CIA Chief Admits Role in Syrian War

Rasa - The head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), John Brennan said in an interview that the bloodshed in Syria was partially because of their role in the war.

News ID: 426039

Date: 25 December 2016 - 22:48

RNA - "I think we always like to say that we wish that we would have been able to make a difference, in a way that would have prevented the slide and the situation there," said CIA Director John Brennan, the Russophile reported.

"There's no way you can divorce yourself, emotionally or mentally, from these situations that you play a role in," Brennan told National Public Radio (NPR) the, adding that he “felt some responsibility for the horrific bloodshed” in the Syria war.

He then went onto predict that the terrorist forces loss in Aleppo will not end the war in Syria.

"This insurgency is not going to go away until there is some type of viable and genuine political process that will bring to power in Damascus a government that is representative of the Syrian people,” he further stated.

He then went onto admit that the USA has had little influence in being able to shape events in Syria.

"As great a country, as powerful a country, as the United States is, we have, in many areas, limited ability to influence the course of events," Brennan said.

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