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JonLP24

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19. I don't think the CIA is directly involved in the financing aspect
Sat Mar 14, 2015, 05:04 PM
Mar 2015

or a CIA invention. However, they have certainly allied with the Taliban before & after the name because of their shared pro-capitalist beliefs. Can't remember the title of the book, but a page was sourced the US allied with them very early on when they had the official Taliban name because of the enemy of my enemy thing they had with Iran & the outlook of a specific oil & gas corporation looked good with them in the picture. The economies our Gulf allies I'm sure has a lot of the 1% jealous but lucky enough for them, they have access to oil wells as well as the cheapest labor money can buy.

As far as to more directly, it certainly benefits those who stand to profit from forever war such as private defense contractors so there is certainly motive & they already receive massive subsidies to help them increase their profits. I see nothing but green arrows when I look at Halliburton, the CEO of Halliburton naw he wouldn't get any ideas from the first Gulf War to implement with a President that Cheney claims takes his opinion seriously or have a different kind of President-VP relationship. Can't remember the quote but Cheney describes himself as Bush's top adviser and I don't doubt it at all.

Not sure why you're surprised Moliere Mar 2015 #1
Before discovering it had been directed to AQ, I can see. geek tragedy Mar 2015 #2
^ This +1000 Moliere Mar 2015 #5
Without an al Qaeda (and its ilk), there'd be no CIA. nt valerief Mar 2015 #3
I'm Not Surprised Wolf Frankula Mar 2015 #4
Not the first time. Not the second. . . leveymg Mar 2015 #6
The CIA is a bunch of cowboys with secret armies and endless money (ours). Comrade Grumpy Mar 2015 #7
ISIS didn't just 'happen' on its own. I hope I live long enough for the real Purveyor Mar 2015 #8
so ISIS is a part of US foreign policy? Pls tell us more about this fascinating CT uhnope Mar 2015 #26
Reined in? on that we may all agree 99th_Monkey Mar 2015 #11
Its just a reality side effect JonLP24 Mar 2015 #17
Interesting commentary, but how does that relate to what I posted? 99th_Monkey Mar 2015 #18
I don't think the CIA is directly involved in the financing aspect JonLP24 Mar 2015 #19
US military/CIA involvement in the ME is incoherent and at cross purposes 99th_Monkey Mar 2015 #22
I think it was more unintentional at-first JonLP24 Mar 2015 #23
these guys agree uhnope Mar 2015 #27
This is Pertaeus' COIN strategy. candelista Mar 2015 #9
I'm Shocked! Shocked I tell Ya!!... freebrew Mar 2015 #10
There is a reason we used to refer to them as Al-CIA'da (sp) here in the past. nt Mnemosyne Mar 2015 #12
Remember Bush's pallets of 100 dollar bills that came up "missing"? Same thing happened then! blkmusclmachine Mar 2015 #13
CIA teamed up with war lords & drug traffickers very early on JonLP24 Mar 2015 #14
Always fund both sides of a conflict They_Live Mar 2015 #15
Candidate for This Year's "You Call This NEWS?" award rocktivity Mar 2015 #16
One other issue JonLP24 Mar 2015 #20
We don't negotiate with terrorists.... obxhead Mar 2015 #21
As Gomer Pyle would say deutsey Mar 2015 #24
CT heads will explode. The jabbering will be nonstop uhnope Mar 2015 #25
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