Ex-CIA Director Who Endorsed Clinton Calls for Killing Iranians and Russians in Syria

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Link to the article here.

FORMER ACTING CIA Director Michael Morell said in an interview Monday that U.S. policy in Syria should be to make Iran and Russia “pay a price” by arming local groups and instructing them to kill Iranian and Russian personnel in the country.

Morell was appearing on the Charlie Rose show on PBS in the wake of his publicly endorsing Hillary Clinton on the New York Times opinion pages.

Clinton has expressed support for increased military intervention in Syria against Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian government. Iran and Russia are backing Assad.

“What they need is to have the Russians and Iranians pay a little price,” Morell said. “When we were in Iraq, the Iranians were giving weapons to the Shia militia, who were killing American soldiers, right? The Iranians were making us pay a price. We need to make the Iranians pay a price in Syria. We need to make the Russians pay a price.”

Morell said the killing of Russians and Iranians should be undertaken “covertly, so you don’t tell the world about it, you don’t stand up at the Pentagon and say ‘we did this.’ But you make sure they know it in Moscow and Tehran.”

[vorlon13]

more subtle perhaps: induce the iranians and russians to kill each other


meanwhile the children of Aleppo . . .

[Excited Penguin]

I'm not reading the article, but did he actually say the words kill russians, 'cause I doubt it, or was it simply interpreted by the media as something he alluded at?

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I'm not reading the article, but did he actually say the words kill russians, 'cause I doubt it, or was it simply interpreted by the media as something he alluded at?

Yes.

Morell said the killing of Russians and Iranians should be undertaken “covertly, so you don’t tell the world about it, you don’t stand up at the Pentagon and say ‘we did this.’ But you make sure they know it in Moscow and Tehran.”

[Excited Penguin]

I'm not reading the article, but did he actually say the words kill russians, 'cause I doubt it, or was it simply interpreted by the media as something he alluded at?

Yes.

Morell said the killing of Russians and Iranians should be undertaken “covertly, so you don’t tell the world about it, you don’t stand up at the Pentagon and say ‘we did this.’ But you make sure they know it in Moscow and Tehran.”

That's not a direct quote, Bella, I already read that.

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Yes.

That's not a direct quote, Bella, I already read that.

Here you go.

[Excited Penguin]

That's not a direct quote, Bella, I already read that.

Here you go.

Thanks.

[Jackalope]

An ex-CIA spook advocates black ops?

I'm shocked, really.

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An ex-CIA spook advocates black ops?

I'm shocked, really.

But do you agree with what he is saying?

[Jackalope]

An ex-CIA spook advocates black ops?

I'm shocked, really.

But do you agree with what he is saying?

I haven't watched the video, not do I intend to. If he's advocating essentially waging proxy warfare on Russia and Iran - and it sounds like he is - I'm opposed to that as much as I'm opposed to any warfare.