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RE: Humint - Bush Family

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Email-ID 1230162 Date 2007-04-12 19:08:40 From howerton@stratfor.com To burton@stratfor.com, analysts@stratfor.com, bokhari@stratfor.com, reva.bhalla@stratfor.com

RE: Humint - Bush Family





did anyone in that limo say no?



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From: Bokhari, Kamran Asghar [mailto:bokhari@stratfor.com]

Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 12:09 PM

To: 'Fred Burton'; howerton@stratfor.com; 'Reva Bhalla';

analysts@stratfor.com

Subject: RE: Humint - Bush Family

Such knee-jerk reaction explains why we are in the current mess.





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Kamran Bokhari



Strategic Forecasting, Inc.



Senior Analyst, Middle East & South Asia



T: 202-251-6636



F: 905-785-7985



bokhari@stratfor.com



www.stratfor.com







-----Original Message-----

From: Fred Burton [mailto:burton@stratfor.com]

Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 1:07 PM

To: 'Bokhari, Kamran Asghar'; howerton@stratfor.com; 'Reva Bhalla';

analysts@stratfor.com

Subject: RE: Humint - Bush Family



Not a lot of great thinking goes into these decisions I'm

afraid. Hindsight is always 20/20. Reagan made the decision to bomb

Libya after the LaBelle disco bombing in the back seat of the limo in a

nano-second. Was it the right call? Sure. Did he ponder all options and

debate the geo-political importance with his Cabinet? No, he asked us in

the limo what we thought.



Sometimes it is what it is.



Rent the Wizard of Oz. When Dorothy pulls the curtain back, what does she

see?



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From: Bokhari, Kamran Asghar [mailto:bokhari@stratfor.com]

Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 12:01 PM

To: 'Fred Burton'; howerton@stratfor.com; 'Reva Bhalla';

analysts@stratfor.com

Subject: RE: Humint - Bush Family

The admin does otherwise it would not have neglected Afghanistan and left

the country wide open to the Taliban to do with it as the please.







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Kamran Bokhari



Strategic Forecasting, Inc.



Senior Analyst, Middle East & South Asia



T: 202-251-6636



F: 905-785-7985



bokhari@stratfor.com



www.stratfor.com







-----Original Message-----

From: Fred Burton [mailto:burton@stratfor.com]

Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 12:57 PM

To: 'Bokhari, Kamran Asghar'; howerton@stratfor.com; 'Reva Bhalla';

analysts@stratfor.com

Subject: RE: Humint - Bush Family



Clearly, nobody other then Stratfor gives a damn about Iraq.



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From: Bokhari, Kamran Asghar [mailto:bokhari@stratfor.com]

Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 11:54 AM

To: 'Fred Burton'; howerton@stratfor.com; 'Reva Bhalla';

analysts@stratfor.com

Subject: RE: Humint - Bush Family

Crocker is good but who do you pick as a plug to seal the breaking dam

called Iraq?







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Kamran Bokhari



Strategic Forecasting, Inc.



Senior Analyst, Middle East & South Asia



T: 202-251-6636



F: 905-785-7985



bokhari@stratfor.com



www.stratfor.com







-----Original Message-----

From: Fred Burton [mailto:burton@stratfor.com]

Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 12:50 PM

To: howerton@stratfor.com; 'Bokhari, Kamran Asghar'; 'Reva Bhalla';

analysts@stratfor.com

Subject: RE: Humint - Bush Family



Nah, Negroponte is an old State Dept Black Dragon and prick. Look at Ryan

Crocker, this is a short term gig for a lame duck.



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From: Walter Howerton [mailto:howerton@stratfor.com]

Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 11:23 AM

To: 'Bokhari, Kamran Asghar'; 'Reva Bhalla'; 'Fred Burton';

analysts@stratfor.com

Subject: RE: Humint - Bush Family

Don Imus, who can chant mea culpa, mea culpa for the next couple or years

as well as anyone in the bush admin.





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From: Bokhari, Kamran Asghar [mailto:bokhari@stratfor.com]

Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 11:19 AM

To: 'Reva Bhalla'; 'Fred Burton'; analysts@stratfor.com

Subject: RE: Humint - Bush Family

Am thinking Negroponte. He was former amb to Iraq, nat'l intel czar, and

now I think he is an assistant secy of state in DoS, no?







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Kamran Bokhari



Strategic Forecasting, Inc.



Senior Analyst, Middle East & South Asia



T: 202-251-6636



F: 905-785-7985



bokhari@stratfor.com



www.stratfor.com







-----Original Message-----

From: Reva Bhalla [mailto:reva.bhalla@stratfor.com]

Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 12:06 PM

To: 'Fred Burton'; analysts@stratfor.com

Subject: RE: Humint - Bush Family



any more word on who her replacement would be?



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From: Fred Burton [mailto:burton@stratfor.com]

Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 11:05 AM

To: 'Reva Bhalla'; analysts@stratfor.com

Subject: RE: Humint - Bush Family

As I reported 'bout two weeks ago from one of the 12 richest Jews who

control the world, the right-wing Jewish lobby has geared up the ground

swell to run her out of dodge.



Money buys access. Bottom feeders vote.



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From: Reva Bhalla [mailto:reva.bhalla@stratfor.com]

Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 11:01 AM

To: 'Fred Burton'; analysts@stratfor.com

Subject: RE: Humint - Bush Family

Cheney had an edge?



Does seem like Rice has taken a back seat... no one even pays attention to

her anymore



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From: Fred Burton [mailto:burton@stratfor.com]

Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 11:01 AM

To: analysts@stratfor.com

Subject: Humint - Bush Family

According to a source very close to the Bush family, Cheney has told

POTUS SecState needs to go. Reportedly, she has been running amok with

her Middle-East policies and is out on a limb that will be sawed off. W

has been letting her do what she wants with little oversight or guidance.

Source advises he does not believe Negroponte will be her replacement.



41 believes that Rumsfeld was a disaster and Barbara calls him "that

lunatic." 41 also blames Dougles Feith for cooking the books on WMD in

Iraq.



Source stated that he counseled W to negotiate and deal with the 256

various clans in Iraq, which could have been bought off "like all Arabs",

but W refused. His "Texas cocky attitude" has resulted in a disaster.

The next 18 months will be worse.



The Saudis have gone to the Israelis (bypassing Rice) wanting to know what

the U.S. plans to do in Iraq. The Saudis believe the Americans are out of

control.



Source believes Cheney "has lost his edge and is burned out" after his

last heart attack.





















