Oxy-Morons in Military Intelligence

A number of years ago I watched an interview with a high ranking CIA official commenting on Russia's war in Afghanistan. He said he saw this as an opportunity to give Russia its own Vietnam experience. The CIA trained and armed Mujaheddin 'freedom fighters' in guerrilla warfare against the Russians. This short-sighted approach, devoid of any serious consideration of who they are really dealing with and its ramifications is characteristic of our intelligence community and our policymakers. Consider what the US has effectively done. We have trained radical Islamists, who hate western ideals, hate America, who would kill anyone standing in their way on the path to world domination, how to use terror tactics against a superior force. We have armed them, trained them with taxpayer funds without considering the long-term consequences. These same fighters turn their weapons and terror upon America (anybody remember 9-11?) and throughout the Middle East and Europe.


The US took down a strong Iraq which kept its extremists in check; an Iraq which served as a counterbalance to the Iranian hegemony in the region. The US effectively destabilized the region. In its place, US withdrawal from an unstable region allowed Jihadists in ISIS to massacre Christians, destroy holy sites, strip freedoms from women and minorities, and create a reign of terror.

The US send billions of dollars in aid and arms to countries who pray for Americas destruction. And we criticize the only country that has the balls to fight terrorists head-on. You just have to wonder how these policymakers have gotten to where they are today and where on earth is our intelligence community's intelligence.