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Afghanistan
‘Very Limited’ US Intelligence Capability in Afghanistan, Retired American General Says
2022-09-13
If true, what benefit is there in saying so? If false, ditto.
[KhaamaPress] Retired General Frank McKenzie, former commander of US Central Command (CENTCOM), stated that the US has limited intelligence capacity in Afghanistan.

The US has "very, very limited" intelligence capacity in Afghanistan, the former chief of US CENTCOM stated in an interview on September 11—21 years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, expressing concern.

According to McKenzie, who retired in April, he advised US President Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. We hold these truths to be self-evident. All men and women created ... by the — you know — you know, the thing...
to keep 2,500 troops in Afghanistan. The general claimed he was informed that such a move would be misinterpreted and send a bad signal.

The military chief was also questioned about if he agreed with the Biden administration, the guys that caused the debacle in Afghanistan
...the collection of boodlers, grifters, hangers-on, and self-proclaimed experts affiliated with the Biden Crime Family. Entrusted with an entire nation as the result of a suspicious election, they set about happily implementing stuff they absorbed in college, all of which blew up and splattered the rest of us...
’s conclusion that the US is not now under threat from ISIS or al-Qaeda. The terrorist groups, McKenzie concluded, can "regenerate" and continue to pose a threat in the future.

When referring to the US military engagement in Afghanistan after 9/11, McKenzie noted, "The cost was not cheap." Up until the US military pullout, roughly 2,400 American forces died. "We lost a lot of brave young Americans," he added.

The American General expressed concern about the ill intention of the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
, speaking about the stay of al-Qaeda leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri
...Formerly second in command of al-Qaeda, now the head cheese, occasionally described as the real brains of the outfit. Formerly the Mister Big of Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Bumped off Abdullah Azzam with a car boom in the course of one of their little disputes. Is thought to have composed bin Laden's fatwa entitled World Islamic Front Against Jews and Crusaders. Currently residing in the North Wazoo area assuming he's not dead like Mullah Omar. He lost major face when he ordered the nascent Islamic State to cease and desist and merge with the orthodox al-Qaeda spring, al-Nusra...
, who according to him, "was living in very good accommodations in downtown Kabul."

Frank McKenzie also stated that he still believes both al-Qaeda and ISIS will expand and "regenerate" in Afghanistan with the Taliban group sitting atop the government in Afghanistan.
Posted by:trailing wife

#4  So we can nuke them without collateral damage, good to know.
Posted by: Glenmore    2022-09-13 14:29  

#3  advised... to keep 2,500 troops in Afghanistan

"Not 1500. Not 3000. Not 2000. Exactly 2500 troops, get it? That's the magic number. I inferred it from my military genius. Now lemme show you where to place them. Imagine Afghanistan as a grid of hexagons. See this rule book?"

Posted by: Dron66046   2022-09-13 07:37  

#2  And that's different, how?
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-09-13 07:24  

#1  Come on, given how the Swamp repeatedly has been breached by foreign agencies to get the names of agents and contacts would you want to be working for it or with it?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-09-13 07:04  

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