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Whose War Is It Anyway? Just as the Vietnam War was not Kennedy's or Lyndon Johnson's war but one generated by vested interests, it is disingenuous for Joe Klein to call Afghanistan "Obama's War" [Dec. 14]. The U.S. created the mess. Whatever initiative the Pentagon may come up with, al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden - who have won the hearts and minds of the majority that matters - remain a force that will haunt the U.S., just as the mujahedin did the Soviet Union. Saber Ahmed Jazbhay Durban, South Africa...
...Khost will force the CIA to draw back farther and farther behind the wire in order to protect its officers. The CIA is a civilian organization that's not built to sustain casualties like this, no matter how willing its employees are to serve in dangerous places like Afghanistan. And replacing the expertise of some of those lost in the bombing will take many years. (See pictures of General Stanley McChrystal in Afghanistan...
...consequences of the Taliban's expansion are unmistakable. Shortly before the Khost bombing, the U.S. military chief of intelligence, Major General Michael Flynn, wrote in a report subsequently made public, "Eight years into the war in Afghanistan, the U.S. intelligence community is only marginally relevant to the overall strategy." His report went on to say that U.S. intelligence is "clueless" and "ignorant...
...question the Obama Administration should be asking itself is this: If the enemy in Afghanistan is able to expand its reach and drive us into crusader-like castles, force us to travel by helicopter and resupply the military with C-17s, is there any chance of turning this around...
Read "The CIA Double Cross: How Bad a Blow in Afghanistan...