Central Intelligence Agency Director Leon Panetta offered a grim assessment of the war Sunday, saying the fight has been “harder” and “slower” than anticipated.
How is that possible any more? Don't they learn that lesson? I think they know. I think they also know that this is a good line for when they inevitably fail to achieve their goal.
“Our purpose, our whole mission is to make sure that Al Queda never finds another safe haven from which to attack this country. That is the fundamental goal of why the U.S. is there. The measure of success for is: Do you have an Afghanistan stable enough to make sure that never happens?"
Good luck with that. But he didn't stop there with the stupid talk.
“At most we’re looking maybe 50 to 100[ members of al Qaeda in Afghanistan] , maybe less,” Panetta said. “There’s no question that the main location of Al Qaeda is in the tribal areas of Pakistan.”
These people don't hear themselves, do they?
Asked about the whereabouts of Osama Bin Laden, “it’s been a while" since the U.S. has had precise information, Panetta said. "I think it almost goes back to the early 2000s in terms of actually when he was moving from Afghanistan to Pakistan that we had the last precise information about where he might be located. Since then, it’s been very difficult to get any intelligence on his exact location."
We could just ask the CIA where they send the checks if we really wanted to know.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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