**SS:** CIA deputy director at a national security conference stated that official security predictions about Afghanistan becoming a terrorist launchpad have not come to pass.
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>“And so this isn’t a ‘mission accomplished’ sort of thing. But it is worth noting that in Afghanistan today, the dire predictions have not come to pass,” he said.
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>“We have been engaging with them, all throughout this period, in various ways, as they have taken on the effort to combat both Al Qaeda and ISIS-K,” Cohen said.
Nervous-Basis-1707 on
“We’ve completely failed in Afghanistan but the very worst case scenarios that could be affecting us haven’t happened so mission accomplished”. What a joke
SymbolikJ on
Afghanistan hasn’t become a launching pad for terrorism “YET”, this is the key, the Taliban of the 1990’s invited Al Qaeda in and let them train to kill as many Westerners as they could. I lost friends on 9/11 and spent time in Afghanistan. There are amazing people who live there, despite the evil of the Taliban. Conversely I encountered worthless, evil, selfish people who literally murdered their own children to turn people against the West. It is a land full of extremes and we should not ever think that it will never be a threat, especially since many of the good people there have either left or been killed for their collaboration with us.
winterchainz on
There are rumors of terrorists on Mars! Maybe Mars will be used as a launch pad for terrorism!!!!
Any-Original-6113 on
In any case, the news is positive
Happybrokenantenna on
Isn’t the CIA responsible for creating these T-launching pads?
LateralEntry on
I hope it remains that way, but it’s only been a few years
laffnlemming on
Good.
amazingmrbrock on
Did not come to pass yet*
Ftfy CIA guy
Cosmicpixie on
Every girl and woman in Afghanistan would have something to say about this but they’re not allowed to speak outside the home now…
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**SS:** CIA deputy director at a national security conference stated that official security predictions about Afghanistan becoming a terrorist launchpad have not come to pass.
​
>“And so this isn’t a ‘mission accomplished’ sort of thing. But it is worth noting that in Afghanistan today, the dire predictions have not come to pass,” he said.
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>“We have been engaging with them, all throughout this period, in various ways, as they have taken on the effort to combat both Al Qaeda and ISIS-K,” Cohen said.
“We’ve completely failed in Afghanistan but the very worst case scenarios that could be affecting us haven’t happened so mission accomplished”. What a joke
Afghanistan hasn’t become a launching pad for terrorism “YET”, this is the key, the Taliban of the 1990’s invited Al Qaeda in and let them train to kill as many Westerners as they could. I lost friends on 9/11 and spent time in Afghanistan. There are amazing people who live there, despite the evil of the Taliban. Conversely I encountered worthless, evil, selfish people who literally murdered their own children to turn people against the West. It is a land full of extremes and we should not ever think that it will never be a threat, especially since many of the good people there have either left or been killed for their collaboration with us.
There are rumors of terrorists on Mars! Maybe Mars will be used as a launch pad for terrorism!!!!
In any case, the news is positive
Isn’t the CIA responsible for creating these T-launching pads?
I hope it remains that way, but it’s only been a few years
Good.
Did not come to pass yet*
Ftfy CIA guy
Every girl and woman in Afghanistan would have something to say about this but they’re not allowed to speak outside the home now…