Don’t look for quick or easy solutions to the Iran war conundrum, says author and ex-CIA analyst David McCloskey.
When I meet him at the Embassy Towers in Sandton, I realise immediately what a seriously nice guy he is: smart, friendly, clean cut. There’s nothing sinister about him, and like all the CIA people I’ve met in my work, he’s way ahead of Washington politicians in his understanding of the world.
The first CIA guy I met was in Angola in 1993. He was smart and charming and quietly told us that their spy satellites showed the battle for Huambo as the biggest conflict on the planet then. What we didn’t know was why he was telling us. That’s the key with spooks – there’s a reason behind everything they do.
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