"Ex"-CIA man Robert Grenier uses his regular AJE editorial column to write about Ahmed Wali Karzai the younger half brother of the puppet that has fallen out of favour Hamed Karazi. In the piece he writes about the unfortunate emergence of Karzai the younger due to unforeseen consequences of US government action. Yet strangely US Government officials seem to think that Wali emerged quite deliberately as a result of CIA policy. Furthermore the US military seems to think this CIA asset is following in the agency's long tradition of also being heavily involved in the international drug trade.
It is thus troubling but also mildly funny that the "ex"-CIA man comes to the conclusion that we must "grudgingly" accept this CIA backed drug lord as a necessary evil in securing the support of Afghanistan's population now he has inadvertently risen to prominance. A wonderful post facto justification of an installed strongman. That supporting him is apparently necessary to combat the Taliban, another agency created group, just adds to the Irony.
If you ever want to know what the CIA's spin on a paticular issue is Grenier's editorials are well worth a read.
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