CIA air strikes
The Central intelligence agency (CIA) has become less about intelligence and more about clandestine intimidation and assassination. Ever since its hesitation and subsequent failures in the late 90’s to kill suspected masterminds behind al-qaeda, namely Osama bin Laden, I don’t think they have let a single turbaned man in the Pak-Afgan-istan area go by without a Predator drone air strike. President Obama too has followed Bush’s precedent of giving the automatic go order to missile strikes. President Clinton’s worries about the possibility of getting it wrong was not shared by his two successors. By not acting it may be speculated that the 42nd did indeed get it wrong and neither the 43rd or 44th can risk having another September 11th. Obama, with fewer Texas Oil strings attached is indeed scaling up both covert and overt action in Afghanistan and covert action in Pakistan’s SWAT and Balochistan areas. France and the rest of NATO have started ramping up operations as well, as the Atlantic nations have started to flex their (feeble?)military muscles. This President has made his intentions clear that the true war on terror has finally begun. Just in time too because the fight is getting tougher for those already there.
