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Don’t Ignore The CIA’s Intelligence Failure On Afghanistan
19FortyFive ^ | 8/15/2021 | Michael Rubin

Posted on 08/15/2021 6:56:05 AM PDT by Onthebrink

For the United States, however, it represents not only a military failure but also an intelligence one. Not only did the Central Intelligence Agency and other US intelligence agencies wildly underestimate the speed of the Taliban advance, but they also appear to have been blind to the extent of political dealings the Taliban had made as the withdrawal loomed and the military prepositioning the Taliban achieved to begin a near-simultaneous assault on provincial capitals. They appear to have missed the fact that Taliban shadow governors were already in place, alongside their staff, to take over provincial functions.

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TOPICS: Government; History; Military/Veterans; Politics
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To: Onthebrink

The CIA’s track record is nearly as good as the FBI.

Shameful excuse of government ‘intelligence’


41 posted on 08/15/2021 9:28:20 AM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: Ann Archy

The CIA is the baby sister of the FBI, who are the bullies for the CIA.


42 posted on 08/15/2021 9:29:35 AM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: Onthebrink

Uh sorry, but the CIA (and FBI) were too busy spying on American citizens, Trump supporters, Trump, and his children. They ain’t got time for protecting America!


43 posted on 08/15/2021 9:30:38 AM PDT by EinNYC
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To: Onthebrink

who says they dint know? maybe it’s part of the new plan


44 posted on 08/15/2021 9:42:47 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. P144:1)
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To: Onthebrink
It wasn't the CIA's failure. The Taliban didn't get stronger. The Afghan government collapsed because the imminent US pullout caused the Afghan government's officials to significantly magnify their theft of government funds, especially of those going to their armed forces and police. Those fell apart because they weren't being supported anymore.

The same thing would have happened had Trump been re-elected. This is because Afghanistan is a failed state.

Plus Pakistan did not stop its funding and arms support of the Taliban.

All this was perfectly predictable in advance. I predicted it before the 2020 election when Trump said he'd pull American forces out.

OTOH, under him there'd have been a phased withdrawal to the areas held by the former Northern Alliance to protect a few million refugees on the way, with loud arguments and enormous cash distributions to the current leaders of everyone in sight.

And rescuing those poor about-to-be executed refugees would only have been the justification for spending a few billion dollars helping them out. The real motive would have been spending that several billion dollars in generally unaccountable ways. Much of the missing money would never have made it to Afghanistan. This too would have been the last chance for the corrupt people on our side to grab some of the money we spent on Afghanistan.

As it is the new Northern Alliance, almost certainly led by someone named Dostom (remember him?), will hold out against the Taliban again.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Rashid_Dostum

45 posted on 08/15/2021 10:15:10 AM PDT by Thud
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To: MercyFlush

You got it.


46 posted on 08/15/2021 10:15:40 AM PDT by Thud
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To: Onthebrink

Brought to you by the same people who gave us Benghazi.


47 posted on 08/15/2021 10:45:42 AM PDT by Mean Daddy (Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Whether it's been a failure depends on what the initial goal was.

48 posted on 08/15/2021 7:45:05 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: jerod

The CIA’s failure goes back at least 30+ years. They missed the fall of the Berlin Wall and all the upheaval in the ComBloc countries.


49 posted on 08/16/2021 2:20:24 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Carl Vehse

Let’s not forget the State Department.


50 posted on 08/16/2021 2:21:43 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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