I have watched O'Reilly on Fox news for many years. Each time he has Scheuer on, I write in a complaint. His anti-semitism is matched only by his incompetence at catching bin Laden. He has actually recommended that the US publicly announce its intention to shoot down any Israeli planes that are launched against Iran. As I said then, would such an announcement make it less or more likely that israel would have to attack Iran on its own. Would such an announcement make it less or more likely that Israel would have to use nuclear weapons to defend itself. I have never received a response from O'Reilly.

"a response to our support for the Saudi tyranny" -- Scheuer obviously did not bother to watch the Saudi Wahhabi YouTube speech by Muhammad Al-Luhaidan, the former head of the Saudi Supreme Judicial Council, dismissed for stating that the murder of Arab execs showing immodest programming during Ramadan was licit, which was prominent on Tamerlan Tsarnaev's YouTube list, or the three-part denunciation of a Kuwaiti Sufi Qur'an reciter by the Saudi bigot Al-Juhani denouncing Sufism, at the top of Tamerlan Tsarnaev's YouTube list.

See http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/boston-horrors-and-wahhabism-chechnya_719097.html

Are you kidding? The writer of this commentary on Michael Scheuer has, very obviously, never bothered to open any of Scheuer's books, nor has s/he done any serious study of the situation in the Middle East. This kind of simple-minded political analysis comes from people (like this blogger) who sit in front of a bigscreen DopeTube (TV) night and day lapping up Rachel Madcow's twisted ridicule of the truth and other MSNBC propaganda, all of which are controlled by establishment censors in Washington DC.

I've known Michael Scheuer for years. He is a self proclaimed supporter of Israel and maintains friends in the region. What Michael is saying is that the U.S. should not attempt to interfere with Middle Eastern policies. He hopes that "Israel thrives." But, U.S. policies should not come at the expense of American lives. Our elected officials are elected to serve the United States. They are not in office to create controversial positions that might lead to attacks on American soil. I hope the person hosting this blog has an opportunity to meet Michael. It might dissolve any animosity toward him. This posting is incredibly irresponsible and out of line.

DVZ responds: Your assertion that Michael Scheuer is a great supporter of Israel seems at odds with his own writings. In a recent issue of Middle East Quarterly, Scheuer is quoted as follows: "I carry no case for the Israeli relationship--I think it is a terrible relationship for America. The public opinion of the Muslim world is deeply hateful towards Israel. If you are going to satisfy the public in this new secular age of democracy you hare going to have to be anti-Israeli and probably allow your people to help the Palestinians."

He is also quoted as condemning a number of writers for their "blind faith in the moral superiority of Israel in general and Likudites in particular."

That doesn't sound like someone who hopes "Israel thrives" in a meaningful way.

I agree. I saw him on Your World, FNC & was astonished as to why Neil Cavuto would have someone with such blatant anti-Israel views on his show. What further surprised me was that Neil did not counter Scheuer's criticism of the US supporting the legitimate State of Israel.

This guy Michael Scheuer is what I call a smart arguement giver but have no mind. The absurdity that he talks about Israel is totally unacceptable.
What he doesn't realize and because he has no understanding of the history is that Ottoman empire and Various Islamic rulers wanted to spread Islam.
What this moron has no idea is that that lot of clerics are very keen in spreading Islam and converting USA to an Islamic country so that everybody comes under Islam.
What this moron has no idea of is that Muslim fundamentalists believe in killing you whether you are a friend or not a friend and only understand the strength of a power.
I would have believed in everything he would have said if I had not experienced things on the ground myself.
This Michael Scheuer is trying to play Nietzsche when in reality he has no understanding of anything.
This happens because as you follow stories you don't understand you start liking things you don't understand.

Self justification is the hallmark of a failure. Blaming the victim is as culpable as victimization itself.
Sheuer was a failure at the CIA, but not entirely his fault. The insane secrecy prevented sharing of vital information about al-Quaeda and it's crew, bothe within the CIA, FBI, NSA and between all of them. The facts were known prior to 9/11, but nobody knew them all.
Scheuer understandably feels the failure as a personal one, so he retreats into the world of self-justification. In doing so, he falls into the same trap as those who find excuses for strocities everywhere, and what is easier than to blame the international scapegoat, Israel, which ignores the fact that it is a democracy unequalled anywhere, a country that has been threatened with the destruction of its entire population, yet it has turned swamps and deserts into arable land, and gas created cutting edge industries and science too numerous to be listed here.
Jealousy is a curse that leads to resentment, anger, violence. Siding with the enemy is in war, treason, in peace, it is a self promoting money maker.

As a specialist of Islamics and an insider I am really shocked by the misleading information of Dr. Scheuer in regard to The culture of the Arab countries and what so call " Islamic world "actually there is no minimum cultural bond between the Muslims in Egypt and them in Indonesia or Kosovo ( as an example ) so in what base he has reached the conclusion that " Muslims" want a Khalifa ??,!!!! Totally not true , he ignores hundred of millions of secular Muslims and other religions sharing with them what he calls " Islamic world " . Second : I can n't imagine the a CIA specialist does not know the power of words in the Arab countries and how symbolism can motivates them , so when he says that Bin Laden is a Hero not a terrorist , there are two options 1- he does n't understand the impact of his words , or he is a traitor who see a man killed 3000 thousands of his own people " deserves to be respected "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Any way , it is obvious that the man suffers "Stockholm syndrome " and this is his personal problem as a writer . The question is , how such a case happened ???? To put an admirer of the enemy in charge to get him done??? I think after reading and seein him interviewed I have understood , how 9/11 happened .

Scheuer does not just appear on conservative programs. I've seen him on 60 Minutes and Bill Maher on HBO.