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Iraq
Saudiphile CIA director behind ISIL rise: Analyst
2014-07-01
[Iran Press TV] An American author and investigative journalist says CIA director John Brennan who is "a known Saudiphile" has played a key role in the creation and rise of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
... the current version of al-Qaeda in Iraq, just as blood-thirsty and well-beloved as the original...
 (ISIL).

Wayne Madsen made the remarks in a phone interview with Press TV on Monday, saying Washington's trainings and provision of arms and cash to forces of Evil in Iraq and Syria gave rise to the brutal militancy.
Posted by:Fred

#9  Bravo!
Posted by: Steve White   2014-07-01 23:08  

#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  

#7  Responding to JohnQC: Concur, a matter of grand national strategic goal, strategy and tactics.
Posted by: TopRev   2014-07-01 12:36  

#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  

#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  

#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  

#3  Somehow, I am not surprised.
Posted by: OldSpook   2014-07-01 08:29  

#2  Brennan, the new "Lawrence of Iraq" and Syria.
Posted by: JohnQC   2014-07-01 07:58  

#1  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  

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