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2014-07-01 Iraq

Saudiphile CIA director behind ISIL rise: Analyst

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Posted by Fred 2014-07-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top
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Brennan and Prince Bandar, we don't hear much from them these days do we? Perhaps ValJar could give us an update.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-07-01 01:53|| 2014-07-01 01:53|| Front Page Top

#2 Brennan, the new "Lawrence of Iraq" and Syria.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-07-01 07:58|| 2014-07-01 07:58|| Front Page Top

#3 Somehow, I am not surprised.

Posted by OldSpook 2014-07-01 08:29|| 2014-07-01 08:29|| Front Page Top

#4 Some potential insights into the Brennan issue.

The "mother of three" that Michael Scheuer references was Jennifer Mathews the Chief of Base at FOB Chapman.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-07-01 09:41|| 2014-07-01 09:41|| Front Page Top

#5 Scheuer link and additional thoughts on John Brennan.

Scheuer's thoughts on the current situation in Iraq, 18 June 2014 posting.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-07-01 10:17|| 2014-07-01 10:17|| Front Page Top

#6 the way to win a war is to kill the enemy and its supporters in whatever numbers are necessary to move them to acknowledge that the game is not worth the candle.

Always has been that way and most likely will always be that way. The U.S. has not really been into that option since WWII. It has caused us untold problems.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-07-01 10:33|| 2014-07-01 10:33|| Front Page Top

#7 Responding to JohnQC: Concur, a matter of grand national strategic goal, strategy and tactics.

Posted by TopRev 2014-07-01 12:36|| 2014-07-01 12:36|| Front Page Top

#8 According to boring old Kennan,
"An enemy's something to pen in."
The modern rejoinder:
"I'm more of a joiner --
"My mallet, your mortise, Mo's tenon."

Posted by Zenobia Floger6220 2014-07-01 20:54|| 2014-07-01 20:54|| Front Page Top

#9 Bravo!

Posted by Steve White 2014-07-01 23:08|| 2014-07-01 23:08|| Front Page Top

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