MGB:_Intelligence and analysis is a CIA job. Military intelligence likely studies it as well, just see the doctoral work of General Patraeus. This office is there for the symbolism. I doubt it is ”in the loop.” Of course, prior to Iraq, not even the CIA was in the loop because Cheney was only looking for confirming information with which he could convince the President. Cheney did the war for the oil. He muffed that too, but should State have an office of energy diplomacy? I am sure someone analyzes it, but everyone looks to CIA and military sources and maybe DOE.
We know Trump is an idiot and that he is hollowing out the entire State Department, not just the religious office. Still, he still has former Governor of Kansas, Sam Brownback, as Ambassador for Religioius Affairs. What could go wrong? He is a Catholic, but he seems to be a fundamentalist as well.
Eventually, another administration will put the Depertment back together with this office. Nothing in government is ever lost as long as it is sent to the archives.
That the office dealing with anti-Semitism has moved may not be a bad thing if it is now in equal voice to the one that monitors Palestinian affairs. Careful MSW, your neo-conservatism is showing. What is needed more is an office for Roma affairs, which would really get the Israelis uptight once they consider claims that the Roma are the lost tribes of Israel.
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