Bye, Fran

This item from the CNN Political Ticker tells us that Bushco’s revolving turnstile continues with the departure of Fran Townsend, the “leading White House-based terrorism adviser” who (if the story is to be believed) will seek part-time private sector employment (and let’s not get too distraught here, shall we?).

I think I was a little hard on Townsend in this post by questioning her intelligence, though her characterization of Osama bin Forgotten as “virtually impotent” remains one of the most grotesquely stupid remarks of the year.

However, something I always wondered about was why Townsend got a pass when she stated here that the U.S. would attack Pakistan if it meant getting al Qaeda, but when Barack Obama said he would go after "high value" targets in that country a couple of weeks after Townsend here, he was pummeled but stood his ground (a moment of strength that his candidacy definitely needs to revisit as far as I’m concerned).

And this New York Times story tells us that our Special Operations forces are contemplating a more visible presence in Pakistan; I just hope somebody decides to notify Congress before we end up with more people getting killed in that country as opposed to Iraq and Afghanistan also.

Update: Yep, I was too easy on her all right (here)...

Update 2 11/20/07: So, then, if this is true, why the hell are you leaving?