I no longer speak kindly of General Petraeus nor his Army which is my ex-Army.
To Brock Townsend at America's last pocket of sanity, Free North Carolina:
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While much of the media focus on l’affaire Petraeus has
centered on the CIA director’s sexual relationship with his biographer,
Paula Broadwell, the scandal opens a window onto a different and more
consequential relationship—that between the CIA and the military’s Joint
Special Operations Command. In a behind-the-scenes turf war that has
raged since 9/11, the two government bodies have fought for control of
the expanding global wars waged by the United States—a turf war that
JSOC has largely won. Petraeus, an instrumental player in this power
struggle, leaves behind an agency that has strayed from intelligence to
paramilitary-type activities. Though his legacy will be defined largely
by the scandal that ended his career, to many within military and
intelligence circles, Petraeus’s career trajectory, from commander of US
military forces in Iraq and Afghanistan to the helm of the CIA, is a
symbol of this evolution.
“I would not say that CIA has been taken over by the military, but I
would say that the CIA has become more militarized,” Philip Giraldi, a
retired career CIA case officer, told The Nation. “A
considerable part of the CIA budget is now no longer spying; it’s
supporting paramilitaries who work closely with JSOC to kill terrorists,
and to run the drone program.” The CIA, he added, “is a killing machine
now.”
More @ The Nation
All law enforcement in this country has become "militarized".
ReplyDeleteThe CIA has dabbled with it, off and on, since it's inception.
Remember Wild Bill Donovan, the "founder" of the CIA? He was a Special Ops guy...
No one should be surprised.
Yes and speaking of the CIA:
DeleteColonel/Silver Star/ 3 Tours/Green Beret (Terry & Dixie)
http://www.namsouth.com/viewtopic.php?t=209&highlight=terry
I've got to stop reading the Drudge Report, as Liberty's Torch recommends today. Hypertension and depression are leading side effects of it. Poretto's people always inspire me as does Brock Townsend.
ReplyDeleteMark Butterworth speaks for me there today. "The patriots don't need cheerleaders. There are plenty of those. They need quality, rational leadership. They need committed preachers, politicians, and military heroes to organize, inspire, discipline, and lead them. They need a strategy against authority that will not lead to their slaughter, but a movement of defiance in many places that cannot be easily countered."
I pray daily for such leaders to emerge. I'm too old to lead citizens but still able to lead cheers.
"The patriots don't need cheerleaders. There are plenty of those. They need quality, rational leadership. They need committed preachers, politicians, and military heroes to organize, inspire, discipline, and lead them. They need a strategy against authority that will not lead to their slaughter, but a movement of defiance in many places that cannot be easily countered."
DeleteWell said, but I thought you were going to lead our mechanized wheelchair contingent........?:)
Wheelcheer leaders brigade. I love it. Thanks. When my chair comes I'll mount a rifle rack somehow.
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