Iraq Police Boom
December 08, 2004
Iraq faces descent into chaos, says CIA chief -- Mail & Guardian, December 9, 2004
CIA Cable Bears Dire Predictions for Iraq -- All Things Considered, NPR, December 7, 2004
Report: CIA Official Warns Iraqi Security Getting Worse -- Baku Today, August 12, 2004
CIA Report Draws Bleak Iraq Picture -- Islam Online, December 8, 2004
Secret CIA memo pessimistic on security for Iraqi elections -- WIS Channel 10 NBC Columbia, SC, December 8, 2004
CIA Warning: Iraq's Getting Worse -- ABC News, December 7, 2004
That's the problem with surfing the big WWW these days. It's all doom and gloom. Meanwhile, the vast left wing conspiracy that is the liberal media just provides a sounding board for those radical leftists inside... the CIA.
This particular assessment is problematic precisely because it's the work of an undercover CIA station chief who has been inside Baghdad for at least a year. They go soft, you know, after too much exposure to the cold, grim reality of occupation, superpower style. Henceforth, as the new Director of the CIA Porter Goss made clear in his first offical act as Administration Toady, the ultimate goal of the agency is to support the Administration's policies. That's how you separate the wheat from the chaff, after all. That's the way to counter the negative image proffered by the media. The real measure of success comes from the boys and girls actually doing the fighting:
US Marines keeping a tenuous peace in the battered Iraqi city of Fallujah say they expect an explosion of violence as rebels hiding among returning refugees renew their deadly campaign of bombings and ambushes.They also fear the insurgency will find increasing support from Fallujah residents who return to find their homes and businesses devastated by last month's massive US-led assault on the Sunni Muslim enclave.
"Our assessment is the die-hard guys have gone to ground and are just waiting for the refugees to return so that they can blend in, come back and start their IED (improvised explosive device) campaign," said Captain Tom Tennant of the 1st Batallion, 3rd Marines, who have dug into northeast Fallujah.
Hrm. Okay, wait a second here. Just what did that CIA guy have to say?
Significantly, the gloomy cable was dispatched to CIA headquarters after, and not before, U.S. forces completed what they called a significant victory over the rebels to gain control of Fallujah, west of Baghdad. Moreover, the station chief’s basic conclusions were echoed by a senior CIA official who recently visited Iraq, The Times reported. And they mirrored other gloomy assessments, notably a formal National Intelligence Estimate that was prepared for the White House last summer.These candid and confidential warnings contrast sharply with the upbeat public remarks of President Bush, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other administration leaders. The fact is, the administration has consistently underestimated the requirements of the Iraq war since before it even began.
Now, just a goddamn minute. Let's make one thing perfectly clear; the only thing we "underestimated" was the degree to which Iraqis were prepared for liberation. If the Iraqi people had accepted their lot, acknowledged American infallibility, and embraced their duly appointed leaders we wouldn't be in this mess. Now do you understand why we have to rein in the CIA and other rogue agencies? Think about it -- if we listened to the CIA in the first place we would never have sold the American public on the connections between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda, trumped up suspicion that Iraq orchestrated the 9-11 attacks, or lied to the United Nations about absolutely everything. It's about time we stopped listening to anyone who actually has to witness the war in Iraq and started listening to those paid to lie about it.
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