Long War: There was a lot of media hand wringing when AQIM (Al-Qaeda North Africa) attacked the US Consulate in Libya and killed what we thought at the time were State Department employees. We now know most of the Americans killed were CIA, in fact most were ex-Navy SEALs. The State Department mission in Libya was and is a front for the CIA. From all this we can deduce that Dave is correct in his conjecture that the CIA was essetially running the Libyan War and remains much more active there than the media would have us believe.

And this is true in the Syria Civil War as well. The CIA and the rebels are winning in Syria. It is a scary thought, but Al-Qaeda is winning in Syria also. The CIA is not only using Al-Qaeda in Syria but in Iraq as well. Iraq is aligned with Iran and Syria. The CIA told us openly it has pulled all operatives out of Iraq. After it did that Al-Qaeda in Iraq launched a huge terror campaign. But the terrorism was and is aimed against a non-ally (sort of an enemy, okay a frenemy) of America. Iraq deserves to get chewed up by Al-Qaeda and after getting mauled for a while they seemingly stopped Iranian overflights of their country. The overflights were carrying weapons.

I read a lot into the CIA having a much bigger presence in Libya than they admit. It is also significant that there is no media follow up to this revelation. Nobody cares what the CIA does. This is good news. Under the cover of darkness Langley will win the Long War. If everybody continues to look the other way, there is nothing they can't do.