Quote Originally Posted by JMA View Post
Yes David there are many views on every aspect out there but once again the fact remains that this whole business has been yet another spectacular failure for the intelligence community. The two stumble-bums, the CIA and MI6 together with the hopeless incompetents (the State Department and the British Foreign Office) missed this one completely.
If you expect any intelligence service to predict emergence phenomena, then prepare to be disappointed.

Surely governments need to focus on cutting costs there rather than with the military who will be required to face AQ where they next rear their ugly heads?
How many air wings, fleets and combat brigades do we need to face AQ?