Beware the "think tankers"

the last line says it all...

If the think-tankers' shoddy methods and ideological biases were subject to the scrutiny they deserve, 90% of the garbage that is self-published by their house organs and pushed by their publicity machinery would never see the light of day.

It is so sad now that governmental bodies are no longer calling on academic experts for public testimony in even the most crucial matters where they have unique knowledge. On no subject is this more true than in the Middle East area. If you are not in a think tank in Washington, apparently your expertise matters not at all. Never mind that that the think tank denizens were never in the region, don't know the languages, and never did any research in their lives. If their ideology is in line with the White House, that is good enough.

personally, i'm thoroughly disgusted with pundits of all stripes, right and left, democratic and republican... there's also a lot of bloggers in that category that i'd just as soon stay away from... yes, i can sit here and type my views onto this blog and share what i believe is a perspective of some value, but god forbid that i should be dragged in front of the tv cameras of a nationwide talk show and presented as an "expert..." sure, i've got opinions... we all do... but i'm content to label mine as such, nothing more...

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