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Lara Logan: Intel Agencies Want You To Think Afghanistan Is Too Complicated And This Isn't The Outcome They Wanted
Real Clear Politics ^ | August 22, 2021 | Tim Hains

Posted on 08/23/2021 10:04:45 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

In this clip from an interview with FOX News Channel's Tucker Carlson, reporter Lara Logan tries to break through the debate about why the government is saying "no one predicted" the fall of the Afghan government.

"The intelligence agencies failed to see this? Seriously? The NSA is known as the crown jewel of intelligence collection in the world," she said. "There isn't a digital signature in existence that they don't collect and store and analyze... The idea that they missed this... Do you have any idea what it takes to do an invasion like this?"

"It is as ridiculous as believing that Ahmed Chalabi, some Iranian refugee in the U.S., persuaded the U.S. government to go to war... I mean, that's literally our narrative on the Iraq War. Seriously?"


"We get so caught up in the weeds of this. They want you to believe Afghanistan is complicated. Because if you complicate it, it is a tactic in information warfare called 'ambiguity increasing.' So now we're talking about all the corruption and this and that... But at its heart, every single thing in the world... always comes down to one or two things."

"And in this case, Afghanistan, it comes down to the fact that the United States wants this outcome."


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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistandebacle; laralogan; tucker
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1 posted on 08/23/2021 10:04:45 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Chi-nah


2 posted on 08/23/2021 10:06:08 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The truth is they think Americans are pretty basic.

That’s why they think they can whizz on our legs and tell us it’s raining 24/7.

And with too many people who blindly trust government they’d be correct.


3 posted on 08/23/2021 10:09:27 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Anyone see any cuts to our spy agencies after WWII?


4 posted on 08/23/2021 10:12:01 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

They wanted to get the muslims lots of equipment without having to go through the motions of secret sales etc.

Similar to when our drone “crashed” under Obama.


5 posted on 08/23/2021 10:12:14 AM PDT by cotton1706
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The Alphabet Agencies love this. It means bigger budgets, bigger salaries and more power for themselves: A bureaucrats dream.

There’s a reason Google’s parent company is called ‘Alphabet’.................


6 posted on 08/23/2021 10:13:11 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

We collect tons of information.

Our leaders aren’t smart enough to know how to analyze and use it,

Bad Republicans they understand.


7 posted on 08/23/2021 10:14:20 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Maybe its because our Intel agencies consider its own citizens to be the “Clear and Present Danger” to global feudalisim.


8 posted on 08/23/2021 10:15:16 AM PDT by SecondAmendment (This just proves my latest theory ... LEFTISTS RUIN EVERYTHING !)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

We saw how the real Military works for 4 years. Their propaganda will not succeed!


9 posted on 08/23/2021 10:16:26 AM PDT by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: cotton1706

Obama has advised joe that isis needs to be resupplied and resurrected.

Susan is going to use sockpuppet joe to implement big O’s policies.


10 posted on 08/23/2021 10:16:30 AM PDT by MIA_eccl1212 (When the bad guys have leverage they use it)
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To: Rurudyne

25% of Americans agree with Joe Biden approach to Afghanistan, including leaving Americans behind.
That’s now. However, the media and the Biden Administration have taken a new stance. That stance is that the withdrawal was the right thing to do, and no matter how they did it, it would end like this. So, they did nothing wrong.

The whole thing has been so FUBAR, that’s it’s hard to believe it wasn’t planned to be like this. With the media’s unending support, American’s will begin to believe that this was the best exit strategy, and those people left behind didn’t matter anyway. Truly like George Orwell’s 1984 now.

Alex “They, President and Vice President, campaigned on the promise of winning the war in Afghanistan, because this is the war we had to win and the Taliban were so terrible”

Conservatives “Obama/Biden administration, Alex”

Alex: “Correct for 2 Trillion”


11 posted on 08/23/2021 10:17:24 AM PDT by Pete Dovgan
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Our intelligence agencies are more of a threat to the citizens than what they pretend to protect us from.


12 posted on 08/23/2021 10:19:03 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
"And in this case, Afghanistan, it comes down to the fact that the United States wants this outcome."

And that's the end of the article. With no explanation, Logan is offering the reader nothing more than a completely unsubstantiated conspiracy theory.

13 posted on 08/23/2021 10:20:02 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Pete Dovgan

I have a feeling 9/1 will make 9/11 look like small potatoes!


14 posted on 08/23/2021 10:20:19 AM PDT by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Excellent article thanks for posting.

One wonders if the UK (five eyes) and German intel cracked the Taliban code and were ready when the SHTF.

We had a snot nosed Navy Admiral in charge of our Army, Air Force and Marines an a country a few miles away from the nearest ocean.


15 posted on 08/23/2021 10:20:30 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (If I wanted to live in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK, China, Cuba, Chicago/NYC! I'd move there )
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To: Pete Dovgan

Progressives: being evil since before I was born.


16 posted on 08/23/2021 10:21:53 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: blueunicorn6

We collect tons of information.

Our leaders aren’t smart enough to know how to analyze and use it,

Bad Republicans they understand.


17 posted on 08/23/2021 10:22:02 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (If I wanted to live in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK, China, Cuba, Chicago/NYC! I'd move there )
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To: PGR88

https://www.foxnews.com/media/lara-logan-on-afghan-crisis-the-us-wants-this-outcome-whoever-is-pulling-the-strings-can-change-it

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3986538/posts


18 posted on 08/23/2021 10:26:39 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
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To: blueunicorn6

“Anyone see any cuts to our spy agencies after WWII”?

Harry Truman found out that “Wild Bill” Donovan, head of the OSS was in cahoots with the Soviets and Chinese so he got rid of the OSS. The OSS was replaced with the CIA which was just as bad.

So, no, there have been no cuts.


19 posted on 08/23/2021 10:26:40 AM PDT by laplata
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With no explanation, Logan is offering the reader nothing more than a completely unsubstantiated conspiracy theory.

No worries. She spends the rest of the 54-minute interview substantiating it in detail. Bear in mind that Lara didn't write this piece. What you're missing is the motherlode of info at the source:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXm9m5Q6YYc

or

https://www.bitchute.com/video/pTpuqL4YCGBb/

20 posted on 08/23/2021 10:36:33 AM PDT by SamuraiScot
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