CIA insider says U.S. fighting wrong war

[dArKeR]

By Andrea Mitchell
Correspondent
NBC News

A career CIA officer claims in a new book that America is losing the war on terror, in part because of the invasion of Iraq, which, he says, distracted the United States from the war against terrorism and further fueled al-Qaida’s struggle against the United States. The author, who writes as “Anonymous,” is a 22-year veteran of the CIA and still works for the intelligence agency, which allowed him to publish the book after reviewing it for classified information.


In an interview with NBC’s Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Andrea Mitchell, he calls the U.S. war in Iraq a dream come true for Osama bin Laden, saying, “Bin Laden saw the invasion of Iraq as a Christmas gift he never thought he’d get.” By invading a country that’s regarded as the second holiest place in Islam, he asserts, the Bush administration inadvertently validated bin Laden’s assertions that the United States intends a holy war against Muslims.

In his book, titled "Imperial Hubris," he calls the Iraq invasion "an avaricious, premeditated, unprovoked war against a foe who posed no immediate threat,” arguing against the concept of pre-emptive war put forward by President Bush as justification for the Iraq war.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5279743/

Be prepared to meet Kelly, Wellstone, Baxter, Carnahan...

[libhill]

1. Interesting that

the spooks allowed it to be published - I believe that that speaks volumes, but draw your own conclusions.

[pinto]

2. I think Bushco IS waging a holy war against the Islamic world.

And that is a tinfoil hat stretch for me to say, but it just effin' seems that way.

[dArKeR]

5. I've figured it out and uncovered the true source behind the war

in Iraq and against Muslims. It is the Cosmetics Industrial Complex. The loss of revenue to them is double that of the Military Industrial Complex.

[AndyTiedye]

6. CRUSADE is the Word You are Looking For - Bush Used That Word

to describe it. Twice, at least!

[struggle4progress]

3. Mitchell: "So what, what is the war in Iraq to bin Laden?

Anonymous: "It is, I think, a proof of his thesis that America is malignantly inclined toward Muslims, that it is willing to attack a Muslim country that dares to defy it ... It is in every way predictably, if you will, a godsend for those Muslims who believe as bin Laden does."

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

4. and to Americans who do business with Muslims who think that way

ummm, like the Bush Family?