Trump faces down the CIA and co-opts the Pentagon on Syria
Posted by seumasach on July 29, 2017
Glenn Ford
29th July, 2017
It’s not like Donald Trump to “stifle” himself, as TV’s Archie Bunker used to say, but the president has been relatively subdued about his decision, reportedly made last month, to terminate the CIA program that has armed, trained, directed and protected jihadist fighters in Syria. Trump’s uncharacteristic reticence on the matter is understandable, given the agency’s homicidal culture and history.
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