I can’t. That was just one individual. There are a lot of hard working Men and Women at the CIA that are doing extraordinary things for the American people. Their collection methods and insight have turned the tide against Al-Qaeda in Iraq. They were instrumental in the fight for Baghdad and provided as much if not too much information to the average soldier on the ground. I have nothing but good things to say about the things the Agency did for us in Iraq.
Baloney. Yeah sure, they did such a great job in Baghdad. “Mission Acccomplished”, eh? You have either been played like a fiddle, or you are the fiddle.
Thanks for your service 82nd. You’ve had alot of dealings with the agency and I’m glad they give you the support you need while you guys are supporting freedom. God bless you.
Al Qaeda? In Iraq? This can't be.
“Their collection methods and insight have turned the tide against Al-Qaeda in Iraq” Really? How come we haven’t heard this at all, and why did it take them so long? I’ve read pretty much every where that it was getting the Sunnis involved, Sons of Iraq, etc. combined with the surge strategy. I haven’t heard any credit given to the CIA and it makes no sense to me why they suddenly turned things around at the exact same time the political environment changed there in that the Iraqis turned on Al qeada and we sent in tens of thousands of more troops. Obviously you had a first hand perspective, but this just doesn’t make sense to me.
thank you for your (& the other patriots') efforts, unfortunately there's are traitors/liberals working against the enemies of terrorism
....the few (5%) always gives the many (95%) a bad reputation.
They really need to deal with that problem.
That's their job -
And there is a reason why our hunter-killer teams demanded their own Intel gathering Ops (and to move away risk adverse OGAs). Credit this, with much of our success in Iraq, more so than anything the Agency provided (and we are speaking of/to Intel operations within here, not SAD Ops).
I had read a very good analysis some time ago in the WSJ about what the exact rational was for going into Iraq ( from the military experts and intel guys). At that moment , if all had been as known then, and we would have done nothing to move forward, Bush would have been negligent.
There is a lot that we may never know, like were the WMD’ s spiriited out of Iraq, etc. What has saddened me the most, is that the true stories of good work by the CIA, our military, Bush has never got the PR they deserved.
It is tough when you have a 5th column media that distorts and lies about every effort America makes. I stand by Bush, he did phenomenal when you consider that he had so much against him.
I've had nothing but good to say about the folks at the agency. With thousands vetted,coming in and out of that building yearly, it astounds me how folks tear Christians In Action a new one. There's always Murphy's Law, always a need for more intelligence but generally going into an Op we already knew that. Take care 82nd Officer.
Maybe they can find a birth certificate by the end of this month.
A lot of good Americans sacrificed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Sadly Saudi A, UAE, China and others just bought our election.