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CENTCOM Analysts Reportedly Removed Over Syria Warnings: The Politics of Analysts under Obama
The Coach's Team ^ | Saturday, April 9, 2016 | Jim Emerson, staff writer

Posted on 04/09/2016 7:54:00 AM PDT by darkwing104

Big Brother is alive and well and will remove from the playing field anyone who fails to follow accepted political policy. Obama doesn’t need to worry about negative stories if his followers can stop criticism by low level analysts and flush it down the memory hole.

The Daily Beast recently reported that U.S. Central Command forced two senior intelligence analysts out of their jobs because they told the truth about U.S. backed rebel groups in Syria. The analysts had expressed doubts about the rebel’s capability and commitment to U.S. objectives in the region. Their reports placed them at odds with command leadership which did not wish to pass negative news up the chain of command to Mr. Obama. The analysts had predicted that the Administration’s so-called moderate Muslim opposition to ISIS would fail. And indeed, the $500 million program to train opposition fighters failed miserably.

Yet in spite of the failure, the Pentagon insisted the operation was on track until Gen. Lloyd Austin of CENTCOM admitted that the program was a disaster. Under his command as many as 50 CENTCOM intelligence analysts stated that CENTCOM management was altering their reports on ISIS insurgents, making them appear less of a threat to the United States. The altered reports managed to paint a rosy picture of Barack’s campaign against the Islamic Caliphate.

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TOPICS: Government; Military/Veterans; Politics
KEYWORDS: analysts; centcom; downplaying; intelligence; isis; leakers; leaks; obama; syria; syrianwat


1 posted on 04/09/2016 7:54:00 AM PDT by darkwing104
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darkwing104:" And indeed, the $500 million program to train opposition fighters failed miserably. "

Hey , they got 5 or 6 good Iraqi warriors out of that $500 million budget, who didn't turn tail and leave their weapons behind .
I wonder which crony business got a piece of that action ?, .. and where the rest of that money went ?
Oh Yeah ! I forgot ..nobody audits the FED !

2 posted on 04/09/2016 8:07:12 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt ( British historian Arnold Toynbee - Civilisations die from suicide, not by murder.)
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To: darkwing104

So Emperor Zero wanted to try out that Evil Empire dress for awhile. Hopefully no one loses a city over that clusterpuck.


3 posted on 04/09/2016 10:42:57 AM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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