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kleinbl00 · 1703 days ago · link · · parent · post: Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says
If you read Legacy of Ashes you learn that the CIA has pretty much gotten its ass kicked in nearly every engagement, the noteworthy exception being Kermit Roosevelt and the overthrow of Mossadegh. Of course, Wiener doesn't have much to say about the CIA's successful rout of the Soviets in Afghanistan and it certainly doesn't cover their conversion to covert air force under Obama.