A Long Road Ahead

Long War: There are three major wars or campaigns raging within the Long War at present: 1) Afghanistan. 2) Syria. 3) Mali. The CIA attack drone program is only operational in Yemen and the Pakistan tribal region. Amazingly, CIA attack drones aren't flying and fighting within any of the central battlefields of any of the 3 major wars, although I admit the Pak tribal belt is strategically vital to the Afghan War; nevertheless, CIA attack drones do not (as far as we know) operate anywhere within Afghanistan. CIA surveillance drones are free to fly anywhere. But attack drones are muzzled to a degree by the White House and Senate. 

A drone base is being built in Algeria to be used against the bad guys in Mali, which is the most important of the three wars. US Special Forces will operate Mali attack drones, not the CIA. At least this is the structure that is evolving at present. And a screwed up structure it is. How many times has this blog advised our civilian leaders in Washington to leave the CIA the %$^# alone?  Why aren't they listening? Of course we know the answer, the civilian leadership is bunch of pinheads.

We are feeling the loss of General Petraeus as CIA Director. Hell, he was grabbing assets away from the US Army while he was Director, things were going gret back then. Now the Army is drinking the CIA's milkshake. It is not good to have the CIA's milkshake sucked away by Special Forces. We want is the CIA taking over Special Forces (not the other way around) and simply rebadge the SEALs, Green Beret, etc... within the CIA Paramiltary Force, the CIA's ground forces. We want the CIA's ground forces to get hundreds of times bigger.

But the new Director hasn't taken over yet. The senate is hammering away at Brennan, in the hearings. The Senate Intelligence Committee is trying to grow the stones needed to turn down Brennan. Assuming that doesn't happen, then Brennan will be confirmed and he is going to work night and day to overcome the damage caused by the CIA's long meandering trip through the wilderness, when the Deputy Director was in charge.

In 2014 the CIA drone program becomes operational throughout Afghanistan and the US Army, USMC leave. That is baked into the cake. This is a good thing. It gives the CIA an automatic shot of testosterone. Before that happens, the CIA needs to take over the Mali drone base. If that happens the CIA will be on steroids This will be goal one for the new Director. To make it happen he needs to gut punch the US Special Forces. Is that easy? Is it easy to gut punch a Green Beret? You try it. I won't.