Thursday, September 8, 2016

CIA Director: Iraq And Syria Might Not ‘Be Put Back Together Again’

CIA Director John Brennan speaks at a forum about ''CIA's Strategy in the Face of Emerging Challenges'' at The Brookings Institution in Washington U.S., July 13, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Al Arabiya/AFP: CIA head says Iraq, Syria might not ‘be put back together again’

Iraq and Syria have been so thoroughly damaged by warfare, sectarian conflict and killing that it is unclear they “can be put back together again,” CIA Director John Brennan said.

In an interview this week with the CTC Sentinel, a publication from the West Point military academy’s Combating Terrorism Center, the head of the Central Intelligence Agency said the current system of governance in the two countries might change altogether.

“I don’t know whether or not Syria and Iraq can be put back together again. There’s been so much bloodletting, so much destruction, so many continued, seething tensions and sectarian divisions,” Brennan said.

“I question whether we will see, in my lifetime, the creation of a central government in both of those countries that's going to have the ability to govern fairly.”

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WNU Editor: He is probably right.

3 comments:

jimbrown said...

Wow. That sure is kind of unbelievable cutting edge analysis from the number one thinker over there. He told some close associates that he thinks the uk will leave the eu, that it will be called brexit.

Jay Farquharson said...

I don't think the CIA get's to decide anymore.

Jac said...

Brennan is a clown.