Robert Grenier
Freelance Writer
Robert Grenier is a 27-year CIA veteran, now retiredRobert Grenier is a retired CIA veteran who directed post 9/11 operations in Pakistan and Afghanistan as CIA station chief in Islamabad, and served as director of the CIA Counter-Terrorism Center. He speaks and writes frequently on the Middle East and South Asia.. After directing post-9/11 operations in Pakistan and Afghanistan as CIA station chief in Islamabad, he represented the CIA in all White House policy deliberations on Iraq for two years following the 2003 invasion. He ended his government career as director of the CIA Counter-Terrorism Center, responsible for all CIA counter-terror operations around the globe. He speaks and writes frequently on the Middle East and South Asia.
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Israel set out to reestablish military superiority. It succeeded — at catastrophic human cost.