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CIA's plan to retrench in Afghanistan worries U.S. military
Los Angeles Times ^ | May 8, 2014 | by David S. Cloud

Posted on 05/08/2014 4:59:46 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

The CIA is planning to close its satellite bases in Afghanistan and pull all its personnel back to Kabul by early summer, an unexpectedly abrupt withdrawal that the U.S. military fears will deprive it of vital intelligence while thousands of American troops remain in the country, U.S. officials said.

Pentagon officials warn that the CIA drawdown after 12 years of war is coming just as insurgent attacks are normally at their peak. As a result, the CIA withdrawal has strained relations between the agency and military commanders in Kabul, the officials said.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; failure
There's another election to steal in 2014 and this administration doesn't give a [blank] about our military.
1 posted on 05/08/2014 4:59:46 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It’s the opium. That is why we haven’t left yet.


2 posted on 05/08/2014 5:04:11 PM PDT by SatinDoll (A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN IS BORN IN THE US OF US CITIZEN PARENTS.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Get the hell out. Never go back. We are too weak. Move troops to Mexican border and try like hell to hold it!!


3 posted on 05/08/2014 5:05:25 PM PDT by SADMILLIE
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The CIA isn’t doing this without the OK of the President,
or at his ORDER.


4 posted on 05/08/2014 5:06:38 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: tet68

Another backstabbing betrayal of our troops by the Commie in Chief.


5 posted on 05/08/2014 5:15:47 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

When was the last time the LA Slime ever did a positive article on our military of intelligence agencies? May the days of the slime be numbered, a POS rag.


6 posted on 05/08/2014 5:15:56 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Got to protect that poppy trade.


7 posted on 05/08/2014 5:17:42 PM PDT by dfwgator
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