Reply #31: Perhaps, perhaps not, perhaps some of both

[MadHound]

Due to the CIA's ongoing interest in the Golden Trianble region, the highest producing opium poppy zone in the world, it is quite possible that our intelligence network is tipping off Al Qaeda operatives, or actively collaberating with them. I would suggest that you read a book titled "The Politics of Heroin" by Alfred McCoy. It is a real eye opener in how drugs have infiltrated our intelligence depts. and thus clouded our judgement on foreign policy in certain reasons.

It could also be that the CIA is unwllling to honestly pursue their former asset and contract agent Osama Bin Laden. We recruited him back during the Afghan/Russian war during the eighties, and made him a high level contract agent for the region. The CIA and other intelligence agencies are usually reluctant to go after their own. This could explain Tora Bora.

And yes, during this time period the CIA encouraged the spread of Wahabism throughout many radical Islamic groups, much to their later regret. But I seriously doubt that this factor would impair them in their duties. The CIA has no compunction about killing those that it has formerly used and then discarded.

But I would say that a great deal of this is, honestly, the work of various fundamentalist Islamic groups themselves. They have been forming, building and recruiting since the late fifties, early sixties. And we are now seeing the culmination of that work.

Bush hasn't busted a gut because these people provide him with a perpetual excuse to wage perpetual war, thus enriching his small circle of friends and family.

Just my take:shrug: