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CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY (Sam Faddis) - Where was CIA when the President made the decision to go to war?

Originally posted by AND Magazine

It remains unclear where we stand regarding hostilities with Iran. The President says we are involved in discussions with Tehran, and there is some hope of a negotiated peace. The Iranians say no such talks are underway. Maybe someone is lying. Maybe at this stage, Iran is no longer a unified entity, and the left and right hands are no longer communicating. In any event, it is not too early to begin to have a conversation about how we got here. We launched a war on the assumption that the Iranian regime would, one way or the other, collapse quickly. It did not. We are now on the brink of a much larger, much more damaging conflict unless negotiations can lead to some kind of off-ramp. How did this happen? Who advised the President that…Open