CIA Unit Shooters: 'Friendly Fire' Gets a New Meaning
NPR reports Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan man suspected of shooting National Guard members, previously served in a CIA-backed counterterrorism unit. What they gloss over, as usual, is the long, messy history of US intelligence arming, training, and then abandoning local forces, often with devastating consequences. These 'elite units' are the products of decades of destabilisation in regions
where the US created proxy armies that inevitably turn on their creators or each other. This isn't an isolated incident; it's a predictable ripple effect from two decades of military adventurism and a revolving door of 'allies' and 'enemies.' When you invest in covert ops and then pull the rug out, should it truly be a surprise when the chickens come home to roost? Seems less like an isolated
incident and more like 'blowback' re-branded for polite society.