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Great blog, but any blog that has a Spitfire in the banner has got to be good.

RedState readers already know that foreign policy, not his domestic agenda, will be Obama’s true undoing. The unsung losers of the 2008 election are trying to accelerate that. Not for nefarious or conspiratorial purposes; nay, this is purely political retribution.

We’re witnessing a public disconnect between the Clintonistas and the newer, hipper Obama-era Democratic staffer and appointees (most of the National Security Council, the AG and his deputies, the DNI and Homeland Security and her deputies are all in Obama’s pocket.)

Hillary, Panetta and the diehard, Jacksonian Democrats who share one bond – being Clintonistas – don’t like or agree with Obama and Rahm’s foreign policy, treatment of the CIA and marginalization of Hillary herself.

They are working from within to slow things down but patience has worn thin. They were trying to work from inside but now they’re hand has been forced by this investigation. Remember that rendition and EIT’s (most “dark” CIA or DIA counterterrorism policy, actually) originated in the Clinton Administration.

Richard Clarke and John Brennan know where the skeletons are buried. But so do Tenet, Goss, and Hayden. Much is said of the high turnover of CIA directors but the fact remains: the deputies and their deputies never left and also know where the skeletons are buried. That entire group I mentioned above are enraged and want to exact political revenge on Obama for authorizing Holder to launch this probe.

Panetta quitting (going public) makes him a useful patsy to rewrite the history of where the rendition and interrogation programs originated from, and has a side bonus of making Obama look weak on defense and foreign policy by investigating the CIA. Look for well placed leaks and revelations from witihin. Look for angry clandestine/paramilitary officers of the CIA to leak plots foiled in the US (like Los Angeles, there are others). And look for concrete proof we have had #2 and possibly #1 in our sights within the past…say, year to six months and no one authorized deadly action, by CIA or JSOC.

This will be interesting. The establishment factions of the government that deal with intelligence, defense and foreign policy have aligned. They have two goals: Destroy his Presidency and defend America. Commitment to the latter requires action on the former. And they’re taking action.

There is more than one type of democrat and Panetta is the kind I can at least respect.

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It might not be principle. It’s possible The Big 0 and Rahm have backed him so far into a corner that he has no choice but to fight. Dems are good at personal survival even if it will kill the rest of us.

to please their far lefty base and to distract them from the fact that the health care debacle–so far– is not playing out as they wanted it to. So they toss the red meat of bashing Bush and the CIA to the wolves and see if that will quench their anger for now.

Nothing like short term fixes that result in long term disaster.