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That said, career spooks are already beginning to chafe at the Petraeus CIA pick. And maybe with good reason. Petraeus has little experience in intelligence, and the CIA is traditionally run by a career civilian. (Petraeus is set to resign his military post if he is confirmed.) Running Langley is no small task, and considering the role the CIA played in the run up to the Iraq war, the stakes are all that much higher.
Besides Afghanistan, perhaps the biggest issue on Petraeus's agenda at the CIA will be the agency's relations with Pakistan's ISI, which over the last six months have suffered a series of grave setbacks.
"I think it is going to be a very strained and difficult relationship," said Bruce Riedel, a former adviser to President Barack Obama on Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Riedel characterized the relationship between Petraeus and Pakistani leaders as "mutual distrust."
Petraeus' relationship with Pakistan's military chief, General Ashfaq Kayani, is publicly perceived to be less than friendly and has become a topic of discussion on Pakistani TV talk shows.
Kayani last month issued a rare public condemnation of a U.S. missile strike in a Pakistani region near the Afghan border that killed more than 40 tribesmen. Last week, he said the drone strikes undermined Pakistan's own war on militants.
Still, U.S. officials told Reuters the drone program would move ahead regardless of Pakistani objections.
As commander in Afghanistan, Petraeus increased the use of air strikes but also took steps to limit civilian casualties.
But in a move unlikely to win him new friends in Islamabad, Petraeus as CIA chief is expected to renew U.S. demands that the ISI sever ties with anti-Western insurgents attacking American forces in Afghanistan -- accusations reflecting continuing deep mistrust between uneasy allies.
Originally posted by GoodOlDave
I don't get your question- who are the "remaining 9/11 perps" we should go after that you're referring to?edit on 2-5-2011 by GoodOlDave because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by backinblack
Originally posted by GoodOlDave
I don't get your question- who are the "remaining 9/11 perps" we should go after that you're referring to?edit on 2-5-2011 by GoodOlDave because: (no reason given)
Even if you believe the OS it's obvious there were more people involved than just the 19 hijackers..
Originally posted by Whereweheaded
Well? All they need do is go over to Bush Jr.s house and arrest him, then roll on over to Cheney's and pick him up too. That would be the 2 key perps involved in 9/11.
Originally posted by poet1b
That would be the people in the U.S. government who allowed all this to go down. Anyone who bothered to learn anything after 9-11 knows that the official story is hogwash.
The roles that GW and Cheney played are highly questionable. And from their on down in the GW admin, there are a lot of people probably involved in the whole planning stage of this event.
All physical evidence points to the buildings taken out on 9-11 having been done in a controlled demolition, which means pre-planning, which means that a core group in the U.S. must have been involved.
Of course there is the group or groups who bet against airline stocks, and other strange stock market moves, where anonymous groups made huge amounts of money.
EXCLUSIVE: Al Qaeda Leader Dined at the Pentagon Just Months After 9/11
Originally posted by GoodOlDave
Originally posted by Whereweheaded
Well? All they need do is go over to Bush Jr.s house and arrest him, then roll on over to Cheney's and pick him up too. That would be the 2 key perps involved in 9/11.
Spoken like a true Alex Jones acolyte. You'll forgive me when I say the rest of the non damned fool conspiracy web site following world require more proof of their involvement than just abject paranoia.
Originally posted by GoodOlDave
Spoken like a true Alex Jones acolyte. You'll forgive me when I say the rest of the non damned fool conspiracy web site following world require more proof of their involvement than just abject paranoia.