn pointing to the fact poor old Monty Burns has been found out for the incompetent, bumbling arse licking, go along to get along, cold blooded murderous fool, he truly is.
Sadly not for Monty, any further pieces of supposed brilliance per his infamous 2008 memo warning
of the Reddist of Russian Lines being crossed if the 2008 U.S administration actually were stupid enough to truly push and sponsor for inclusion and to be formally admitted into their NATO ranks, for the Ukraine NAZI’s…., nope, that piece of 2008 literary brilliance, as aforementioned, seized upon incessantly by Mainstream media to underscore their propaganda and narrative of Monty’s absolute and terrific brilliance, alas has never ever been repeated, one could almost be forgiven and thinking, A.I wrote his 2008 piece, but sadly, nay, should I say, luckily enough for Monty, A.I did not exist at that point in time… nope, either Monty had a flash of brilliance resulting in the 2008 memo authored either that or he had a top wordsmith Pal conjure up the montage of words forming said Memo, or perhaps, in a singular flash of intellectual brilliance, Monty, hunched over his keyboard, came up with what was sent in that memo, all by his own loathsome self.
Wonders will never cease, but suffice to say, akin every past Director of Monty’s “ABC” Spy agency, the murderous, lawless and out of control CIA, you know the outfit, being that lot Charlie Schumer, the wannabe Senator from N.Y seems to always shitzen himself over, because apparently and according to Charlie Schumer, they, CIA, being one of the nations Intel Agencies Schumer loves quoting, have 6 ways/days to Sunday to get you… only. 6?
Heavens above, I thought as the preeminent spy agency, they’d, CIA would have at their disposal, a lot more than just 6 ways of getting you, even the Moldovans would likely know of ..oh, as many as a couple dozen, seems they’ve, the CIA, have gone backwards under Monty’s tutelage.
Bottom line, I agree with much of what you’ve written, I’m certainly not holding my breath, Monty will unlikely do a mea culpa and change his mindset, nope, 2008, an aberration I’m sad to conclude… Kia Kaha from New Zealand
Depressingly short-sighted and devoid of any hint that he is thinking strategically per Dr. Amar's summary. The analyses of experts in geostrategic analysis like John Mearsheimer are evidently now deemed irrelevant inside the beltway. Russia has a large currently contentious border with Ukraine but it also has a large border with the most populous country on the Eurasian continent that provides mutual benefit: "Bilateral trade between China and Russia surpassed $200 billion in the first 11 months of the year (2023)... marking the achievement ahead of schedule of a goal set by Xi and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in 2019." https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/21/china/china-russia-relations-record-trade-intl-hnk/index.html